MD School list help? MN ORM 3.99, 516

[gymnastgirl7]

Hi! First time applicant here! I would really appreciate any help/advice )

I am ORM (female asian), MN resident (born in Iowa, just graduated from U of MN (biochemistry and human physiology)

Cumulative GPA: 3.99 Science GPA: 3.99

MCAT: 516 (129/126(rip)/130/131)

Research: ~900 hours in cancer lab with no publications. 1 honors thesis

Clinical: 1,200 hrs ED scribing (+ will continue in gap year), 75 hrs in free medical clinic for underserved pop (+will continue), 120 hrs in children’s hospital

Physician Shadowing: none (how bad is this? considering covid and that I am a scribe) should i start looking for opportunities now?

Non-clinical volunteering: 100 hrs over 1.5 yrs Love your Melon campus crew (fundraisers raising $ for children’s hospital, held therapeutic events for pediatric cancer patients and their families), 30 hrs over 1 yr pinky swear foundation campus crew (similar to LYM)

Other Jobs: 75 hrs biochemistry TA

Other extracurriculars:
200 hrs event coordinator for womens fitness club on campus, 60 hrs health advocate for my freshman dorm, 30 hrs honors program mentor


LORs: my PI, biochem prof, ED doctor

School list: Scared that I have too many high tiers, should I add any low yields ? (Also don't want tons of mandatory research during med school)


University of Minnesota

New York Medical College

Medical College of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin

Iowa

Ohio State

Stony Brook ?

Hofstra

Pittsburgh

Rochester

Emory

UNC ?

U Michigan

Northwestern

Mt Sinai

Case Western

BU

Kaiser ?

UCLA

Virginia ?

USF Morsani ?

Mayo

Cornell ?

Columbia ?

U Chicago

NYU (lol)

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[candbgirl]

You shouldn’t apply without dedicated shadowing. It seems that you dont have much nonclinical volunteering providing services to the unserved/underserved in your community. What you have is campus based and doesn’t seem to have given you up close contact with people unlike yourself. You need to get off campus and out of your comfort zone.Find a homeless shelter or a soup kitchen and volunteer. Maybe go visit at a VA home and spend time with the residents. Try volunteering at Habitat for Humanity. Almost anything would be okay as long as you are dealing with people unlike yourself. Because that’s what you will be doing as a doctor.

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
U Minnesota
Iowa
Medical College Wisconsin
Northwestern
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
St. Louis
TCU-UNT
Tulane
Miami
USF Morsani
Duke
George Washington
Jefferson
Pittsburgh
Case Western
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Hofstra
Einstein
Rochester
New York Medical College
Mount Sinai
Vermont
Seton Hall
Quinnipiac
Boston University
Tufts
Mayo

 

[gymnastgirl7]

I would appreciate any advice from @Goro, @LizzyM, and @gonnif @gyngyn

 

[Goro]

Get in some more nonclinical volunteering! Your app deserves . Shoot for 200+ hrs total.

I suggest:
U MN
Yale (maybe)
Cornell (maybe)
Mt Sinai
U VA
BU
Mayo (maybe)
Case (maybe)
UCSF
UCLA
U MI
USF Morsani
USC/Keck
U IA
U ILL
U MA
SUNY-SB
U WI
U Cincy
U CO
U VM
OH State
UCF
NYU-LI
Dartmouth
Brown
Pitt
Miami
SLU
Albany
Drexel
Albert Einstein
Rochester
Rosy Franklin
NYMC
EVMS
Wake Forest
Jefferson
Temple
Tulane
Hackensack Meridian
GWU
Gtown
Netter
MCW
Loyola
Emory
Hofstra
Tufts
Oakland-B
Western MI
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Nova MD

 

[LizzyM]

If you don't want mandatory research in med school strike Yale and Northwestern from the lists above. There might be others that require thesis-- check into MSAR.