WAMC 3.82/509

[krismd163]

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Suggested information to include when creating a WAMC thread are as follows:

1. cGPA 3.82 and sGPA 3.7
2. MCAT score - 508
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
4. White
5. Boston - private university
6. Clinical experience 300 hours - paid phlebotomist
7. Paid research assistant with university. 400 hours
8. Shadowing 10 hours = surgical 20 hours = pediatrician 30 hours = OB/GYN
9. 500 hours volunteering at local school
10. Other extracurricular activities - club soccer, workout group, pre med society member, pre med honor society member, teaching assistant 2 semesters, Lab assistant 1 semester, sorority member
11. Relevant honors or awards- Deans List - All semesters
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important - first gen. Female

Possible school list:
Tufts
UMASS
UCONN
Boston U
Quinnipiac
Brown
George Washington
Georgetown
Temple
Penn State
Rutgers
Wake Forest
Rush
Michigan State
Virginia Tech
Dartmouth
University of Rochester
University of Colorado
University of South Florida
University of Vermont

 

[ClashRoyaleKing]

What exactly is the "500 hours volunteering at local school?" Many schools within your stat range will be service-oriented and prefer you have significant exposure to helping individuals unlike yourself.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Welcome to the forums.

State of residence?

 

[Faha]

Where is your state of residence ? What does your 500 hours of volunteering involve ?

 

[krismd163]

Thank you all - Residence is MA.
Volunteer hours were at a local school in a underserved community. I helped in the classroom when needed and tutored after school hours in math.

 

[1234premed1234]

Virginia Tech is really big into producing physician scientists. If you aren't extremely interested in this, it might not be a good place to apply

 

[Faha]

Rush and Georgetown are looking for applicants with far more clinical and non clinical hours than you have. You have state public schools on your list that admit few non residents with a MCAT of 508 and no strong connection to the state. Brown, Dartmouth, Boston University and Rochester are unrealistic with a MCAT of 508. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Tufts
UMASS
Quinnipiac
George Washington
Temple
Penn State
Wake Forest
University of Vermont
Albany
Drexel
Jefferson
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
NOVA MD
Belmont
TCU
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Ponce (St. Louis)
Alice Walton (when it opens)
Roseman (when it opens)

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I'll also throw in that while your volunteer work at an under-resourced school has a great purpose, tutoring/teaching is an activity that most premeds do and will not help you stand out. (Plus, your pool also has those with at least 1 year of bona fide teaching through Teach for America or even employed in their school systems.) Teaching/tutoring is primarily an academic competency.

It is not clear that you have community service orientation activities such as food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation. This may also make your application vulnerable to being screened out if you didn't have 150 hours of such activities at the time of submission.