WAMC: 523 MCAT, 3.83 cGPA, 3.70 sGPA

[TB12-Goat]

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Wondering if my list is too top-heavy, my main concerns are the mediocre sGPA and absence of non-clinical volunteering. Upward trend with straight A's since sophomore year.

ORM/male/Iowa resident/large midwestern state school

ECs:

Research - 1600 hours in a lab studying diabetes over 3 years, 1 mid-author pub and 2 posters

Volunteering - 240 hours in emergency department

Clinical - 1200 hours as a nursing assistant and cardiac telemetry monitoring tech in local hospital

Leadership - ~100 hours as a student ambassador in an undergrad research engagement initiative
- 75 as cofounder and safety officer of a sports club

Shadowing - around 20 hours shadowing 3 doctors, other opportunities were cancelled d/t Covid

Misc: - 215 hours working as overnight valet parking attendant
- General Honors, Honors in Biology, Biology Honors Thesis
- Certificate in Clinical and Translational Sciences
- Phi Beta Kappa

tentative list:

Iowa

Ohio State

Minnesota

Case Western

Duke

Vanderbilt

Pitt

Emory

Virginia

Michigan

Wisconsin

WashU

Harvard

UCLA

UPenn

Baylor

 

[Mr.Smile12]

State residency please?

 

[TB12-Goat]

State residency please?

Iowa, sorry forgot to include

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Other comment. 3.70 sGPA is not mediocre. You definitely should be invited by your in-state and a few publics in neighboring states that would be friendly to Iowa residents. I always will advise people to pay attention to OOS statistics for other public schools.

 

[Faha]

You could add any of these schools to your application:
Northwestern
U Chicago
Mayo (both schools)
NYU
Columbia
Cornell
Mount Sinai
UCSF