WAMC and School List Help | 3.75/511 | NY Resident

[frfr5383]

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Any guidance with my application and school list as a mid/low applicant would be greatly appreciated! I graduated in 2024 and worked as a MA/took MCAT/produced documentaries during this gap year. This is my first cycle so I'm looking to apply MD only this cycle (~30 schools). Thank you for your time.

1) Human Phys Major; 3.75 cGPA, 3.68 sGPA
2) 511 MCAT; 131 C/P, 123 CARS, 130 B/B, 127 P/S
3) NY Resident
4) 22M; ORM
5) Private University in MA
6) Clinical Experience
- Medical Assistant in Urgent Care clinic (400 hrs)
- Early Ambulatory Intern in Cardiac Acute Care Unit (200 hrs)
7) Research
- Melanoma lab - no pubs (300 hrs)
8) Shadowing (80+ hrs)
- Various anesthesia subspecialties (neuro, cardiac, pain, general)
9) Nonclinical volunteering
- Academic tutor and squash coach: academic and squash mentor for underserved youth (400+ hrs)
- Video production for a hospital: directed and edited two promotional videos for their anesthesiology dept (200 hrs)
10) Other ECs
- Squash coach (50 hrs)
- Captain of squash team
- Documentary for largest squash media platform
- Documentary for epilepsy foundation

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[Mr.Smile12]

Where is your non-clinical community service? Unfortunately since you have squash as a hobby, I can't give you credit for service orientation being a squash coach for underserved youth. Promotional videos also do not address service orientation competency.

As such, you have no non-clinical community service/service orientation activities, so your file is at risk of being screened out at most schools. You must have 150 hours minimum of service orientation activities: food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, legal support, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation. Having zero in a gap year when you don't have classes distracting you is not a good look.

 

[frfr5383]

Where is your non-clinical community service? Unfortunately since you have squash as a hobby, I can't give you credit for service orientation being a squash coach for underserved youth. Promotional videos also do not address service orientation competency.

As such, you have no non-clinical community service/service orientation activities, so your file is at risk of being screened out at most schools. You must have 150 hours minimum of service orientation activities: food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, legal support, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation. Having zero in a gap year when you don't have classes distracting you is not a good look.

thank you for your feedback!

 

[Faha]

You could try these schools with your stats:
All 4 SUNYs
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
George Washington
Eastern Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
Methodist (when it opens)
NOVA MD
Belmont
Alice Walton
Roseman
TCU
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Ponce (St. Louis)