WAMC & Help with school list - low GPA, high MCAT

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Meyerknowsbest

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cGPA=3.25, sGPA=2.89

Initial freshman year resulted in an academic institutional action with a continually increasing cGPA every year following.

Post-bac with 48 hours of science and 3 hours of other=4.0

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1st MCAT before post bac (2014):

· Total = 26, 55%
· Physical Sciences = 7, 40%
· Verbal Reasoning = 11, 95%
· Biological = 8, 41%

2nd MCAT after post bac (2017)

· Total = 519, 97%
· Chem/Phys = 130, 97%
· CARS = 128, 90%
· Bio/Biochem = 130, 97%
· Psych/Soc = 131, 99%

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Current North Carolina Resident

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Caucasian

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University of TN Knoxville (BA in Psych – graduated 2012) and UNC Greensboro (DIY Biology Postbac from 2015-2017)

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400 hours of volunteering in hospice care
80 hours of volunteering in the ER
64 hours of EMT volunteering for EMS 911 agencies

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400 hours of undergraduate social psychology lab research, no authored publications

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54 total shadowing hours.

· DO, Allergy/Immunology
· MD, ICU Intensivist
· MBBCh, Anesthesiologist
· MD, OBGYN
· MD, Hopistalist x2

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n/a for non-clinical volunteering

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1500 hours –MCAT instructor
200 hours – Organic Chemistry Lab Teaching Assistant
1600 hours – Psychometrician Consultant for Disability/Medicaid
400 hours – Supplemental Instructor for Biology / Organic Chemistry
2000 hours – Prep chef / server @ a diner
500 hours – Desktop Support (IT) for a college
1500 hours – German Longsword fencing (Historical European Martial Arts)

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no relevant honors / awards

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have 5 letters of recommendation so far

· Chemistry & biology prof
· Hospice supervisor
· Supplemental Instructor Coordinator
· Supervisor for my current work position

Finally, my current school listing:

· Albany Medical College
· Emory
· Vermont
· Colorado
· Quinnipiac
· MC of Wisconsin
· Central Florida
· USF Morsani
· Carilion
· EVMS
· VCU
· Tulane
· Tufts
· Brown
· Rosalind Franklin
· Drexel
· NYMC
· Penn State
· Rush
· UNC
· Wake
· Brody
· Case Western
· University of Cincinatti
· WMU
· Mayo
· SUNY upstate
· LECOM
· PCOM
· LMU DCOM
· VCOM-cc
· UNECOM

I applied late last year (October) to allopathic schools and plan on applying early this year. This makes me a nontraditional re-applicant for this year's application process. Personal statement is almost done being edited and rest of my primary application is finished.

I am not fascinated with research, but will gladly fall in love with it if it is required for a school.

I have not put much focus on the DO schools yet as I am still working on a physician letter of rec and they are due later on in the year, so my interest is primarily focus on help with the allopathic school list.



Please help me with my school list @Goro and thank you for your helpful guide to applying.
 
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I suggest the following:
ALL NC schools
Case
Netter
Albany
Drexel
GWU
Temple
Keck
Loyola
EVMS
Tufts
BU
Dartmouth
Tulane
U Miami
SLU
MCW
Gtown
Hofstra
East TN/Quillen IF you're from rural western NC
NYMC
Mayo
Pitt
Any DO school. You have to have DO schools on your list. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova, Wm Carey, LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide.
 
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