School List Help Please

[Drewbc8]

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Hi, I am new to this thread and was hoping to get help with my school list as a somewhat non-traditional student. Here is an overview of my stats and experiences. Thank you!

Demographics: White male, 26 years old

Residence: New York State

GPA: 3.66 with strong upward trend (decided to pursue med school during my last year of previous degree so I spent 3 additional years finishing the pre-med courses for a total of 7 years in undergraduate)

MCAT: 511 C/P 127, CARS 126, BIO 129, Psych 129

Degrees: BS Exercise Science 2016, BS Sociology 2019 from SUNY Brockport


Experiences:

Physician Administrative Assistant (45 hours)
BOCES Teacher’s Aide Most in Medically Fragile Classroom (652 hours)
Personal Trainer for SUNY Brockport Employee Fitness Program (320 hours)
Genetics Research (400 hours)
Data Consultant for New York State Center for School Health (182 hours)
NCUR Research Conference Poster Presentation (2 hours)
Genetics and Biology Tutoring (61.5 hours)
BOCES Clerical Support for Alternative High School (135 hours)
Physician Shadowing (4 hours at office location but Dr met with patients via telehealth due to pandemic)
Saltwater Coral Reef Aquarium Personal Hobby (600 hours)
Self-Taught Sign Language (15 hours)


I am trying to stay within 6-10 hours of my hometown in upstate NY so that was the main basis for my list, but I am willing to compromise if needed. Other than the location, I would be grateful to attend any school! I know I have too many schools, but I am not sure which ones I should cut or add.

Here is my school list as of now:

SUNY Albany
SUNY Buffalo
New York Medical College
SUNY Upstate
SUNY Downstate
University of Rochester
Stony Brook
Drexel
Geisinger Commonwealth
Temple
Penn State
Thomas Jefferson
Quinnipiac University
Tufts
University of Connecticut
Albert Einstein
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Emory
Michigan State
Oakland
Western Michigan
Northeast Ohio
Wright State
Rutgers New Jersey
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson
Cooper Medical
University of Vermont
Loyola University
University of Illinois
Eastern Virginia Medical
Virginia Commonwealth
West Virginia
Indiana University
University of Maryland
Wake Forest
Brown University

Thank you so much!

 

[candbgirl]

I hate to ask but could you break down your experiences to volunteer: clinical or nonclinical and the number of hours for each; paid experiences: clinical or nonclinical and number of hours; research ; other.
Thanks so much!

 

[Drewbc8]

I hate to ask but could you break down your experiences to volunteer: clinical or nonclinical and the number of hours for each; paid experiences: clinical or nonclinical and number of hours; research ; other.
Thanks so much!

Sure thing!

Paid Clinical
Physician Administrative Assistant (45 hours)

Paid Non-clinical
BOCES Teacher’s Aide Most in Medically Fragile Classroom (652 hours)---I classified this as non-clinical despite being in an environment with private student nurses and other specialists
Data Consultant for New York State Center for School Health (182 hours)
BOCES Clerical Support for Alternative High School (135 hours)

Unpaid Internship
Personal Trainer for SUNY Brockport Employee Fitness Program (320 hours)

Research
Genetics Research (400 hours)
NCUR Research Conference Poster Presentation (2 hours)

Paid Tutoring
Genetics and Biology Tutoring (61.5 hours)

Shadowing
Physician Shadowing (4 hours at office location but Dr met with patients via telehealth due to pandemic)
-had prior volunteering arranged but it was canceled due to the pandemic

Hobbies/Other
Saltwater Coral Reef Aquarium Personal Hobby (600 hours)
Self-Taught Sign Language (15 hours)

 

[Drewbc8]

@Goro
@Faha

 

[candbgirl]

Thank you so much! Makes it much clearer. What is expected for applicants to most schools is:
50 hours of shadowing, including a good bit with a Primary Care Doc; ADCOMS want to make sure you know what you are getting into as a doctor.

Clinical experience-(can by volunteer or paid)-about 200 hours of direct patient contacts. ADCOMS are looking to make sure you know that you want to work with the sick, injured and dying for the next 35+ years.
Nonclinical volunteering-around 200 hours of working with the unserved/underserved in your community. Medicine is a service profession and you have to show them your altruism!

Many applicants have research although it’s not high on the list of requirements, many have teaching and leadership too.
The main thing is to be passionate about your experiences so that comes across clearly in your secondaries and in interviews.

 

[Goro]

I suggest

SUNY Albany
SUNY Buffalo
New York Medical College
SUNY Upstate
SUNY Downstate
University of Rochester
Stony Brook
Drexel
Temple
Thomas Jefferson
Quinnipiac University
Tufts
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Oakland
Western Michigan
University of Vermont
Loyola University
Eastern Virginia Medical
Virginia Commonwealth
West Virginia
Wake Forest
Seton Hall
NYITCOM
PCOM
CUSOM
LECOM
VCOM
UNECOM
TOURO.NY
TOURO.MIDDLETOWN
CCOM
WVSOM

 

[Drewbc8]

I suggest

SUNY Albany
SUNY Buffalo
New York Medical College
SUNY Upstate
SUNY Downstate
University of Rochester
Stony Brook
Drexel
Temple
Thomas Jefferson
Quinnipiac University
Tufts
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Oakland
Western Michigan
University of Vermont
Loyola University
Eastern Virginia Medical
Virginia Commonwealth
West Virginia
Wake Forest
Seton Hall
NYITCOM
PCOM
CUSOM
LECOM
VCOM
UNECOM
TOURO.NY
TOURO.MIDDLETOWN
CCOM
WVSOM

Thank you so much for your help! I planned on applying to exclusively MD schools so should I include any others to be closer to 30 schools? Sorry I did not clarify in my original post.

 

[Goro]

U Miami
Tulane
EVMS
VCU

 

[Drewbc8]

Thank you!!!