WAMC + Check School List (3.91/518)

[QuantumTaco42]

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Hi everyone! I am a trad applicant who will be applying in May. I would love any feedback on my application, especially on my school list. I am worried it's too top heavy, but I'm not sure what other schools I should add. Any feedback is appreciated!

1. cGPA: 3.91/ sGPA: 3.90
2. MCAT: 518, 128/130/128/132
3. State of Residence: South Carolina
4. Ethnicity and/or race: ORM
5. Undergraduate institution: Public in SC
6. Clinical experience:
   1. 150 volunteer hours (ICU)
   2. 600 paid Pediatric ED Tech hours (will continue through senior year)
   3. 1000 paid scribing hours
   4. 500 paid MA hours
7. Research experience and productivity:
   1. 1500 hours in one basic science lab - 2 posters, honors thesis, one second author publication at time of application (will continue through senior year)
8. Shadowing:
   1. 50 hours: 16 (primary care), 34 (urgent care)
9. Non-clinical volunteering:
   1. 1,700 hours volunteering with same organization for last 5.5 years. Significant leadership/community impact
10. Other extracurriculars:
    1. 200 hours TA in two psychology classes
    2. 300 hours fostering animals (will continue senior year)
11. Honors/Awards:
    1. Dean’s list
    2. Several research grants
    3. Award granted by state congressmen and other large state agencies for impact in non-clinical volunteering

School List:

Albany
Albert Einstein
BU
Case Western
Colorado
Cornell
Dartmouth
Duke
Geisinger Commonwealth
Harvard
JHU
Mayo
MUSC
Northwestern
NYMC
Pennsylvania State
Rush
Stanford
Tufts
UCLA
UNC Chapel Hill
UPenn
USC Columbia
USC Greenville
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Washington
Yale

Thank you all 🙂

 

[Mr.Smile12]

1. Non-clinical volunteering:
   1. 1,700 hours volunteering with same organization for last 5.5 years. Significant leadership/community impact

Do these hours include involvement before college? Details matter.

I also see no campus leadership experience in your description.

 

[Faha]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews.

 

[ClashRoyaleKing]

Maybe drop Albany (yield protection) and Geisinger (Pennsylvania bias) and add more mid-tiers/stat lovers: Morsani, Sinai, Hackensack, Quinnipiac, Creighton, Wayne State, Hofstra, Iowa. You have a solid application (stronger than mine!) and should get love from many schools.

 

[QuantumTaco42]

Do these hours include involvement before college? Details matter.

I also see no campus leadership experience in your description.

Yes, I started this activity in my sophomore year of high school and continued through the end of my sophomore year of college. General consensus that I've seen is that hours from high school can be counted in application as long as the activity was continued through undergrad - please let me know if this is not true! If it's important, the award that I received was during my sophomore year of undergrad.

I did exclude a leadership role in an on-campus club that I should have added, thank you for bringing that to my attention. Would you count TAing as leadership experience?

 

[QuantumTaco42]

Maybe drop Albany (yield protection) and Geisinger (Pennsylvania bias) and add more mid-tiers/stat lovers: Morsani, Sinai, Hackensack, Quinnipiac, Creighton, Wayne State, Hofstra, Iowa. You have a solid application (stronger than mine!) and should get love from many schools.

Thanks for the advice and congrats on your acceptance 🙂

 

[QuantumTaco42]

Emory, Georgetown, and George Washington could be added. I think emory might love you with how close you are geographically, and GT and GW I think like service. Edit: you're gonna do really well in your cycle, great work!

Thanks for your advice, I'll add those to my list!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

General consensus that I've seen is that hours from high school can be counted in application as long as the activity was continued through undergrad - please let me know if this is not true! If it's important, the award that I received was during my sophomore year of undergrad

You can list your hours or mention the activity as you have, but I separated the hours earned during college for committee screening and review. I don't know where you got this consensus. Maybe some schools count the high school hours, but my adcoms did not for screening. That's why I asked my question.