WAMC? 5 years since undergrad, strong peds background

[ara450]

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!!! PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE !!!

1. cGPA: 3.15 sGPA: 2.9 (not officially calculated... could use help calculating for AMCAS/AACOM)
2. MCAT 510 (127/127/128/128) taken Jan 2023
3. Arizona resident
4. White/F/27 years old
5. Undergraduate: BS Biology from University of Arizona, 2019
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): ~4800 hours Patient Care Technician 2021-present (a year and a half in adult neuro/neurosurgery unit, a year so far in pediatrics, both at my city's main hospital)
7. Research experience and productivity: ~400 hrs neuroscience wet lab 2016
8. Shadowing: EXPECTED ~40hrs primary care pediatrician, ~24hrs adult internal medicine clinic
9. Non-clinical volunteering: ~100hrs blood donation center hospitality 2024-present, ~100hours developing summer STEM program for local preschool, 2024-present.
10. Teaching: tutored student athletes in science courses while at undergrad 2018-2019, then lead teacher of a preschool class 2020-2021.
    Leadership: created and maintained resource library for student athlete tutoring center 2019. Founding member of unit council on pediatrics unit, 2024-present. Preceptor for new patient care techs 2022-present.
11. Relevant honors or awards: none
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important: struggled with undiagnosed ADHD/depression/anxiety during undergrad, now diagnosed & medicated.

I know I am likely looking at DO schools. This is totally okay with me as I am hoping to go into pediatrics and don't mind primary care (clearly not in it for the money lmao). I plan to apply to all schools in AZ (MD and DO) but really need help objectively understanding my chances as an applicant. Can provide more info if needed 🙂 thank you!!

 

[Faha]

You Could receive interviews at DO schools and I suggest these:
AZCOM
ATSU (both schools)
TUNCOM
Noorda-COM
UIWSOM
KCU-COM
MU-COM
WCU-COM
ACOM
LMU-DCOM
PCOM (all schools)
LECOM (all schools)
NYITCOM (both schools)
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
BCOM (both schools)
OCOM
DUQCOM
BUCOM
Touro-Montana
ICOM
KHSC-COM
For MD schools you could try these:
Arizona (Tucson and Phoenix)
Creighton
Belmont
Roseman (when it opens)
Alice Walton (when it opens)
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
Medical College Wisconsin
TCU

 

[Mr.Smile12]

A lot of your activities look like extensions from academic environments: teaching STEM for preschoolers or athletes is great [why not be a teacher? Were you ever employed as a teacher after graduation?], but it's not community service orientation activities like food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation. This is important in Arizona given the myriad of issues regarding end-stage poverty there.

 

[AJS59]

Are you targeting this cycle or some future cycle?

 

[ara450]

A lot of your activities look like extensions from academic environments: teaching STEM for preschoolers or athletes is great [why not be a teacher? Were you ever employed as a teacher after graduation?], but it's not community service orientation activities like food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation. This is important in Arizona given the myriad of issues regarding end-stage poverty there.

This is a great point and something I hadn't prioritized unfortunately. How much weight does this have in an application?

 

[ara450]

Are you targeting this cycle or some future cycle?

targeting this cycle but probably will apply again next year.

 

[AJS59]

This is a great point and something I hadn't prioritized unfortunately. How much weight does this have in an application?

It's a really important thing to have; many schools make their mission around this stuff

Other than that your application appears to be in fine shape; try to see if you can get that shadowing done before submission as projected hours don't carry weight. I wouldn't let that necessarily dissuade you from giving it a go this year though.