WAMC: 3.68oGPA, 3.73sGPA, 4.0 Masters GPA, 505 MCAT. URM first gen student

[latinxmed10]

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Hi everyone!
I am planning to apply this cycle to MD and would like some input on my application strength and school list. Thanks!

1. cGPA/sGPA: 3.68/3.73, Masters of Science 4.0
2. MCAT score: 505
3. State of residence: Texas (but completed Masters of Science in Microbiology in Louisana)
4. URM: Hispanic (Mexican) female
5. Undergraduate institution: Private, St. Edwards University
6. Clinical experience:
   1. ER (20 hrs)
   2. Another hospital with the army (20 hrs)
7. Research experience/Pubs/Presentations:
   1. research assistant (100 hr)
8. Shadowing: various specialties (60 hr)
9. Non-clinical volunteering:
   1. Marathons (5 hrs)
   2. Surgery waiting room volunteer at county hospital (100 hr)
10. Leadership/Honors/Awards:
    1. President list
    2. Certificate of Recognition for Community Service (20 hr)
    3. National Family Military Association Scholarship
    4. Mrs. Patty Shinseki Spouse Scholarship Program
    5. Dean’s Honorable Mention
    6. Dean’s List List for Outstanding Academic Achievement
    7. Certificate: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for Students 2020
    8. Panel for Health inequities - speaker
11. Artistic/Athletics:
12. LOR:
    1. 3 Master science professors
    2. 1 undergrad science professor
    3. 1 surgeon
13. Anything else important:
    1. uninvolved in clubs, went to multiple undergrads because I was an army wife, and moved. Worked during this time as a tutor for 8 months.
    2. worked as a sales associate and cashier from 2015-2019 (during HS and all through my undergrad)
    3. will begin scribing in June
    4. former ESL student

Looking for any advice on a school list, as I am a first time applicant and first gen student so I do not have much guidance.

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
All your Texas MD schools.
For AMCAS schools you could try these:
TCU-UNT
Tulane
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
NOVA MD
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Einstein
Vermont
Quinnipiac
For DO schools I suggest these:
TCOM
SAM HOUSTON STATE
UIWSOM
OSU-COM
WESTERN
TUCOM-CA
TUNCOM
AZCOM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
DMU-COM
MU-COM
CUSOM
PCOM (all schools)
LECOM (all schools)
Touro-NY
NYITCOM

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Thank you for your service. Where did you grow up in Texas?

 

[latinxmed10]

Thank you for your service. Where did you grow up in Texas?

I am a army wife, my husband served. I am from the Rio Grande Valley, from McAllen Tx. near the border.

 

[latinxmed10]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
All your Texas MD schools.
For AMCAS schools you could try these:
TCU-UNT
Tulane
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
NOVA MD
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Einstein
Vermont
Quinnipiac
For DO schools I suggest these:
TCOM
SAM HOUSTON STATE
UIWSOM
OSU-COM
WESTERN
TUCOM-CA
TUNCOM
AZCOM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
DMU-COM
MU-COM
CUSOM
PCOM (all schools)
LECOM (all schools)
Touro-NY
NYITCOM

thank you!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

It should go without saying, network with all the Texas schools. Connect through SNMA and LMSA student leaders on each campus. Find out if there are military support clubs and ask the military docs you may still know through your husband about their thoughts about your chances and choices for schools. Connect with TMDSAS often with their webinars (live or recorded). UTRGV should have their eyes on you if you proactively reach out to them if they are your closest school from your hometown. And your military background plus Mexican background will make you a desirable candidate.

 

[voxveritatisetlucis]

I think that you will get in MD and can probably include the schools listed above and aim a bit higher due to military service.. apply DO as a backup due to the MCAT but I don’t see you not getting in MD if you apply broadly