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Yaa Yeet said:
GPA: 3.92
MCAT: 518
Clinical Hours: 300 (150 hospital transport, 75 hospice, 75 First Aid)
Non-Clinical Hours: 310 (250 Crisis Text Line, 60 Homeless Shelter)
Research: 200 hours, no publication

I want to apply and maybe get into a Top 20 medical school. Should I spend my gap year as a scribe or should I look for a research position? What would be recommended for me to do?
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Welcome to the forums.

Use the WAMC template.

If this is what we're working with, shadowing and seeing what doctors do is critical. Go scribing. Can't guarantee it gets you to a brand school, but it won't block you from getting into ANY school.

Bump up the homeless shelter or other service orientation activities to be 150 hours by application. 250+ for high tier schools. Crisis text line is not as helpful.
 
Yaa Yeet said:
sorry i forgot to add 80 hours of shadowing. i'm just wondering if scribing or research is best for me in my gap year for a top 20. also sorry about the format this is my first day on sdn
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Fill out a WAMC for best results.

Anyways, its up to you. T20s love research but you already have some of that. The most important thing imo is continue your homeless shelter volunteering in your gap year.
 
Yaa Yeet said:
does it look bad that my homeless shelter volunteer was started a month ago? also, I thought crisis text line was looked at fondly by medical schools? Thank you!
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It's not ideal, but you have what you have. Text Line is not in-person. It may have been viable during the pandemic, but we have seen decreased interpersonal competency in incoming students since, and many of them did text counseling (because it was available in the pandemic).
 
You have the stats for a top 20 school, but not the ECs imo (because of low research. It isn't really that low, but from what I've seen of applicants here, they have more research).

I would look for a research position personally, while continuing clinical and non-clinical volunteering.
 
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