WAMC 3.69/518 Re-reapplicant

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Hi all, gearing up for a third, and hopefully final attempt at admission. My application is geared toward psychiatry and bioethics. I'm fairly certain I want to work with pediatric patients, and try to tie this into narratives in the essays. Will try to get as many volunteer hours as possible before the end of May. I had 1 interview in 2023-24 and none in 2024-25.

Let me know how to improve in the few months before applications go in, what schools I'm missing, or which ones I shouldn't bother applying to. Thanks in advance for any feedback.

GPA: 3.69 sGPA: 3.55 upward trending
MCAT 518 (126 chem: 131 Bio: 131 Psych: 130 Cars)
Small Liberal Arts College in Wisconsin
White Male

Clincal Experience
500 hours: Patient Care Associate (Behavioral Health, Child and Adolescent Inpatient, all of my time was spent directly interacting with patients) (Paid)
450 hours: Behavior Tech (Providing therapy for kids with ASD) (Paid)
100 hours: Patient Enrichment (hanging out and playing cards with patients, behavioral health) (Volunteer)

Shadowing
35 hours Pediatrics
35 Hours PCICU
20 Hours Cardiology
10 Hours Anesthesia

Research
2000 hours: Basic Science, Biochemistry, 3 poster/abstracts, potential paper in July
100 hours: Medical Ethics (Health inequites in LGBTQIA+)
250 hours: Philosophy/Applied Ethics Research (Ethics of Suicide) earned Philosophy discipline's award for my thesis
Pending: Medical Ethics project on the incarceration of patients with psychiatric illness (starts in May)

Nonclinical Volunteering
450 hours Highschool Soccer Coach
100 hours Ronald McDonald House
150 hours Youth Mentor and Coach, underprivileged kids in north Milwaukee

Other
2000+ work hours (farm)
50 hours: Student Org Leader with Mission to reduce Sexual Assault on Campus
3000+ hours: DIII athletics, team captain, school/conference awards
RA and Tutor -> may not include

Here's my school list, reapplications are bold. Would appreciate help cutting to 20-25 due to financial constraints, but if this is a bad move, please let me know.

MCW
UW Madison
Georgetown
Rush
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Creighton
Tufts
St. Louis
Penn State
Wake Forest
Albany
Vermont
Louisville
Maryland
Hofstra
Belmont
AWSOM
Drexel
VCU
TCU
Emory
NYMC
Hackensack
Thomas Jefferson
Western Michigan
Oakland
Indiana
Iowa
Ohio State
Dartmouth
Michigan
Case Western
Nova Southeastern
Michigan State
Eastern Virginia
GW
Case Western

 

[Mr.Smile12]

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Thread 'WAMC - Reapplicant (3.69 518)'

Aug 22, 2024

Hi all, would greatly appreciate feedback regarding my chances at the schools I applied to, and what I can do in the meantime to continue strengthening my application.

GPA: 3.69 sGPA: 3.55 upward trending
MCAT 518 (126 chem: 131 Bio: 131 Psych: 130 Cars)
Small Liberal Arts College in Wisconsin

950 Paid Clinical Hours (Behavioral Health, all of my time was spent directly interacting with patients)
25 Hours Shadowing (pediatric CICU, ICU, Anesthesia)

200 Science Hours Research (Microbio and Biochem) currently employed as a research assistant at a medical college. No publications but hope...

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[Mr.Smile12]

Your lack of non clinical volunteering will limit your chances for interviews.

I do not have any significance working in a shelter, but that is a great suggestion and I will begin looking for that! ...
I interviewed at MCW's regional campus that shares a campus with my undergrad (St. Norbert). The feedback I got was to get experience outside of behavioral health, and to define why MD, as opposed to psych PhD or some other role.

You added 100 hours at Ronald McDonald House. You have been under 150 hours for 2 cycles.

You added 100 hours as a volunteer soccer coach.

You added 150 hours as a youth mentor/coach to underserved Milwaukee students.

You got zero interviews, including the in-state program that interviewed you previously. What happened?

 

[deleted1198462]

You added 100 hours at Ronald McDonald House. You have been under 150 hours for 2 cycles.

You added 100 hours as a volunteer soccer coach.

You added 150 hours as a youth mentor/coach to underserved Milwaukee students.

You got zero interviews, including the in-state program that interviewed you previously. What happened?

Thanks for the response.

I did get 0 interviews. I can't exactly speak to why I did not receive an interview at the program I previously interviewed. I assume it was an error in my writing/angle/portrayal of what I've done. I have a meeting with their admissions office later this month. I think I lacked focus in regards to why medicine, and what impact I can have as a physician, but I'm not sure.

Yes, I did add less volunteer hours than I had hoped, only about 10 hours a week. I did also add 100 clinical volunteering hours. I will accumulate another ~25-50 hours in each of the roles I am in now prior to submitting apps. I work Mon-Sat during the day, and volunteer Mon-Thurs nights. But yes, I should have done more on weekends, but attempted to spend those shadowing. Not trying to make excuses.

Thanks again for the time.

 

[Faha]

Schools such as Rush, Loyola, Creighton, St. Louis and Georgetown are looking for applicants with many hundreds or thousands of hours of non clinical volunteering (not coaching soccer). I suggest these schools when you reapply:
U Wisconsin
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Iowa
U Illinois
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Indiana
TCU
Colorado
Roseman
Alice Walton
Belmont
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Methodist (when it opens)
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
UMass
As a 3rd time applicant you should include DO schools and I suggest these:
CCOM
DMU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
MU-COM
PCOM
CUSOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
AZCOM