WAMC for MD PhD

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I posted a few months ago about my situation and got some really good advice, and I'm back now with an MCAT score.

Male, URM (African American)
3.55 cGPA, 3.50 sGPA
Humanities Major
MCAT : 36 (10VR/12PS/14BS)

2 Years Undergrad research (3 semesters, 2 summers - Local poster, local presentation, mid author abst)
2 Years post-bacc research as a technician (Full time, no pubs)

50 Hours EMT 3rd rider
10 Hours ER obs
10 Hours Shadowing
(This is all going to be majorly bumped up, I've put it off for too long but I'll get it done)

Leadership position at my summer aquatics job
Volunteering in a local underserved preschool
Head tutor for a bio course, in a program focused on underrepresented groups in the health sciences
After school tutor in my community

My concerns -
Non-science major, with a lack of upper level coursework to prove it!
GPA is obviously on the low side

I haven't put together a full school list yet, but I'm having trouble figuring out where I stand in general. I'll certainly be applying broadly, but past that I can't tell? Should I be focusing heavily on non-MSTP? Do I stand a shot at say MSTP 11-20? In general I'm willing to go anywhere, but for family/relationship reasons NYC or California would be absolutely ideal.

Thanks for any input

 

[ValentinNarcisse]

Top 10.

 

[Neuronix]

You'll be fine. GPA is a little on the low side, but even without the URM status, the MCAT and research experience are still excellent. There is no data on how much URM matters for MD/PhD admissions. You may very well get a top-10 acceptance in NY or California. You'll just have to decide if your "fallback" programs are top-30 programs in less desirable locations, or if you're willing to consider weaker programs in NY or California.

 

[Maebea]

Below is the data for URM matriculants to MD-PhD programs for the period 2008-2010. The matricualtion lists ceased including individual-level race and ethnicity information in 2011.

Baylor 2
Boston 2
Case 1
Chicago 2
Cincinnati 2
Colorado 4
Columbia 5
Cornell 11
Dartmouth 1
Duke 2
Einstein 8
Emory 2
Florida 3
Harvard 7
Howard 3
Illinois Chicago 2
Illinois Urbana 7
Indiana 3
Iowa 5
Johns Hopkins 6
Loma Linda 5
Louisana State NO 2
Loyola 1
Maryland 1
Massachusetts 2
Mayo 1
Medical College of Georgia 3
Miami 1
Michigan 2
Minnesota 4
Mississippi 1
Mt. Sinai 3
New York U 1
North Carolina 5
Northwestern 5
Penn State 1
Penn 4
Pittsburgh 2
Rochester 3
St. Louis University 1
Stanford 3
Tufts 3
UAB 3
UCIrvine 1
UCLA 6
UCSD 5
UCSF 7
UMDNJ-RWJ 6
UT Galveston 1
UT San Antonio 2
UT Southwestern 3
Vanderbilt 3
Virginia Commonwealth 2
Washington 1
Washington University 8
Wisconsin 2
Yale 3

Your states of choice, California and New York, are well represented on this list.

 

[Neuronix]

Would be nice to know the mean GPA/MCAT for matriculants by race (or even just URM status) for MD/PhD programs. This is available for MD programs by AAMC.