WAMC? 3.96 & 515

[CaptainKump]

GPA: 3.962
MCAT: 515 (130, 126, 131, 128)
State of residence: Illinois
Ethnicity: Asian
Undergraduate institution: Small liberal arts school
Major: Health Science
Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): Hospital volunteering 80 hours, Will start scribing this month
Shadowing experience: 4 Internal Medicine Doctors (2 MD and 2 DO) for 120 hours, Orthopedic Surgeon (outpatient) for 5 hours.
Non-clinical volunteering: Overseas volunteering at Saint Alphonsa's Orphanage in India 15 hrs (5 days), Food shelter 20 hours (will continue volunteering here)
Research experience: 250 hours organic chemistry lab: 3 poster presentation and 1 power point presentation.
Other extracurricular activities: Biology Lab TA 40 hours, 4 years of lifting (6 hours/ week), intramural basketball (1 semester) and school tournaments, sports with friends: basketball, soccer, volleyball. private MCAT tutoring 60 hours (ongoing),
Clubs: Active member of AMSA (American Medical Student Association) and SASA (South Indian Student Association)

School List: (Any advise on what I should add or drop?)
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Rosalind Franklin
Rush Medical College
Loyola
Southern Illinois University
University of Minnesota
university of Wisconsin
Medical college of Wisconsin
University of Michigan
Wayne State
Western Michigan University
Oakland University William Beaumont
Case Western reserve University
Ohio State University
University of Cincinnati
University of Toledo
Wright State University Boonshoft
Tulane University
University of Iowa Carver
Emory University
Indiana University
Saint Louis
University of Missouri-Kansas City
University of Louisville

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[Faha]

Minnesota, Missouri accept few non residents with no connections to the state. You could add these schools:
Boston University
Hofstra
Einstein
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Case Western
Miami
USF Morsani
St. Louis

 

[CaptainKump]

Minnesota, Missouri accept few non residents with no connections to the state. You could add these schools:
Boston University
Hofstra
Einstein
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Case Western
Miami
USF Morsani
St. Louis

Thanks for the feedback. I’ll definitely look into adding these schools to my list.

 

[vrazzles]

You might wanna consider changing your avatar to preserve anonymity. You're very identifiable from your post.

-Shadowing is good.
-Your clinical volunteering hours are pretty low. You want to get those >200
-Your non clinical volunteering I think is lethally weak.
-Your hobby of lifting has far more hours than any of your other activities.

Honestly, other than your GPA and MCAT, this is a really cookie cutter application IMO. You're an ORM with good stats but very lackluster ECs. Personally, I don't think your application can compete at schools like Michigan, Case, Emory, or Pitt. If I were you I would take time to beef up your ECs for at least a year before I applied, particularly focusing on service to the underserved and further clinical exposure.

Best of luck!

 

[CaptainKump]

You might wanna consider changing your avatar to preserve anonymity. You're very identifiable from your post.

-Shadowing is good.
-Your clinical volunteering hours are pretty low. You want to get those >200
-Your non clinical volunteering I think is lethally weak.
-Your hobby of lifting has far more hours than any of your other activities.

Honestly, other than your GPA and MCAT, this is a really cookie cutter application IMO. You're an ORM with good stats but very lackluster ECs. Personally, I don't think your application can compete at schools like Michigan, Case, Emory, or Pitt. If I were you I would take time to beef up your ECs for at least a year before I applied, particularly focusing on service to the underserved and further clinical exposure.

Best of luck!

Thanks for the feedback! I'll make sure work on my volunteering.

 

[LeaveNoTrace]

Get 200+ hours each in clinical and nonclinical volunteering. Then you will be good.

 

[Goro]

GPA: 3.962
MCAT: 515 (130, 126, 131, 128)
State of residence: Illinois
Ethnicity: Asian
Undergraduate institution: Small liberal arts school
Major: Health Science
Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): Hospital volunteering 80 hours, Will start scribing this month
Shadowing experience: 4 Internal Medicine Doctors (2 MD and 2 DO) for 120 hours, Orthopedic Surgeon (outpatient) for 5 hours.
Non-clinical volunteering: Overseas volunteering at Saint Alphonsa's Orphanage in India 15 hrs (5 days), Food shelter 20 hours (will continue volunteering here)
Research experience: 250 hours organic chemistry lab: 3 poster presentation and 1 power point presentation.
Other extracurricular activities: Biology Lab TA 40 hours, 4 years of lifting (6 hours/ week), intramural basketball (1 semester) and school tournaments, sports with friends: basketball, soccer, volleyball. private MCAT tutoring 60 hours (ongoing),
Clubs: Active member of AMSA (American Medical Student Association) and SASA (South Indian Student Association)

School List: (Any advise on what I should add or drop?)
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Rosalind Franklin
Rush Medical College
Loyola
Southern Illinois University
University of Minnesota
university of Wisconsin
Medical college of Wisconsin
University of Michigan
Wayne State
Western Michigan University
Oakland University William Beaumont
Case Western reserve University
Ohio State University
University of Cincinnati
University of Toledo
Wright State University Boonshoft
Tulane University
University of Iowa Carver
Emory University
Indiana University
Saint Louis
University of Missouri-Kansas City
University of Louisville

As of right now, chances are zero with those ECs. You have almost nil clinical exposure and nonclinical volunteering.

 

[CaptainKump]

As of right now, chances are zero with those ECs. You have almost nil clinical exposure and nonclinical volunteering.

Thanks for the feedback. I’ll make sure to grind out these hours.