cGPA - 3.83/sGPA - 3.7
MCAT in the midst of studying but averaging 507 on FLs and plenty of time to study, testing Jan 2024 (only started studying a month and a half ago)
State of residence is OK, attending a public university in OK and have resided here for 10 years but my country of citizenship is India, and am on F-1 Visa
Can only do volunteer experience due to visa limitations but by next May I will have around:
800 hours at Hospice volunteer but do all the work of a PCT
150 at a free clinic (triage, nutrition education)
nephrology Research: 560 hours with one publication nothing fancy
International pre-med org: 150 hours (leadership and finding resources)
Cultural org on campus: 400-500 hours will know exact by the end of the year (helping people acclimate to the US as I was in that position years ago and also connecting to my culture)
Kidney disease awareness program: 160 ish hours
Shadowing (internal medicine, pulmonology and rotated around with ER dept, nephrology, cardiology): 400 hours split over two summers in MS
Volunteering at a food pantry
involved in immigration activism to advocate for my type of visa
no honors or awards
I plan on applying for majority DO and especially william carey as I shadowed in Mississippi and know international students that go there but I would love to attend schools in Texas for support reasons but there are not a lot of schools there that accept international students.
What else do I need to focus on for the next year to prepare? I really do not know what else to do due to the limitations of my visa. With these stats, where do you think I need to apply and which MD programs can I shoot for as well if any? I am also worried this app seems very geared towards med school or not authentic enough.
School list so far:
WCU-COM
Western University - Pomona
KCU-COM
UNECOM
KPCOM
MSUCOM
Burnett School of Medicine??
MCAT in the midst of studying but averaging 507 on FLs and plenty of time to study, testing Jan 2024 (only started studying a month and a half ago)
State of residence is OK, attending a public university in OK and have resided here for 10 years but my country of citizenship is India, and am on F-1 Visa
Can only do volunteer experience due to visa limitations but by next May I will have around:
800 hours at Hospice volunteer but do all the work of a PCT
150 at a free clinic (triage, nutrition education)
nephrology Research: 560 hours with one publication nothing fancy
International pre-med org: 150 hours (leadership and finding resources)
Cultural org on campus: 400-500 hours will know exact by the end of the year (helping people acclimate to the US as I was in that position years ago and also connecting to my culture)
Kidney disease awareness program: 160 ish hours
Shadowing (internal medicine, pulmonology and rotated around with ER dept, nephrology, cardiology): 400 hours split over two summers in MS
Volunteering at a food pantry
involved in immigration activism to advocate for my type of visa
no honors or awards
I plan on applying for majority DO and especially william carey as I shadowed in Mississippi and know international students that go there but I would love to attend schools in Texas for support reasons but there are not a lot of schools there that accept international students.
What else do I need to focus on for the next year to prepare? I really do not know what else to do due to the limitations of my visa. With these stats, where do you think I need to apply and which MD programs can I shoot for as well if any? I am also worried this app seems very geared towards med school or not authentic enough.
School list so far:
WCU-COM
Western University - Pomona
KCU-COM
UNECOM
KPCOM
MSUCOM
Burnett School of Medicine??
