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Hi all! I’m pretty new to SDN but was hoping to get some feedback on my application chances for MD and suggestions for additional schools to apply to (I’m aiming for 5-10 more). App was verified 7/14.
My Stats:
Currently applied:
I’m hoping to add ~5-10 more schools but wasn’t too sure what my best bet would be, especially with my (I think) lopsided GPA/MCAT! I also would appreciate any general feedback; I’m currently volunteering in an inpatient psych unit to try to keep up with clinical work but if you notice any gaps/weaknesses in my app I would love to hear about them!
My Stats:
- cGPA 3.65, sGPA 3.55 (upward trend from 3.4 freshman year to 3.8 senior)
- First MCAT: 8/2018 511 (128/130/127/126), retook 6/2021: 520 (130/131/130/129)
- MA resident, attended large MA state school
- White and Filipino
- Clinical:
- ~100 hours volunteering in ER during college
- 1 year full-time CRC in Boston before and during COVID (performed research visits & phlebotomy as well as scheduling work, mentioned in PS and marked as one of my most meaningful activities)
- Research:
- 8 month full-time research co-op during undergrad at a pharmaceutical company, returned this year in a different department (4000+ hours).
- Late author on a research paper about the usefulness of phone apps re: COVID at the start of the pandemic (small journal).
- Shadowing: Included some hours observing biopsies as a CRC, about double that observing a clinical pharmacist specializing in diabetes care, projected ~15 hours shadowing my PCP this summer
- Non-clinical volunteering: 2+ years as a suicide hotline calltaker (mentioned in PS and marked as one of my most meaningful activities)
- Other extracurricular activities:
- worked throughout college as dorm security (~2000hrs)
- live-in peer mentor to freshmen for 1.5 years (400hrs, similar to an RA but more focused on academic adjustment)
- Participate in bands since middle school (including community bands now after college), 4 years in marching band, 2 years of leadership positions (incl. rec letter from my band director who knows me well)
- Lab TA for two semesters, really strong rec letter from the professor of the more advanced lab I TA’d
Currently applied:
- Quinnipiac
- Tufts
- Hackensack Meridian
- UMass Med
- Boston University (out of my stat range but I would love to go here)
- University of Vermont
- University of Toledo
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Geisinger
- Rush
- Virginia Tech Carilion
- Wake Forest
- Nova Southeastern
- University of Illinois College of Medicine
- Case Western
- Penn State (low yield I think?)
- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Northeast Ohio
- George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (also low yield)
I’m hoping to add ~5-10 more schools but wasn’t too sure what my best bet would be, especially with my (I think) lopsided GPA/MCAT! I also would appreciate any general feedback; I’m currently volunteering in an inpatient psych unit to try to keep up with clinical work but if you notice any gaps/weaknesses in my app I would love to hear about them!
