MD Stats Review for next application cycle

[belt]

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Stats:
GPA: 3.55 but have 4 quarters left (if 4.0 for all of them, will be around 3.69-3.7 smth)
MCAT: taking this summer
ECs:
- president of school club since freshman year 1000+ hours
- underserved volunteering: projected 200+ hours
- clinical hours: projected 1000+ hours
- research hours: couple hundred hours (need to add them all up)
- research pub projected
- nonclinical volunteering: 100+ hours
- shadowing: projected 100+ hours various specialities
- high school spanish tutoring: 50-100 hours??
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Im applying next cycle and need help with deciding my schools ,any feedback/suggestions? thank you

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Welcome to the forums.

What are you doing with service to the underserved and other volunteering?

 

[belt]

I am volunteering for special olymipcs in northern california.There is a branch in the city where i go to school and also one from the city I am from. However, I did start this relatively late so I would have in the lower 100s (100-400) hours.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Pick an activity with greater weight on service orientation (in many adcom's eyes) than special olympics volunteer. No shade on those who volunteer for sports events like these, the Senior Games, Invictus Games, or even the local track meet.

We prefer food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, legal support, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation. You should take a role of humility, not as a subject matter expert. You must show your comfort around uncomfortable people and situations. And you should have 150 hours before submitting your application, or your file may be vulnerable to getting screened out at most schools.