MD & DO WAMC/BrutalHonesty/TopHeavy/RegisteredNurse/URM/sGPA 4.0 MCAT 522

[Hecropabel]

1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
sGPA: 4.00 / uGPA: 3.83 / cGPA: 3.86
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown
522 (131/129/130/132)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
IN
4. Ethnicity and/or race
URM, Mexican-American
5. Undergraduate institution or category
State University Satellite Campus
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
Spanish interpreter @ Free clinic- 7 yrs for 6 hours a week = 1200 hours
Nurse Apprentice (inpatient) - 1 yr for 25 hours a week = 1250 hours
Registered Nurse (inpatient/ICU/Stepdown)- 1 yr for 36 hours a week = 1200 hours
Registered Nurse (Operating Room)- Future job for gap year starts in June will be 36 hours a week
7. Research experience and productivity
Summer Research Program with Podium Presentation - 40hr/week = 320 hours
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
IM = 24 hrs total
FM = 100 hrs total
Cardiology = 50 hrs total
Ortho = 16 hrs total
Plastic Surgery = 6 hrs total
Pulmonology/Critical Care = 10 hrs total
Peds Critical Care = 4 hrs total
9. Non-clinical volunteering
Elementary School mentor @ Title I school (low SES) - 2 years for 6 hrs a week = 700 hours
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
Founding President of Mentorship Organization for low SES Hispanic elementary school students- 430 hrs (14 mentors/17 students)
Student Government Senator - 500hrs
11. Relevant honors or awards
Dean's List x9
Top Gen Chem Student x1
Prestigious Local Scholarship/First male to ever win
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important
Great writer, a plethora of clinical experience as a frontline worker as a PCT and RN, "grand purpose" of paving the way for the new generation of Hispanic physicians and being a leader in clinical medicine. Immigrant/English struggles as moved to USA halfway through middle school.

Interested in T20, My dream is to end up at one of the Chicago schools
Would love brutal honesty, my ticket is most likely a great MCAT, but hard to not compare yourself to the superstars here.

SCHOOL LIST (ONLY INTERESTED IN GOING TO STATE SCHOOL OR GREATER):
**VERY INTERESTED IN SCHOLARSHIP OPPS SUCH AS FULL-COA/TUITION/ETC**
Harvard
Hopkins
UPenn
Columbia
Stanford
UCSF
Duke
Wash U.
Vanderbilt
Yale
NYU
Weill Cornell
Mayo
Northwestern
Pitt
UMich
UChicago
Mt. Sinai
UCLA
Baylor
UTSW
Case
UNC
Ohio State
UVA
Indiana

Advice is greatly appreciated!

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Without a MCAT score it is not possible to realistically predict your chances for top 20 schools. Post your actual score here in the future.

 

[candbgirl]

When do you plan to take the MCAT?
When do you plan to apply?
FYI- you have enough Shadowing. Maybe sign up to volunteer at a Food Bank, Soup Kitchen or Homeless Shelter and build some hours.

 

[Hecropabel]

When do you plan to take the MCAT?
When do you plan to apply?
FYI- you have enough Shadowing. Maybe sign volunteer at a Food Bank, Soup Kitchen or Homeless Shelter and build some hours.

Planning on January 2024 MCAT and Applying Summer 2024

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Do you have any connections with SACNAS at your school? I agree with @candbgirl : more community service outside of a clinical or educational setting.

 

[Hecropabel]

Do you have any connections with SACNAS at your school? I agree with @candbgirl : more community service outside of a clinical or educational setting.

When do you plan to take the MCAT?
When do you plan to apply?
FYI- you have enough Shadowing. Maybe sign up to volunteer at a Food Bank, Soup Kitchen or Homeless Shelter and build some hours.

I never realized I don’t really have much community service outside of my mentorship at schools and clinical volunteering, I will definitely be volunteering at my local food bank, since the free clinic I volunteer at and the food bank have overlapping populations.