WAMC - First time applicant/Making school list

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maverickca77

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  1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS - 3.76 for both
  2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts. - 514 (129/127/128/130)
  3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US) - Massachusetts
  4. Ethnicity and/or race - White
  5. Undergraduate institution or category - College of the Holy Cross
  6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer) - ~700 hours scribing in FM and 50 hours volunteering in ER
  7. Research experience and productivity - likely over 2000 hours (one poster and possibly one paper before applying; one lab in undergrad and one as a paid position post grad)
  8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented - 150 hours in cardiology and FM
  9. Non-clinical volunteering - ~200 hours in various roles
  10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc) - ~480 hours tutoring in STEM, many hours working as a dockhand at a marina, club baseball every year of undergrad.
  11. Relevant honors or awards - Deans list every semester but my first. Mainly first honors some second.
  12. Anything else not listed you think might be important - I think I want to go into primary care/FM and really value holistic medicine and longitudinal care so am trying to highlight that in my app.
School list:
  • University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMass)
  • Tufts University School of Medicine
  • Boston University School of Medicine (BU)
  • New York Medical College
  • Georgetown University School of Medicine
  • Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
  • University of Vermont College of Medicine (UVM)
  • Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (Brown)
  • George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (GWU SOM)
  • Albany Medical College
  • Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (Cooper)
  • Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine (Hofstra)
  • Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine (NYU Grossman) *(possibly 3-year program?)
  • Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
  • Creighton University School of Medicine (Creighton)
  • Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
  • Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
  • Penn State College of Medicine
  • Wake Forest School of Medicine
  • Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) *(Contingent on DO letter)
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
  • University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
  • University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM)
  • Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
  • Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (UPenn SOM)
  • Yale School of Medicine (Yale)

Top two are UMass and Tufts, the rest are flexible and not final/I may cut some out. Would LOVE to go to UMass.
Thank you all!
 
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