WAMC 3.32 cGPA/3.21sGPA_ORM_2 gap years

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1. cGPA: 3.35, sGPA: 3.23
   1. big upward trend. went from a ~2.7 to a consistent 3.75+ gpa for my last four semesters of college
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown: 508 (125/129/127/127)
3. US citizen, Ohio residency
4. ORM (white female)
5. Attended a top 50 state university (OOS)
   1. double major STEM & non-STEM
6. Clinical experience
   1. 3,500 hours as a clinical research coordinator at a top 10 hospital research center
   2. 600 hours as a medical assistant at a dermatology practice
7. Research experience:
   1. 1000 hours undergraduate translational research (1 poster presentation with abstract pending submission)
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   1. 30 hours internal medicine
   2. 20 hours general surgery
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   1. 200 hours volunteering with two nonprofit healthcare advocacy organizations
   2. 150 hours soup kitchen
10. Other extracurricular activities:
    1. department biochemistry TA - 250 hours (taught 2 semesters)
    2. university tour guide - 350 hours
    3. academic mentor for first gen college students in university scholarship programs - 200 hours
    4. multiple different paid leadership roles in a healthcare advocacy nonprofit - 2000 hours
    5. 4K assistant teacher - 700 hours
11. Relevant honors or awards
    1. a handful of university and local community awards for my nonprofit work
    2. deans list (3 semesters)
12. Other:
    1. No doctors within my immediate or extended family
    2. Could be interested in rural medicine
    3. Interested in DO and MD programs
13. Schools i’m interested in:
    1. All Ohio schools
       Tulane
       Temple
       Drexel
       Tufts
       Jefferson
       UVM
       Miami
       George Washington
       Albany
       Rush
       Rosalind Franklin
       NYMC
       MCW
       Wayne State
       Wake Forest
       Seton Hall
       Quinnipiac
       NOVA
       PCOM
       MUCOM
       UNECOM
       NYITCOM
       The Touros

Do I need to apply to more DO programs? Can I add any more MD to my list?

 

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Your best chances for a MD interview are Wright State, Toledo and NEOMED. Tufts and Miami are unrealistic with your stats. You could add NOVA MD, TCU-UNT and Creighton. For DO schools you could add DMU-COM, KCU-COM, ATSU-KCOM, CUSOM, AZCOM, WVSOM, UP-KYCOM, LECOM.