WAMC: 518/3.98, No Gap Year

[premedgiraffe]

1. cGPA/sGPA: 3.98, 3.99. Biology major, statistics minor
2. MCAT: 518 (130/129/130/129)
3. State of residence: NJ
4. Ethnicity and/or race: White
5. Undergraduate institution: State school
6. Clinical experience:
   1. 600 hours EMT in a rural 911 volunteer service
7. Research experience and productivity:
   1. 250 hours brain cancer bench research, 0 pubs/presentations but won a $2,000 grant for an independent project
   2. 350 hours clinical surgery research, co-author of 1 presentation, 2 manuscripts under review
   3. 100 hours remote clinical research (mainly lit review), 1 pub as 6th author
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented:
   1. 10 hours peds
   2. 10 hours trauma surgery
   3. 30 hours general surgery
9. Non-clinical volunteering:
   1. 70 hours crisis text line (probably my weakest point)
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc):
    1. 200 hours statistics lab TA
    2. 120 hours retail cashier
11. Relevant honors or awards:
    1. university LGBT scholarship, university STEM scholarship, hospital pre-med scholarship
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important:
    1. Not really, I feel like I'm just a normal guy

I know I have weak non-clinical volunteering, and I'll work on getting those hours up, but I'm pretty set on applying for this upcoming cycle. I feel like I'm kind of just a cookie-cutter applicant but I really do enjoy the things that I do and I'm excited about medical school. Hoping to at least get in somewhere on my list – would love advice on any other schools to consider.

School List:

1. Rutgers NJMS
2. Rutgers RWJ
3. Hackensack
4. Boston University
5. Case Western
6. Emory
7. Quinnipiac
8. Indiana
9. NYMC
10. Ohio State
11. Sidney Kimmel
12. SUNY Downstate
13. Tufts
14. UCLA
15. Colorado
16. Uconn
17. UIC
18. UMD
19. UMass Chan
20. UMich
21. UNC
22. UPitt
23. UVA
24. Wake Forest
25. Columbia
26. Duke
27. Icahn Mt. Sinai
28. Northwestern
29. Penn
30. Weill Cornell

I know UNC is impossible OOS but it's one of my favorite schools so I'll be trying it out for sure. I also know BU is more service-heavy, but I'd love to be in the Boston area if possible so I feel like I should shoot my shot. Thanks so much in advance for everyone's help!

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[Mr.Smile12]

Yes, please get on your non-clinical volunteering hours with service orientation activities (food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation). You need 150 hours to avoid getting screened out at most schools, 250 if you want to shoot for "brand schools" with applicants with a similar GPA/MCAT as yours.

If it's important to you, check for chapters affiliated with the Medical Student Pride Alliance.

 

[AJS59]

Any reason why Cooper Rowan isn't on your list as an IS Public?

Otherwise your list looks more or less solid to me — with the above caveat on service