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Hi folks. Reapplicant here! I'd love any advice. My list right now is too big and I need to cut it down.
major: biomedical sciences, minor: psychology, cGPA: 3.87, sGPA: 3.84, MCAT: 517
EC: RA for 3 years; 50 hours clinical volunteering; 150 non-clinical volunteering (sexual assault and domestic violence treatment center crisis line); NO research; tons of work experience in undergrad as a waitress and as a barista; TA for clinical anatomy and gross anatomy lab (one year total); TA for psych course (helped professor rework the curriculum to make it a flipped classroom style class, one semester); fitness club (CHAARG if you've heard of it); hobbies: yoga and creative writing; worked for two summers as a teachers aide for a special needs summer school; shadowing hours: 16, two specialties (reproductive endocrinologist and pediatrician)
LOR: Professor of the anatomy courses I TA'd (also dean of the college of health sciences) (took these courses previously for a grade), lab coordinator for the anatomy courses I TA'd (took these courses previously for a grade), philosophy professor I took for two semester, professor for the psych course I TA'd (previously took the course for a grade), and my supervisor for my RA position (a residence hall director with a masters degree in upper education, not another student employee)
So I'm obviously not very interested in research and definitely won't get into research heavy schools (I would be interested in research if it's the right topic and wouldn't mind if it was required in the school's curriculum)
Last year I applied to 21 schools and got 4 IIs, 3 WLs, and 1 post II R
Gap year plans: I'm looking for a clinical job (MA, receptionist, or possibly scribe), I will be doing non-clinical volunteering for a domestic violence shelter and their crisis line once they start training again, If I can't get a clinical job I'll get something like a barista job to save up some money and do more clinical volunteering (I know my clinical hours aren't great and held me back last year. I tried to work on it this past year but my volunteer work got cut short due to COVID and I missed out on like 50 clinical and 30 non-clinical hours).
Other info: I really like city life and would prefer to be in a city, I am very interested in women's health, and I am from Illinois
Alright so if you've gotten through all that info, here's my current list that I need to cut down to closer to 25. Let me know if there's a good reason for me not to apply to any of these or if there's anywhere else you think I would be a good candidate. THANKS!!!!! (PS- This is not my list from last year. I've already made a lot of changes. I did indicate where I got an II and the result from last cycle.)
Southern Illinois
Oakland University
Albany
MCW
Penn State
Creighton (II --> WL)
Drexel
Temple
NY Medical College
U Vermont
UW Madison
Quinnipiac
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
U of Illinois
U Colorado
Georgetown
U Central Florida
NY Long Island
SLU (II --> WL)
Thomas Jefferson
U Iowa (II --> R)
Albert Einstein
Dartmouth
Brown
Western Michigan (II --> WL)
U Southern Florida
Hofstra/Northwell
Southern California
U Rochester
Ohio State
U Cincinnati
Boston U
Baylor
U Pitt
Duke
major: biomedical sciences, minor: psychology, cGPA: 3.87, sGPA: 3.84, MCAT: 517
EC: RA for 3 years; 50 hours clinical volunteering; 150 non-clinical volunteering (sexual assault and domestic violence treatment center crisis line); NO research; tons of work experience in undergrad as a waitress and as a barista; TA for clinical anatomy and gross anatomy lab (one year total); TA for psych course (helped professor rework the curriculum to make it a flipped classroom style class, one semester); fitness club (CHAARG if you've heard of it); hobbies: yoga and creative writing; worked for two summers as a teachers aide for a special needs summer school; shadowing hours: 16, two specialties (reproductive endocrinologist and pediatrician)
LOR: Professor of the anatomy courses I TA'd (also dean of the college of health sciences) (took these courses previously for a grade), lab coordinator for the anatomy courses I TA'd (took these courses previously for a grade), philosophy professor I took for two semester, professor for the psych course I TA'd (previously took the course for a grade), and my supervisor for my RA position (a residence hall director with a masters degree in upper education, not another student employee)
So I'm obviously not very interested in research and definitely won't get into research heavy schools (I would be interested in research if it's the right topic and wouldn't mind if it was required in the school's curriculum)
Last year I applied to 21 schools and got 4 IIs, 3 WLs, and 1 post II R
Gap year plans: I'm looking for a clinical job (MA, receptionist, or possibly scribe), I will be doing non-clinical volunteering for a domestic violence shelter and their crisis line once they start training again, If I can't get a clinical job I'll get something like a barista job to save up some money and do more clinical volunteering (I know my clinical hours aren't great and held me back last year. I tried to work on it this past year but my volunteer work got cut short due to COVID and I missed out on like 50 clinical and 30 non-clinical hours).
Other info: I really like city life and would prefer to be in a city, I am very interested in women's health, and I am from Illinois
Alright so if you've gotten through all that info, here's my current list that I need to cut down to closer to 25. Let me know if there's a good reason for me not to apply to any of these or if there's anywhere else you think I would be a good candidate. THANKS!!!!! (PS- This is not my list from last year. I've already made a lot of changes. I did indicate where I got an II and the result from last cycle.)
Southern Illinois
Oakland University
Albany
MCW
Penn State
Creighton (II --> WL)
Drexel
Temple
NY Medical College
U Vermont
UW Madison
Quinnipiac
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
U of Illinois
U Colorado
Georgetown
U Central Florida
NY Long Island
SLU (II --> WL)
Thomas Jefferson
U Iowa (II --> R)
Albert Einstein
Dartmouth
Brown
Western Michigan (II --> WL)
U Southern Florida
Hofstra/Northwell
Southern California
U Rochester
Ohio State
U Cincinnati
Boston U
Baylor
U Pitt
Duke