WAMC? 3.69/517/MA/ORM

[shuhui]

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Hi, I'm a reapplicant from the 2019-2020 cycle so I'm pretty nervous about applying this time. Schools I was thinking of applying to are: Case Western, BU, Tufts, UMASS, Mayo, Emory, Drexel, Quinnipiac, Geroge Washington, Temple.
Not sure if I'm on the right track or not since my first mcat was in 2018 so I don't know if I should go by the average of my mcat scores or the newest score. Any suggestions are very welcome!

GPA
sGPA: 3.65 cGPA: 3.69 (upward trend from 3.49 in sophomore year)

MCAT score(s)
511 - Aug 2018
517 (127/129/129/132) - May 2021

State of residence: Massachusetts
Ethnicity: ORM

Undergrad institution: Top 50
Clinical experience: ~350 hours hospital volunteer
Shadowing: 80 hrs different specialties
Research: ~1000 hrs & 2 mid author pubs in undergrad, ~1500 hours in ongoing research tech job (2nd gap year)
Non clinical volunteering: 90 hrs tutoring/mentoring inner city students in undergrad, ~1500 hrs City Year (1st gap year)

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
UMass
Tufts
Boston University
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Rochester
Hofstra
Einstein
New York Medical College
Albany
Mount Sinai
Seton Hall
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Pittsburgh
Georgetown
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
NOVA MD
Miami
USF Morsani
Tulane
TCU-UNT
Mayo
Cincinnati
Case Western
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Medical College Wisconsin
Kaiser

 

[shuhui]

Thanks a lot! Based on this list would schools with mcat medians of 517 be a reach for me then?

 

[Faha]

Thanks a lot! Based on this list would schools with mcat medians of 517 be a reach for me then?

Depends on the school (state public vs private) and the 10th percentile for GPA.

 

[shuhui]

Depends on the school (state public vs private) and the 10th percentile for GPA.

So would schools like Dartmouth be reasonable with my stats?

 

[Faha]

So would schools like Dartmouth be reasonable with my stats?

Yes.

 

[shuhui]

Yes.

Thanks! Also do you think it would be advisable for me to apply to DO schools since I’m a reapplicant? I don’t have any Do or Md letters and haven’t gotten a chance to shadow a DO because of covid though.

 

[Faha]

Thanks! Also do you think it would be advisable for me to apply to DO schools since I’m a reapplicant? I don’t have any Do or Md letters and haven’t gotten a chance to shadow a DO because of covid though.

Yes, apply to some DO schools also and I suggest these:
UNECOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
PCOM (all schools)
CUSOM
AZCOM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
DMU-COM
LECOM (all schools)