MD WAMC: 3.76/515/NJ ORM/Masters Student

[VRNJ0723]

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GPA: 3.76 (undergrad @ large state school)
- microbiology major
- current biomedical sciences masters
student, will have 9 credit hours before
applying

MCAT: 515 (128/127/129/131)

Clinical experience: 450
- PCA in a cardiac specialty unit

Research: 900
- Fungal Pathogen lab (undergrad): 650
No pubs
- Cardiovascular Development
+ CHD lab (master’s) : 250 (projected)
No pubs, option to write thesis but
not before the application

Shadowing: 50
- Electrophysiology: 20
- Cardiothoracic Surgery: 25
- Pathology: 5

Non-Clinical Volunteering: ~635
- Volunteer Firefighter: ~600
- Hospital surgery waiting room/OR: 35

Clinical Volunteering: 480
- Volunteer EMS: 450 (projected)
- elementary school nurse aid: 30

Teaching: 250
- Undergrad TA for an intro bio lab

Leadership: 480
- Manager at local town pool

School List (in no particular order):
Albert Einstein
Rutgers RWJMS
Rutgers NJMS
Hackensack Meridian SOM
Cooper (Rowan)
UTHSC
New York Medical College
Rush COM
Jacobs SOM University of Buffalo
George Washington
Lewis Katz SOM (Temple)
Wake Forrest SOM
Chicago MS (Rosalind Franklin)
Georgetown SOM
Drexel COM
Albany MC
Loyola Chicago
U of Louisville
Quinnipiac
Tulane
Zucker (Hofstra/ Northwell)
Geisinger
NYU Long Island
Penn State
Stony Brook
Sidney Kimmel (Jefferson)
Pittsburg
Uconn
SUNY Downstate
SUNY Upstate
CUNY SOM
Virginia Tech
University of Maryland
Tufts
Umass
Ohio State
Dartmouth
Emory
UNC
Umiami

 

[Mr.Smile12]

What support do you have with your master's program for applying, and do they recommend you apply now? Have they looked at your list, and what feedback have they given you about your readiness?

Most adcoms really like to see SMP students near completion (closer to 30 hours vs. 9 hours). If you are there for GPA repair, we need to know you have succeeded. With a 3.76 uGPA, I'm not sure why you are going for a biomedical masters degree if it's an SMP.

I'll give you credit as a firefighter for service orientation, but I'm getting a vibe for emergency medicine/cardiothoracic in your activities. Perhaps that's a reason why you want to pursue medicine, but I'm uncertain you have depth in your experiences since you don't go into detail.

There are many schools on your list that are public that your profile may not align with who they want with OOS. How did you come up with this list? Why would you want to go to medical school at Buffalo, UNC, or Ohio State? As a New Jersey resident, your in-states will be your friends, as will the privates in Philadelphia and New York, but your purpose is not clear from this profile.

 

[VRNJ0723]

What support do you have with your master's program for applying, and do they recommend you apply now? Have they looked at your list, and what feedback have they given you about your readiness?

Most adcoms really like to see SMP students near completion (closer to 30 hours vs. 9 hours). If you are there for GPA repair, we need to know you have succeeded. With a 3.76 uGPA, I'm not sure why you are going for a biomedical masters degree if it's an SMP.

I'll give you credit as a firefighter for service orientation, but I'm getting a vibe for emergency medicine/cardiothoracic in your activities. Perhaps that's a reason why you want to pursue medicine, but I'm uncertain you have depth in your experiences since you don't go into detail.

There are many schools on your list that are public that your profile may not align with who they want with OOS. How did you come up with this list? Why would you want to go to medical school at Buffalo, UNC, or Ohio State? As a New Jersey resident, your in-states will be your friends, as will the privates in Philadelphia and New York, but your purpose is not clear from this profile.

It's not necessarily an SMP, but many people do enroll in it as such. The program has options for both an MBS, which is more geared towards the GPA improvement students, as well as an M.S., which involves heavier research requirements and a thesis. I'm planning on writing a thesis to get my M.S., mainly because I was interested in gaining some research experience and genuinely enjoy learning and coursework, and was looking to do something more meaningful/productive than working a job while waiting to apply during my gap year. I just started the program this spring, as I was studying full time over the summer to take the MCAT in September, and was too late to have started the master's this past fall.

The academic advisors double in the role as admissions advisors for us and apparently master's students have a high admit rate with the MD program at the school. My advisor is of the impression that I have a strong application for medical school even prior to the master's program.

As for my school list I mainly just constructed it using the MSAR and trying to align schools with my stats, focusing on schools in the northeast, I'm probably going to think about cutting out some schools that might not be the best fit, like the OOS state schools (the one exception being UTHSC as I went to undergrad at UT) but this is the first draft of the list that I've made. I definitely prefer going in-state, but didn't want to limit myself by not applying broadly.

 

[Faha]

You have several state public schools on your list that admit few non residents with no connection to the state. CUNY only admits applicants through their undergraduate pathway. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Your 3 NJ state public schools
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Albany
Hofstra
NYU Long Island
Einstein
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Tufts
UMass
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Geisinger
Georgetown
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
Belmont
Tulane
Alice Walton
Creighton
St. Louis
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Cincinnati
Colorado