WAMC / 516 / 3.7X / Just became an immigrant

[Adam101202]

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What are my chances at T20's?

1. 3.7X cGPA and 3.6X sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
   1. upwards trend
      
2. MCAT:
   1. 511 (130/126/130/125) score taken 3 years ago expired
   2. retook in may and got 516 (130/127/130/129).
      
3. Just finished immigration process last month and now NY resident
   
   
4. Ethnicity:
   MENA
   
   
5. Public NY Univesity
   
   
6. Clinical:
   1. Employment:
      1. MA 1760 hours (family medicine)
      2. Just started new position MA 10 hours (Dermatology)
   2. Volunteering:
      1. Hospice (2800 hours)
         1. Most meaningful
         2. Just got elected onto board of Directors at my local hospice
      2. Hospital (300 hours)
         
7. Research:
   1. 400 hours first lab
   2. 2500 hours second lab
      1. became lead lab tech
      2. First author 2 posters and presented both
      3. Publication in review with my name on it (low authorship, publishing 1 year after I left the lab)
         
8. Shadowing experience:
   1. 140 hours many different specialties
      
9. Non-clinical volunteering:
   1. Cofounded an NGO in home country (2000 hours)
      1. Most meaningful
   2. Consistent volunteering in underserved area and built community food garden (850 hours)
      1. Most meaningful
         
10. 2 Gap Years
    
    
11. Awards:
    1. University-wide award for volunteering and leadership.
    2. Nation-wide from Department of State award for volunteering while an exchange student.
       
12. Other relevant info:
    1. Low SES
    2. FAP recipient
    3. Applied twice before as international student with no success (25 schools each time, only 1 interview ever)
    4. Very strong LORs

 

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I suggest these schools with your stats:
All 4 SUNYs
Albany
New York Medical College
Hofstra
Mount Sinai
Einstein (free tuition)
Hackensack
Rochester
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Tufts
Boston University
UMass
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Georgetown
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
USF Morsani
NOVA MD
TCU
Creighton
St. Louis
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State