MD WAMC and School List Help, 3.99 GPA, 520 MCAT, Asian Male, NV Resident. Applying next cycle.

[ecao]

1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
   
   • cGPA = 3.99
   • sGPA = 4.0
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown
   
   • 520 (132/125/132/131)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
   
   • NV
4. Ethnicity and/or race
   
   • Asian
5. Undergraduate institution or category
   
   • University of Nevada, Reno
   • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major (1 major)
   • Graduating in Spring 2023
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
   
   • ED Scribe ~700 (400) hours
   • Hospital volunteer ~120 hours
7. Research experience and productivity
   
   • Biochemistry Research lab ~400 (400) hours
   • Senior thesis completed by next year
   • at least 1 expected publication by next year
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   
   • In-person shadowing ~60 hours
     • Internal Medicine ~55 hours
     • Pediatric Neurology ~5 hours
   • Virtual Shadowing ~40 hours
     • various specialties including:
       • Cardiology
       • General Surgery
       • Plastic Surgery
       • OB/GYN
       • Emergency Medicine
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   
   • Soup kitchen/food bank volunteer ~100 (100) hours
   • Volunteer tutor ~30 (30) hours
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    
    • Pre-med club secretary ~1 year
    • Freshman Biochemistry discussion group leader (50) hours
11. Relevant honors or awards
    
    • Nevada Undergraduate Research Award
      • Poster presentation will be given this fall semester
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important
    
    • Hours in () are additional hours I plan to have by the time I apply next year
    • I plan on applying to only MD schools
    • I am aiming to apply to 20-30 schools. Here's the list I came up with so far:
      • Albany Medical College
      • Carle Illinois College of Medicine
      • Creighton University School of Medicine
      • Eastern Virginia Medical School
      • Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
      • Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
      • Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
      • Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
      • Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
      • Medical College of Wisconsin
      • Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
      • Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
      • Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
      • The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
      • Tufts University School of Medicine
      • University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
      • University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
      • University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
      • University of Illinois College of Medicine
      • University of Minnesota Medical School
      • University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
      • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
      • Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
      • Wayne State University School of Medicine
      • Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Thanks for taking the time to look at this!

EDIT: Added MCAT score, updated hours, and added school list

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[candbgirl]

No one on here can speculate on your chances without your official MCAT score. So come back to this thread and post your score. People will be happy to help you then. Good luck on the MCAT.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Where is your community service? Only 60 hours?

 

[ecao]

I added in my MCAT score.

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
Your 2 Nevada MD schools
Washington University (in St. Louis-almost a guaranteed interview with your stats)
UCSF
USC Keck
Kaiser
Northwestern
U Chicago
U Michigan
Case Western
Cincinnati
Vanderbilt
Duke
U Virginia
Johns Hopkins
U Penn
Pittsburgh
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
NYU
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Tufts
Boston University
Harvard
Brown
Yale