School List Help (3.63 cGPA, 3.62 sGPA, 4.0 SMP, 515 MCAT)

[Brachial Plexus Fun]

1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS: 3.63 cGPA, 3.62 sGPA
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown: 515 (130, 125, 131, 129) in June 2019, 508 (129, 124, 127, 128) in Sept 2017
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US): MA
4. Ethnicity and/or race: White
5. Undergraduate institution or category: Ivy
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): 4+ years as derm tech/clinical supervisor (~7200 hours), 6 month ED volunteer (~50 hours), 2 summer family medicine volunteer (~80 hours), 6 month volunteer primary care clinic volunteer (~25 hours)
7. Research experience and productivity: orthopedics retrospective chart study; manuscript complete, targeting journals for publication (~200-300 hours total); clinical research coordinator in dermatology (~45 hours)
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: surgery (spine: 5 hours, hand: 10 hours)
9. Non-clinical volunteering: 50-100 mile charity bike race to benefit Baystate Medical Center (four rides between 2007 and 2015); Fundraised for Miles for Melanoma 5k road race in 2017
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc): 4-year member of D1 varsity heavyweight crew (~2800 hours), 3 year employee/1 year co-chair of student bystander organization (~100 hours), 1 semester Arabic apprentice teacher (~60 hours)
11. Relevant honors or awards: Third honors (GPA among top 35% of students 2013-2015), Intercollegiate Association All-Academic Distinction Award (Maintained a GPA of 3.35 or higher, received a Varsity letter, and competed in the 2014 and 2015 IRA National Championship Regatta 2013-2015)
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important: 2nd time applicant. No interviews first cycle with 3.63 cGPA, 3.62 sGPA, and 508 MCAT. Quit my job in May 2019, retook the MCAT to a 515 in June 2019, earned a 4.0 in a rigorous SMP program (wanted to get started on med school path).

Thanks for any and all perspectives!

School list:

1	University of Massachusetts Medical School
2	Tufts University School of Medicine
3	Boston University School of Medicine
4	Harvard Medical School
5	Duke University School of Medicine
6	Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
7	The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
8	University of Vermont College of Medicine
9	Albert Einstein College of Medicine
10	Emory University School of Medicine
11	University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
12	Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
13	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
14	Georgetown University School of Medicine
15	Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
16	George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
17	Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
18	Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
19	Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
20	University of Connecticut School of Medicine
21	Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
22	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
23	Tulane University School of Medicine
24	University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
25	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
26	Medical College of Wisconsin
27	Saint Louis University School of Medicine
28	Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
29	University of Colorado School of Medicine
30	Creighton University School of Medicine
31	Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
32	Seton Hall - Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
33	Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
34	Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine
35	New York Medical College
36	Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
37	Albany Medical College
38	Drexel University College of Medicine
39	Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
40	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
41	Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine

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[Brachial Plexus Fun]

@Faha, @Goro, @LizzyM interested to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

 

[Faha]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews.

 

[TheDataKing]

Your list looks solid and your stats/ECs should net you IIs at some of those schools. You likely don't need to apply to 41 schools but it's always better to overapply than underapply 🙂

 

[LizzyM]

Take Rush off of your list. You don't have enough clinical experience/service.
Harvard is a donation but dare to dream.
Don't apply to the military unless you are willing to serve in the military. There is no getting out of it and you can get sent to a war zone even if you complete a residency that seems the antithesis of war zone medicine.

 

[Brachial Plexus Fun]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews.

Thanks for your time, Faha!

Your list looks solid and your stats/ECs should net you IIs at some of those schools. You likely don't need to apply to 41 schools but it's always better to overapply than underapply 🙂

I've gone through this process once, not taking any chances this cycle 🙂

Take Rush off of your list. You don't have enough clinical experience/service.
Harvard is a donation but dare to dream.
Don't apply to the military unless you are willing to serve in the military. There is no getting out of it and you can get sent to a war zone even if you complete a residency that seems the antithesis of war zone medicine.

Thanks, LizzyM! To clarify- 7,200 hours of work in a dermatology clinic alongside MDs/DOs/PAs/NPs scribing and assisting in procedures plus ~150 volunteer hours (most of which involved direct patient contact in primary care/family medicine) and participating in athletic charity fundraising events is not enough clinical experience for Rush?

 

[TheDataKing]

Thanks for your time, Faha!



I've gone through this process once, not taking any chances this cycle 🙂


Thanks, LizzyM! To clarify- 7,200 hours of work in a dermatology clinic alongside MDs/DOs/PAs/NPs scribing and assisting in procedures plus ~150 volunteer hours (most of which involved direct patient contact in primary care/family medicine) and participating in athletic charity fundraising events is not enough clinical experience for Rush?

"A rep from Rush shared with a friend of mine that their average accepted student has a massive amount of volunteering/community service/clinical experience. Like the average community service for their applicants was 620 hours." Paid clinical experience is not the same as volunteer work and while they do like clinical experience, they are service based and look for volunteer clinical experience (hospice, etc) along with longitudinal non-clinical volunteering

 

[Brachial Plexus Fun]

"A rep from Rush shared with a friend of mine that their average accepted student has a massive amount of volunteering/community service/clinical experience. Like the average community service for their applicants was 620 hours." Paid clinical experience is not the same as volunteer work and while they do like clinical experience, they are service based and look for volunteer clinical experience (hospice, etc) along with longitudinal non-clinical volunteering

Ahh, got it. I'll keep this in mind. Thanks 🙂

 

[Goro]

40+ schools is too many. You'll go insane writing all those secondaries.

You also have too few nonclinical hours, although being an athlete scholar will count for something. But strongly suggest you get in more hours of service to others less fortunate than yourself.

Here is a more realistic list:
BU
Hofstra
U Toledo
U VM
Miami
St. Louis
Albany
Albert Einstein
Rochester
Rosy Franklin
Wayne State
MCW
NYMC
VCU
EVMS
Wake Forest
Jefferson
Temple
Tufts
Drexel
Creighton
George Washington
Georgetown
Emory
Tulane
Loyola
Netter
Oakland-B
Western MI
Seton Hall
U MA
Nova MD
TCU/UNT
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Any DO program. I can't recommend Nova, Wm Carey, BCOM, ICOM and LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide. LMU has an accreditation warning, which concerns me. CalHS is too new and appears to be too limited in rotations sites. UIW refuses to post their Boards scores, which is fishy.