WAMC (512/4.0) Need help with School list

[rasberry5476]

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Hi! Looking for advice on my school list (schools to add/remove), very interested in the humanistic side of medicine. Thanks in advance!
cGPA: 4.0
sGPA: 4.0
MCAT: 512 (127/127/126/132)
State of residence: NJ
Ethnicity/race: South Asian ORM

Clinical Work Experience:
Clinical Research Assistant in the Emergency Room: 200 hours + 100 anticipated
Shadowing:
50 hours in the NICU
50 hours shadowing a pediatric surgeon

Research experience:
300 hours in a Biochemistry lab working on developing a DNA-zyme for detecting illnesses
200 hours on a cornerstone project looking at nutrition and circadian rhythm → led to a poster presentation and publication in an undergraduate journal
Currently starting an internship a lab at a nearby medical school (but could not include in my amcas submission b/c just found out)

Extracurriculars

400 hours + 200 anticipated as a Americorp Project Manager→ worked on developing a weekly meal service for individuals struggling with homelessness or food insecurity at a local church. Presented this project at a conference, and received a Chancellor’s Award in the spring
50 hours: volunteered to conduct community health fairs, build stoves, and use spanish to interpret to conduct health sessions in guatemala
50 hours: used spanish to assist families in filling out christmas assistance applications
50 hours: received a certificate for community interpreting after completing a language proficiency exam + passing a certification course on cultural competency/ethics
300 hours + 200 anticipated: President of a student organization on mental advocacy.
50 Hours + 50 anticipated: Peer mentor for incoming freshman in the honors college

LOR:
five in total: PI, MD head of emergency research, science professor who mentored my research project (strong), spanish professor (talked abt spanish proficiency), and dean of honors college (talked abt community project)

School List (all MD)
Robert wood Johnson
NJMS
Temple
Penn State Medical school
Quinnipiac
Drexel
Hackensack Meridian
Texas Christian University
Einstein
NYMC
Toledo
Ohio State
Morsani
Western Michigan
Nova Southeastern
Eastern Virginia
Oakland
Wake Forest
St Luis
Miami
Rush
Albany
Rosalind Franklin

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Welcome to the forums.

TCU, Toledo, Western Michigan, EVMS, and Ohio State seem random. Is there a mission fit?

Clinical hours seem light compared to many other applicants. Non-clinical volunteering seems okay, though you have a bunch of 50-hour activities. I don't know if it's enough commitment to show Rush and the Jesuit medical schools.

 

[Faha]

Toledo, Ohio State and USF Morsani admit few non residents with a MCAT of 512 and no connection to the state. Your clinical hours are far too low for Rush and St. Louis. Einstein will be very competitive this year because of free tuition. You could add these schools:
Cooper Rowan
Vermont
Jefferson
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Belmont
Medical College Wisconsin

 

[wysdoc]

TCU is a mission fit as their motto is “Empathetic Scholars.” They’re the only Texas MD school that doesn’t limit the number of OOS students in their class.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

OP: When you say "humanistic side of medicine," exactly what do you mean? How should this be manifest in the activities at your preferred schools/programs? It's not obvious since you don't list any details/activities that could demonstrate this.

 

[rasberry5476]

Welcome to the forums.

TCU, Toledo, Western Michigan, EVMS, and Ohio State seem random. Is there a mission fit?

Clinical hours seem light compared to many other applicants. Non-clinical volunteering seems okay, though you have a bunch of 50-hour activities. I don't know if it's enough commitment to show Rush and the Jesuit medical schools.

Hi! Thank you sm for getting back to me! I understand. a bunch of my 50 hour activities were directly related to Spanish for Health Professions program that I am in. A large part of my application is that volunteering/spending significant time within the community (using spanish in the community/community projects) has given me an interest in community health in reducing socioeconomic barriers and making meaningful connections with patients.

TCU mission seems to fit that. I interviewed for the medstart program at Toledo last semester, but was not accepted but am wanted to reapply b/c my grandfather lived in Toledo. I was interested in the CareForward curriculum in EVMS

 

[rasberry5476]

Toledo, Ohio State and USF Morsani admit few non residents with a MCAT of 512 and no connection to the state. Your clinical hours are far too low for Rush and St. Louis. Einstein will be very competitive this year because of free tuition. You could add these schools:
Cooper Rowan
Vermont
Jefferson
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Belmont
Medical College Wisconsin

Thank you for this feedback! Does Rush/St Louis have a cutoff for the number of Clinical hours?
These schools look great! For some reason, I could not find information on MCAT/ # OOS students on MSAR for Belmont so I wasn't sure.
Also, do you believe my school list may be having too many low yield schools?

 

[rasberry5476]

TCU is a mission fit as their motto is “Empathetic Scholars.” They’re the only Texas MD school that doesn’t limit the number of OOS students in their class.

Thank you! I was also considering applying to some schools in TMDAS although I understand that they are out of state unfriendly because the tuition is low, and I have family in Texas so I am willing to settle down and practice there as well. I am also very interested in using healthcare Spanish and serving hispanic communities. Would you recommend that I apply to TMDAS and if so, if there are certain schools that I may want to avoid?

 

[rasberry5476]

OP: When you say "humanistic side of medicine," exactly what do you mean? How should this be manifest in the activities at your preferred schools/programs? It's not obvious since you don't list any details/activities that could demonstrate this.

Hi! A large part of my application is that volunteering/spending significant time within the community through volunteering in the spanich for health professions program, my project at a local church, and in general I am also part of a program (bonner) that studies and does local outreach to the community. This has given me an interest in community health in reducing socioeconomic barriers and making meaningful connections with patients.

 

[wysdoc]

Thank you! I was also considering applying to some schools in TMDAS although I understand that they are out of state unfriendly because the tuition is low, and I have family in Texas so I am willing to settle down and practice there as well. I am also very interested in using healthcare Spanish and serving hispanic communities. Would you recommend that I apply to TMDAS and if so, if there are certain schools that I may want to avoid?

I’m not sure it’s worth doing the TMDSAS application, you will have your hands full with your AMCAS essays.

 

[Faha]

Thank you for this feedback! Does Rush/St Louis have a cutoff for the number of Clinical hours?
These schools look great! For some reason, I could not find information on MCAT/ # OOS students on MSAR for Belmont so I wasn't sure.
Also, do you believe my school list may be having too many low yield schools?

Your school list is otherwise fine. Rush and Loyola are looking for applicants with many hundreds or thousands of hours of clinical exposure.