School list help (519, 3.75 MI, ORM Reapp)

[LGINGE]

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1. cCGP 3.66; sGPA 3.73 (Took college courses in HS and was a knucklehead my freshman year - 4.0 from sophomore year on when 90% of sciences were taken)

2. MCAT: 519

3. Reapplicant, State: MI, ORM (White), Non-comp undergrad, played soccer in college (NAIA)

4. Volunteering
-60 hours inner-city afterschool program
-150 hours summer art camp for underserved Latino youth
-110 hours hospital volunteer

5. Clinical hours - Scribing
-800 hours: ED
-460 hours: Oncology/Hematology
-320 hours: Otolaryngology

6. Research
-1150 undergrad research -> 1st author pub
-1100 at a perinatology lab isolating single cells from health/diseased placental tissue. Did some imaging and flow cy as well -> no pub.

7. Employment
-460 hours Adjunct Professor in Biology @ Alma mater
-2600 hours Kaplan (MCAT instructor)
-400 hours soccer coach
-100 hours science tutor
-300 hours science TA
-100 hours academic coach

8. Shadowing
- 30 hours Allergist/Immunologist

9. Current school list
First-time App Schools:

• Loyola
• Rosy Franklin
• Rush
• Georgetown
• George Washington
• Case Western
• Ohio State
• Tulane
• Rochester
• Hofstra
• Albany
• Wake Forest
• Drexel
• Thomas Jefferson
• Iowa
• IU
• Reapp Schools:
• Wayne State (R’d pre-interview)
• MSU CHM (WL’d last cycle)
• Dartmouth (WL’d last cycle)
• Cincinnati (WL’d last cycle)

• DOs - Only applied MD last cycle
• MSUCOM
• CCOM
• ATStill (both campuses)

Would be so grateful for advice from SDN royalty, but any advice is helpful. Thank you in advance. 🙂
@Goro , @gonnif, @LizzyM

 

[Goro]

Pitt
Columbia
Wake
Miami
SLU
Loyola
EVMS
The Philly Triplets
U VM
ALL MI schools
Case
Tufts
BU
U IA
CREIGHTON
KECK
UCSF
NYMC
ROSY FRANKLIN
TULANE
TCU.UNT
NOVAMD
SETON HALL

MUCOM
LECOM
PCOM
NYITCOM
all Touros
ACOM
KCU
BOTH WESTERNS
CUSOM
WVSOM
VCOM

 

[LGINGE]

Pitt
Columbia
Wake
Miami
SLU
Loyola
EVMS
The Philly Triplets
U VM
ALL MI schools
Case
Tufts
BU
U IA
CREIGHTON
KECK
UCSF
NYMC
ROSY FRANKLIN
TULANE
TCU.UNT
NOVAMD
SETON HALL

MUCOM
LECOM
PCOM
NYITCOM
all Touros
ACOM
KCU
BOTH WESTERNS
CUSOM
WVSOM
VCOM

The schools in red I was rejected from last cycle pre-interview. Is it worth it to reapply to them? I feel like I have no shot at top ten/cali schools after last cycle.

 

[Faha]

Also add Western Michigan, Central Michigan and Oakland Beaumont

 

[Goro]

The schools in red I was rejected from last cycle pre-interview. Is it worth it to reapply to them? I feel like I have no shot at top ten/cali schools after last cycle.

IF you have made significant improvements in your app.

Also, rewrite all essays and have multiple eyeballs vet them.

 

[Banco]

You have a research heavy app with a high MCAT - I would add some research powerhouses where your GPA is above the 10th percentile. Look into: Cornell, Sinai, Case Western, Vanderbilt etc.

 

[Redpancreas]

1. cCGP 3.66; sGPA 3.73 (Took college courses in HS and was a knucklehead my freshman year - 4.0 from sophomore year on when 90% of sciences were taken)

2. MCAT: 519

3. Reapplicant, State: MI, ORM (White), Non-comp undergrad, played soccer in college (NAIA)

4. Volunteering
-60 hours inner-city afterschool program
-150 hours summer art camp for underserved Latino youth
-110 hours hospital volunteer

5. Clinical hours - Scribing
-800 hours: ED
-460 hours: Oncology/Hematology
-320 hours: Otolaryngology

6. Research
-1150 undergrad research -> 1st author pub
-1100 at a perinatology lab isolating single cells from health/diseased placental tissue. Did some imaging and flow cy as well -> no pub.

7. Employment
-460 hours Adjunct Professor in Biology @ Alma mater
-2600 hours Kaplan (MCAT instructor)
-400 hours soccer coach
-100 hours science tutor
-300 hours science TA
-100 hours academic coach

8. Shadowing
- 30 hours Allergist/Immunologist

9. Current school list
First-time App Schools:

• Loyola
• Rosy Franklin
• Rush
• Georgetown
• George Washington
• Case Western
• Ohio State
• Tulane
• Rochester
• Hofstra
• Albany
• Wake Forest
• Drexel
• Thomas Jefferson
• Iowa
• IU
• Reapp Schools:
• Wayne State (R’d pre-interview)
• MSU CHM (WL’d last cycle)
• Dartmouth (WL’d last cycle)
• Cincinnati (WL’d last cycle)

• DOs - Only applied MD last cycle
• MSUCOM
• CCOM
• ATStill (both campuses)

Would be so grateful for advice from SDN royalty, but any advice is helpful. Thank you in advance. 🙂
@Goro , @gonnif, @LizzyM

I have no idea how applicants like this don't get accepted to medical school. OP I had the a similar profile. Apply to any more MD schools you can afford to. I am pretty sure you'll get in this time.

 

[LGINGE]

I have no idea how applicants like this don't get accepted to medical school. OP I had the a similar profile. Apply to any more MD schools you can afford to. I am pretty sure you'll get in this time.

I don't know either - learned a lot from all this though (about medicine and life in general) so grateful for that. I did apply super top-heavy last year and I think I could have maybe come off a bit arrogant in my primary as well. Those are the only two things I can pinpoint as to what sank me last year. Any suggestions for more MD schools that match my profile? Hopefully, I'll have more luck this year.

 

[Redpancreas]

I don't know either - learned a lot from all this though (about medicine and life in general) so grateful for that. I did apply super top-heavy last year and I think I could have maybe come off a bit arrogant in my primary as well. Those are the only two things I can pinpoint as to what sank me last year. Any suggestions for more MD schools that match my profile? Hopefully, I'll have more luck this year.

Not the best to suggest US MD schools. That's Goro or LizzyM domain.

 

[LGINGE]

Thanks anyway!

 

[LGINGE]

@Banco Any thoughts?! 🙂

 

[Banco]

@Banco Any thoughts?! 🙂

Not much more than what I posted above. You have an objectively strong app, but you need to apply broadly - this includes research heavy schools/top 20s, mid tiers, safeties. Apply to at least 30.

Also, you received interviews last time but were unfortunately waitlisted - make sure to revamp your essays and practice interviewing a bit. Good luck!