WAMC (3.86/517 URM)

[MochaBean]

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I just received my MCAT score and am a first-time applicant taking a gap year, I wanted some feedback and suggestions on my school list and chances of admission. Please let me know if this list is too top-heavy or unrealistic, I made my list using admit.org's suggestions. I'm hoping to stay in or near the East Coast. Thank you in advance!

Background
cGPA: 3.86
sGPA: 3.85

MCAT: 517 (129/129/129/130)

State of residence: NJ

Ethnicity and/or race: Latino

Undergraduate institution or category: Dartmouth (biology major)

Work/Activities
Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)

• Volunteer EMT in a rural community agency - 550 hours
• Cancer center volunteer - 150 hours
• Hospital volunteer (food distribution) - 150 hours

Research experience and productivity

• Breast cancer research - 1000 hours
  • 4 posters (1 at ABRCMS), 1 paper that won't be done before applications
• Cell biology research - 1000 hours
  • Honors thesis

Shadowing experience and specialties represented

• Anesthesia, Oncology, Dermatology, Radiology - 200 hours

Non-clinical volunteering

• Firefighter in rural volunteer agency - 200 hours

Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)

• TA for 2 biology courses - 150 hours
• President of social fraternity - 500 hours

Anything else not listed you think might be important

• First-gen, low-income, low SES, will be discussed in other meaningful experiences essay

School list
Reaches:
Harvard
Cornell
UPenn
Yale
NYU
Columbia
Duke

Target:
Brown
Emory
Case Western
CCLCM
UPitt
Northwestern
Mount Sinai

Baseline:
Rutgers RWJ
RNJMS
Hackensack
Dartmouth
UMiami
Tufts
Einstein
Georgetown
Boston University
Zucker SOM

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Welcome to the forums.

Is rural medicine your central purpose as a physician? Does your family live in a rural area of New Jersey?

Application Advice for Future Rural Health Professionals | SDN

Most rural Americans face significant challenges accessing healthcare. There are major shortages of physicians, dentists, psychologists, and other health

www.studentdoctor.net

 

[MochaBean]

Welcome to the forums.

Is rural medicine your central purpose as a physician? Does your family live in a rural area of New Jersey?

Application Advice for Future Rural Health Professionals | SDN

Most rural Americans face significant challenges accessing healthcare. There are major shortages of physicians, dentists, psychologists, and other health

www.studentdoctor.net

Not necessarily, but I have had lots of experience working in rural communities. Not sure if I want to commit fully yet, but am definitely interested in working with underserved populations (Latino, URM). No, I am from a suburban area of NJ.

 

[Faha]

Are you fluent in Spanish ?

 

[MochaBean]

Are you fluent in Spanish ?

Yes, I am fluent and have lived in a Latino neighborhood my whole life

 

[Faha]

Yes, I am fluent and have lived in a Latino neighborhood my whole life

You should receive many interviews from your list. Add Johns Hopkins (free tuition).

 

[MochaBean]

You should receive many interviews from your list. Add Johns Hopkins (free tuition).

Is my list too top-heavy? Should I add more baseline schools besides Hopkins, or even remove some of my schools (UPenn, Harvard)?

 

[Faha]

Is my list too top-heavy? Should I add more baseline schools besides Hopkins, or even remove some of my schools (UPenn, Harvard)?

Your list is not top heavy. You have 3 NJ schools you are applying to and you could add Cooper Rowan.

 

[LunaOri]

You could also add UMass and UVM if you want to stay on the East coast.