WAMC 26 F ORM 3.96/516

[hahaboba]

1. cGPA: 3.97 / sGPA: 3.96
2. MCAT score: 516 (132/124/130/130)
3. 4 gap years
4. US Permanent resident (first-gen immigrant), Michigan
5. Nationality/Ethnicity: Chinese
6. Undergraduate: University of Michigan, Biochemistry
7. Clinical experience:
   • Scribe in Detroit geriatric clinic (1300 hours)
   • Care Coordination and caretaker for grandparents (1265 hours)
8. Clinical volunteering:
   • Crisis Text Line (355 hours) + (80 hours projected)
   • Receptionist in a Chicago clinic (420 hours)
9. Research experience and productivity
   • Molecular inhibitor synthesis (495 hours)
   • Cancer drug synthesis/development (980 hours)
   • Clinical research coordinator and lab manager, hepatology (2800 hours: 40% clinical, 40% regulatory, 20% research) + (2100 hours projected)
   • Publication/posters (120 hours):
     • 2 mid authors, 1 poster in college.
     • In progress: 1 first author (manuscript halfway done), 1 mid author, 1 poster at an international conference.
10. Shadowing experience and specialties represented:
    • Gynecologic Oncology + GI/Hep + Dermatology (40 hours)
11. Non-clinical volunteering:
    • Food pantry (200 hours) + (80 hours projected)
    • ESL tutor group, founder and volunteer (400 hours) + (50 hours projected)
12. Others:
    • Vice-minister of a club in college (220 hours)
    • Support talkline channel host and manager (312 hours)
    • Powerlifting (418 hours) + (418 hours projected)
    • Self-contractor for Doordash and Instacart (1412 hours) + (418 hours projected)
13. Relevant honors or awards: Will NOT list on application, no room 🙁
14. ROLs: 4, all should be strong. No rec from art/literature/social science professors.
15. Other important stuff:
    • Do not have CASPER or PREVIEW and will not take them (no time).
    • I moved to the US at 15 as an international student. I'm not sure if this will help explain my CARS :[
    • I hope to work in academic medicine in the future, splitting my time between clinical research and clinical care.

Please help with my school list! Around 30 schools. I have limited knowledge of what school I can get into. I hope to get into either Wayne State or UofM. I am not very against going far out-of-state for school. Might retake MCAT for CARS if I'm desperate (might try and void if I don't do well).

School List so far:
University of Michigan
Wayne State
Oakland
Western Michigan
Central Michigan
Case Western
Ohio State
Toledo
Indiana University
UIC
Northwestern
Mayo clinic
Pitt
Tulane
Eastern Virginia
UVA
Albany
Emory
Tufts

Thanks so much for the help!!

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[Mr.Smile12]

Welcome to the forums.

Profile-wise, everything checks out, so I hope you are able to back it up with your application and letters. I'm not sure Mayo is the best choice with your metrics. I don't know how your clinical research will resonate. Maybe your PS narrative connects with their vision and core values, and you aspire for an academic medical career. EVMS seems odd because I'm not sure how happy you would be in Norfolk, but there are lots of elderly individuals around there. Albany presents a similar argument to me. You have a lot of in-state Michigan options, and I would lump Toledo in for kicks.

Now, I don't know if Crisis Hotline should be considered clinical volunteering; many consider it non-clinical (you're not actually face-to-face with patients). Just letting you be aware.

Also be aware many schools may employ their own recorded video interview interface (Western Michigan I think is one). While you may be able to avoid Casper/PREview, you might not be out of the woods for an audition video or phone interview screen.

 

[Faha]

You could add any of these schools to your application:
Michigan State
Medical College Wisconsin
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
New York Medical College
Rochester
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Boston University
Georgetown
George Washington
Wake Forest
TCU
St. Louis