WAMC 3.58 GPA | 520 MCAT Research Heavy

[studentapplying826]

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Hello,

Looking for some advice on my school list given my lower GPA and high MCAT. Looking for schools with lots of research opportunities. Thanks!

1. 3.56 sGPA, 3.60 cumulative GPA
2. 520 MCAT
3. NY residency, CA ties
4. Asian
5. T20 undergrad
6. 450 hours clinical volunteering, 200 paid clinical
7. 7000 hours research, 2 first author (mid impact), 3 middle author

Reach

Albert Einstein

Boston University

Case Western

Cornell

Mayo Clinic

Mount Sinai

Stanford

UChicago

UCSF

NYU Grossman Long Island

Target

Brown

Dartmouth

Drexel

Emory

Oregon Health and Science

Rutgers

Thomas Jefferson

Tufts

UCI

UCLA

UCSD

University of Massachusetts

USC

New York Medical College

Ohio State University

Renaissance School of Medicine

SUNY Downstate

Albany Medical College

Safety

Rush Medical College

Chicago Medical School

Jacobs School of Medicine

Temple University

 

[Faha]

Do you have any in person physician shadowing hours? Do you have any non clinical volunteering activities (and how many hours)?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Describe your research. If you want research, you should apply MSTP or MD/PhD, especially with 7000+ hours of research and zero listed community service. This means your file in jeopardy of being screened out at most schools. I'd argue all of your safeties would exclude you with zero service orientation hours. Rush expects hundreds to thousands of hours working in the community, especially in social services.

NYU Long Island doesn't really align with your research-focused desires. Oregon probably won't look at you due to geographical preferences.

 

[studentapplying826]

Do you have any in person physician shadowing hours? Do you have any non clinical volunteering activities (and how many hours)

I have 40 hours, about an even split between primary care, oncology, and neurology. Also spent about 200 hours of my 450 at a hospital working exclusively front desk, but not sure if that counts towards non-clinical.

 

[studentapplying826]

Describe your research. If you want research, you should apply MSTP or MD/PhD, especially with 7000+ hours of research and zero listed community service. This means your file in jeopardy of being screened out at most schools. I'd argue all of your safeties would exclude you with zero service orientation hours. Rush expects hundreds to thousands of hours working in the community, especially in social services.

NYU Long Island doesn't really align with your research-focused desires. Oregon probably won't look at you due to geographical preferences.

I want to apply MD only because an MD/PhD takes too long. I would almost be 40 by the time all of my training is complete. My intention is to become an oncologist who also participates in research. Something like an 80/20 split. Currently on my 3rd gap year doing clinical oncology (work partially with patients when they come in, but mostly focused on data analysis and wet lab work). Excluding heavily service-based schools is a good idea, but I would struggle to rack up any non-clinical volunteering hours given that I already volunteer 8 hours a week at a different hospital and have an irregular work schedule.

I considered adding Long Island because of the free tuition and OHSU because I believe they have a research-focused track as one of their mission statements, but not too sure what OOS admissions look like with them.

 

[Faha]

Your lack of non clinical volunteering will limit your chances for interviews, especially at top tier schools and also Rush (they expect many hundreds of hours). Some schools screen at 150 hours. I suggest these schools with your stats:
All 4 SUNYs
Hofstra
New York Medical College
Albany
Rochester
Vermont
Quinnipiac
UMass
Tufts
Hackensack
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
Methodist
USF Morsani
NOVA MD
Belmont
Alice Walton
TCU
Roseman
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Iowa
Colorado
U Illinois