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Hi y'all (new to SDN)! I am hoping to apply this upcoming cycle and would greatly appreciate any help or thoughts on my school list. My stats are on the lower end (let me know if I should add some DO schools onto this list). Wondering if it’s feasible w no gap year
Please let me know if there are schools to add/remove (ex: schools closer to target or extreme reaches/IS preferences). I used [admit.org](http://admit.org) and the WARS sheet to help craft a preliminary list. Thank you all so much!
State of residence: TX
Ties to other states (if applicable): N/A
URM? (Y/N): Y (Black Female)
Undergraduate vibe: Ivy (not HYP)
Undergraduate major(s)/minor(s): Neuroscience
- also got an associates of science while in HS (4.0gpa, this is factored into my cGPA and sGPA below)
Cumulative GPA: 3.68
Science GPA: 3.50 (As and Bs except a D in Orgo I, retook and got B+, C+ in Orgo II (¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯ )
MCAT Score(s) (in order of attempts): 506 ( just got the score back on Tuesday lol)
Institutional actions?: N/A
First application cycle? (If no, explain): Yes
Research experience: 1040 hours (Anesthesiology department research since freshman spring with abstract accepted to IARS conference. Freshman year research lab)
Publications?: TBD may get one in during application szn (mid author). Small poster presentation at symposium
Clinical experience: 300 (paid ophthalmic tech), ~900 (optometric tech at home, started 2021 and do it when I am home for breaks), about 80 (sitting vigil and a patient support program at local hospital)
Side note: don’t know if this is clinical but I work as a study coordinator for a biotech lab at my school, I recruit breast milk donors (about 250 hours by time of application)
Physician shadowing: 150 hours, Anesthesiology, Infectious Disease, Dermatology, Pulmonology, PA (critical care)
Non-clinical volunteering: about 100 (food bank and miscellaneous volunteering at school)
Other: Teaching assistant for writing class, intro neuro tutor, mentor for pre-health students and freshmen researchers (about \~210 hrs all together)
LOR: 1 from Orgo professor, 1 from neuro statistics professor, 1 from biochem professor, 1 from Anesthesiologist PI from research, 1 from writing professor who I was a teaching assistant for (i think LORs will be pretty good)
School list: All TX schools (MD), Boston, Brown, Case Western, Emory, Georgetown, Howard, Rochester, Pitt, Wake Forest, Meharry, Morehouse, Tufts, Indiana, UCLA, Hofstra, Penn State, Dartmouth, Harvard(one can dream), Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, Charles Drew, Drexel, Temple, Quinnipiac , Albany, George Washington, USC-Keck, VTech, VCU, UCSF, Tulane, Rosalind Franklin
I know my stats aren’t the greatest but any input would be greatly appreciated. The last thing I can control for my application (at least for this cycle) would be my writing (I think I’m a strong writer but I’m not an adcom lol). Thanks again!
Please let me know if there are schools to add/remove (ex: schools closer to target or extreme reaches/IS preferences). I used [admit.org](http://admit.org) and the WARS sheet to help craft a preliminary list. Thank you all so much!
State of residence: TX
Ties to other states (if applicable): N/A
URM? (Y/N): Y (Black Female)
Undergraduate vibe: Ivy (not HYP)
Undergraduate major(s)/minor(s): Neuroscience
- also got an associates of science while in HS (4.0gpa, this is factored into my cGPA and sGPA below)
Cumulative GPA: 3.68
Science GPA: 3.50 (As and Bs except a D in Orgo I, retook and got B+, C+ in Orgo II (¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯ )
MCAT Score(s) (in order of attempts): 506 ( just got the score back on Tuesday lol)
Institutional actions?: N/A
First application cycle? (If no, explain): Yes
Research experience: 1040 hours (Anesthesiology department research since freshman spring with abstract accepted to IARS conference. Freshman year research lab)
Publications?: TBD may get one in during application szn (mid author). Small poster presentation at symposium
Clinical experience: 300 (paid ophthalmic tech), ~900 (optometric tech at home, started 2021 and do it when I am home for breaks), about 80 (sitting vigil and a patient support program at local hospital)
Side note: don’t know if this is clinical but I work as a study coordinator for a biotech lab at my school, I recruit breast milk donors (about 250 hours by time of application)
Physician shadowing: 150 hours, Anesthesiology, Infectious Disease, Dermatology, Pulmonology, PA (critical care)
Non-clinical volunteering: about 100 (food bank and miscellaneous volunteering at school)
Other: Teaching assistant for writing class, intro neuro tutor, mentor for pre-health students and freshmen researchers (about \~210 hrs all together)
LOR: 1 from Orgo professor, 1 from neuro statistics professor, 1 from biochem professor, 1 from Anesthesiologist PI from research, 1 from writing professor who I was a teaching assistant for (i think LORs will be pretty good)
School list: All TX schools (MD), Boston, Brown, Case Western, Emory, Georgetown, Howard, Rochester, Pitt, Wake Forest, Meharry, Morehouse, Tufts, Indiana, UCLA, Hofstra, Penn State, Dartmouth, Harvard(one can dream), Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, Charles Drew, Drexel, Temple, Quinnipiac , Albany, George Washington, USC-Keck, VTech, VCU, UCSF, Tulane, Rosalind Franklin
I know my stats aren’t the greatest but any input would be greatly appreciated. The last thing I can control for my application (at least for this cycle) would be my writing (I think I’m a strong writer but I’m not an adcom lol). Thanks again!
