WAMC 515 MCAT 3.9 GPA CA ORM

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1. 3.76 sGPA , 3.9 cGPA


2. 515 (126,127,131,131) - third attempt, 509 (2nd), 506 (1st)


3. CA resident


4. Asian


5. Private mid tier school, BS in Health Sciences, minor in Biology


6. Clinical experience (Hospital volunteer, clinic volunteer)- 320 hours


7. Research:


Lab 1: 810 hours, led my own human subject study from start to finish, 2 first author manuscripts in progress (won't be published before apps are submitted), 9 abstracts, 5 conferences.


Lab 2: 1040 hours, mid author manuscript in progress, 2 abstracts, 2 conferences


8. Shadowing - 120 hours - general surgeon, plastic surgeon, orthopedic surgeon


9. Non clinical volunteering (domestic violence shelter, food bank) - 210


10. Lead personal trainer at university - 400 hours


Summer swim coach - 50 hours


Recreational runner/weightlifter - 1200 hours


Accepted into clinical gap year research program


Part of student health advisory council at my school


11. Received 2 internal research grants ($5000 and $3500 for my projects), Dean's scholarship, Dean's list 7 semesters





School list:


  • Mayo Clinic Alix
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Northwestern University (Feinberg)
  • Stanford University
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Baylor College of Medicine
  • Boston University
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Long School of Medicine
  • Case Western Reserve
  • University of Rochester
  • UCSF
  • University of Michigan
  • UC Irvine
  • USC Keck
  • UT Southwestern
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Kaiser
  • The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
  • UCSD
  • Emory University
  • Dartmouth (Geisel)
  • UCLA (David Geffen)
  • NYU Grossman
  • Ohio State University
  • University of Miami (Miller)
  • Georgetown University
  • University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • McGovern (UT Houston)
  • Sidney Kimmel (Jefferson)
  • Saint Louis University School of Medicine
  • UTMB Galveston
  • Texas Tech El Paso (PLFSOM)
  • Temple (Katz)
  • University of Minnesota Medical School
  • California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM)
  • Loma Linda University
  • Tulane University
  • Drexel University
  • TCU School of Medicine
  • University of Illinois College of Medicine
  • Texas Tech (Lubbock)
  • Albany Medical College
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Rosalind Franklin (Chicago Med School)
  • Wake Forest University School of Medicine
  • UC Davis
  • UC Riverside
  • UT Rio Grande Valley




Please let me know what you think, Thanks!
 
The Texas schools admit few non residents with no strong connection to the state. Your list is top heavy and some schools average MCAT scores.
I suggest these schools with your stats:
The UCs (except Riverside unless you are from that region)
USC Keck
Kaiser
California University
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
Roseman
TCU
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Tulane
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Albany
Rochester
Vermont
Quinnipiac
UMass
Iowa
Colorado
U Illinois
Arizona (Phoenix)
 
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