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WAMC 506 MCAT 3.8 GPA
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Could you post a formatted WAMC profile?
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Can I get more details? I'm not trying to plug numbers into a formula; that's not how admissions works. Split up your non-clinical volunteering by activity.
I suggest these schools with your stats:
All 4 SUNYs
Albany
New York Medical College
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Howard
Meharry
Morehouse
Charles Drew
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
Methodist (when it opens)
NOVA MD
Miami
Belmont
Alice Walton
Tulane
TCU
Roseman
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Indiana
Oakland Beaumont
All 4 SUNYs
Albany
New York Medical College
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Howard
Meharry
Morehouse
Charles Drew
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
Methodist (when it opens)
NOVA MD
Miami
Belmont
Alice Walton
Tulane
TCU
Roseman
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Indiana
Oakland Beaumont
You may be seen as URM for those schools and your stats are within range for those schools.
so is this like one of those things that is just luck on whether i am seen as urm or not
Yes. It depends on who reviews your application but you should mention your connections to the Black community.
It's how you identify as a member of that culture, not the proportion of blood alleles. It's what the SCOTUS implied.
You still haven't addressed my call for details to discern if this is really the case. I get the impression you're trying to game being URM to your favor in the admissions process since being ORM is perceived as a negative to you. Like you're ashamed of it??
do you have any other schools i should add? also should i add einstein or is that a huge stretch
Einstein is unrealistic and is much more competitive now with free tuition. You could add some DO schools such as Touro-NY, NYITCOM, LECOM and PCOM.
Admissions committee? I'm more interested how the Black community looked at you helping them if they didn't consider you fully Black or Black enough. That response is far more insightful that a good adcom will appreciate.
Could you be more specific how it benefitted you? (You don't need to reply publicly here.)
UW is only friendly to applicants from the northwest. WSU generally favors residents interested in rural medicine.
U Washington admits less than 1% of applicants who are not from states in the Northwest.
You're not the first biracial person to apply to an HBCU and you won't be the last. You won't even be the first Asian (half or full). Adcoms won't pick on you because you're 'only' half-black, especially since your community service shows that you're committed to helping the black community.
If you think you'll benefit from time spent at an HBCU apply, if you don't then apply somewhere else.
I still like Faha's list. You should add DO schools to cover your bases with your low MCAT. The usual suspects of NYCOM, PCOM, and LECOM come to mind for me.
I also have had Asian advisees who were accepted to HBCU medical schools. If you can speak about the community you lived in and its specific needs, then you may have a shot at them and any schools that may align with your purpose.
I also have had Asian advisees who were accepted to HBCU medical schools. If you can speak about the community you lived in and its specific needs, then you may have a shot at them and any schools that may align with your purpose.
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I do not see any other MD schools where you are competitive.
Why are you now saying you’re 1/2 Black and 1/2 Asian when in your other thread you called yourself Asian and said your dad is only “partly sheedi”? That wouldn’t put you at 1/2 Black. You can put whatever you like on your application and that theoretically may give you a chance at an interview, but again, the admissions committee will see through someone trying to game the system.
Ngl im getting scared now from what your saying.
Your story is inconsistent and it’s still not making sense. Get it together before you try to explain anything to an admissions committee.
In the end, you need to stand on your identity and culture. Your Shidi background may not fit what most US think about "Black" because we only know about the African diaspora to the US (through the Caribbean). You can't try to leverage being an applicant "unicorn" to argue why you should be admitted, which is an impression you are giving. Given your numbers and your self-identity, the school list Faha lists is reasonable. I'm sure you may have been subjected to skepticism about your "Blackness" or "Asianness." Have you attended any diversity workshops or courses where you can safely unpack these responses?
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