WAMC cGPA 3.66, sGPA 3.49, MCAT 517

[finaglethebagel]

1. 3.66 cGPA; 3.49 sGPA
2. 517: 130/127/130/130
3. MD resident with strong ties to PA
4. Asian F ORM
5. UG at top 30 private university, graduate degree in health policy & mgt at same university
6. Clinical: 140 hours hospital volunteering (cut short by COVID)
7. Research: 550 hours basic science, 1160 hours health policy research
8. Shadowing: 15 hours with OB/GYN, 40 hours with surgeon
9. Non-clinical volunteering: 360 hours with camp for kids affected by a parent's cancer, 130 hours tutoring disadvantaged kids, 20 hours with Global Public Health telebrigade
10. Other extracurricular activities: president of sorority; sorority philanthropy chair raised money for nonprofit in food waste and hunger; president of sexual assault prevention organization; undergraduate work study job in bystander intervention; TA for graduate level financial statements class; will have 2 gap years and activities include graduate school, part time research assistant for legislative branch agency, full time government relations job in health policy
11. Relevant honors or awards: dean's list, university honors, senior leadership award, my university women's association award (given to 7 graduating women); 1 pub in Neurobiology of Pain (but from high school research...) and perhaps another pub by the time applications begin but pending right now- neither pubs are first or second authors; 1 public presentation on research with legislative branch agency and contribution to pubs (but don't have my name on them so maybe irrelevant :/ ); 2 poster presentations at university research symposiums
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important: interested in primary care

I really want to strike off a couple schools, but I'm worried about my unbalanced GPA/MCAT- any input to help narrow down my list is appreciated.

School list (MD):
top 5: GWU, Pitt, Georgetown, CWRU, Sidney Kimmel/TJU
UMD
BU
U Colorado
USF Morsani
PSU
UW-Madison
Albert Einstein
Rutgers NJMS
Arizona-Tucson
Western Michigan
Cooper Rowan
UMiami
Dartmouth
Tufts
Temple
Wake Forest
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson
Drexel
Rosalind Franklin
Albany
MCW
Wright State
NYMC
EVMS
Quinnipiac
Rush
Tulane

School list (DO):
LECOM
PCOM
Nova
AT Still-AZ
UNECOM
DMUCOM
Touro-NYC
NYIT
KCUCOM
OU-HCOM
Western

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[Faha]

The New Jersey state public schools, Wright State and Arizona accept few non residents with no connection to the state.
You could add any of these schools:
Vermont
Rochester
Hofstra
Seton Hall
TCU-UNT
Oakland Beaumont
Medical College Wisconsin
On your DO list OU-HCOM accepts 97% of their students from Ohio residents.

 

[Banco]

Your activities are strong, MCAT is great, and GPA is okay. You shpuld strike off the 2 Rutgers - relatively low yield. Other state schools where you’re OOS could also be removed if you want: Colorado, Wisconsin, Wright State.

Look into: Hofstra, MCW, Vermont.