MD WAMC: 3.64 cGPA, 3.52 sGPA, 487 -> 510 -> 520 MCAT

[deleted1155784]

1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS: 3.64 / 3.52; Mathematics Major with no trend (3.41 Freshman cGPA, 3.55 Sophomore cGPA, 3.50 Junior cGPA, 3.64 cGPA with a 4.0 in my last 17 credits + 10 credits taken in community college post-COVID to complete missing pre-reqs); 3.52 graduate GPA in my MPH
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts: 487 (June 2020) - I should have voided but tried rushing to apply in 2020, 510 (September 2023), 520 (August 2024)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US): FL
4. Ethnicity and/or race: Asian & Hispanic (not a URM)
5. Undergraduate institution or category: Top Private University in FL
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): Scribed a Neurologist (~500 hours) and Physiatrist (~500 hours) under ScribeAmerica, Volunteered for National Public Health Week, participated in local volunteer activities through AED & AMSA
7. Research experience and productivity: Worked at a Parasitology Lab (~300 hours) and currently working under a Clinical Pain Psychology Lab (~1000 hours). No major publications; presented a few posters and won an undergraduate research award for being the top Microbiology & Immunology research student
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: Shadowed a General Surgeon (~200 hours) and Diagnostic Radiologist (~200 hours)
9. Non-clinical volunteering: Founded a cultural education center in Miami for adolescents to combat systemic discrimination + donate food and work at soup kitchen (~1000 hours); volunteered at local Math Club (~300 hours) & Run Club (~200 hours)
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc): Completed a Master of Public Health at state's topic public university and participated in Graduate Student Council, continued scribing under ScribeAmerica post-graduation, held leadership roles in university's Math Club and multicultural organizations
11. Relevant honors or awards: Department of Microbiology & Immunology Valedictorian for being top undergraduate research student; Departmental Honors in Mathematics for completing multiple graduate-level coursework and maintaining a 3.7 major GPA.
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important: I have a total of 7 Ws on my transcripts. I obtained a W in Anatomy and Physiology in Spring 2015 as a High School Dual Enrollment student, Differential Equations in Fall 2016, Abstract Math in Spring 2017, Organic Chemistry 2 and Immunobiology in Spring 2018, Topics in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Fall 2019, and Epidemiology as a graduate student in Summer 2021. Additionally, I performed extremely poorly on my first MCAT attempt in June 2020 due to rushing my preparation and scoring significantly below my FL average of low 500s. Since then, I improved my score to a 510 last year and a 520 recently.

School List:

Miami
Florida
USF
UCF
FIU
FAU
FSU
Nova
Carle Illinois
TAMU EnMed
Emory
Boston University
Vanderbilt
Case Western
OSU
St. Louis University
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Tulane
TCU
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Pittsburgh
Hofstra
Rochester
Vermont
Tufts
Western Michigan
Cincinnati
Iowa
Colorado
Arizona (Phoenix)
Mayo

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[Faha]

When are you planning to apply ?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

You are probably good for in-state. Why are you applying to Carle?

 

[deleted1155784]

When are you planning to apply ?

Most likely next year. I might apply only to the In-State schools + Carle + Emory this year because I pre-wrote the secondaries for those schools already.

You are probably good for in-state. Why are you applying to Carle?

I liked their engineering focus and did a math major so I met all their additional competencies (one semester of Linear Algebra, one semester of Multivariable Calc, etc.)

 

[Faha]

You should accumulate 150+ hours of non clinical volunteering (food bank, homeless shelter, etc.) before you apply. Otherwise, you could be screened out at some schools. I suggest adding these schools to your application:
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Tulane
TCU
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Pittsburgh
Hofstra
Rochester
Vermont
Tufts
Western Michigan
Cincinnati
Iowa
Colorado
Arizona (Phoenix)
Mayo

 

[deleted1155784]

You should accumulate 150+ hours of non clinical volunteering (food bank, homeless shelter, etc.) before you apply. Otherwise, you could be screened out at some schools. I suggest adding these schools to your application:
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Tulane
TCU
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Pittsburgh
Hofstra
Rochester
Vermont
Tufts
Western Michigan
Cincinnati
Iowa
Colorado
Arizona (Phoenix)
Mayo

Thank you for the list! I volunteered at a soup kitchen and served food to minority children from Haiti as part of the cultural education center I founded back in 2016 and have accumulated well over 1000 hours since then. I listed that experience as one of my 3 most meaningful experiences too on my AMCAS primary.