WAMC/ Help with school list :)

[yapper123]

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i feel like my list rn is really top-heavy and i want to apply to ~10 more schools so i'd really love some advice/ potential changes i can make.


Info about me:

-trad applicant

-NY resident

-white (first gen, immigrant parents from Russia)

-3.83 gpa at Cornell

-523 MCAT (130/130/131/132)


extracurriculars:

-550 hr research assistant (290 projected); psych lab, no posters or presentations, doing honors thesis this yr

-260 hr emergency department scribe (400 proj)

-155 hr volunteering in pediatrics (50 proj)

-60 hr volunteering in another hospital

-60 hr volunteering at a local daycare

-200 hr intro bio TA (190 proj)

-300 hr gen chem tutor (at my college) (100 proj)

-co-president at pre-med club (this will be my first yr as co-pres, 4th yr in club)

-event supervisor for science olympiad club (going on 4th yr)

-KDSAP member at my school (going on 3rd yr)

*no awards/ crazy accomplishments


my current school list:

-Einstein

-Boston U

-Columbia

-Emory

-Mount Sinai

-Northwestern

-NYU

-Perelman

-University of Vermont

-SUNY Upstate

-Stony Brook

-Brown

-UChicago

-UMich

-Vanderbilt

-WashU

-Cornell

-Yale

obviously very top-heavy (actually all top lmao) and so far short. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated 🙂

 

[Faha]

Do you have any non clinical volunteering hours (outside of college tutoring) ?

 

[yapper123]

Do you have any non clinical volunteering hours (outside of college tutoring) ?

yes, at the daycare (60) and also prior to being co-president of my pre-med club i was community service co-chair. oh also the tutoring is paid by Cornell, but free for students! (aka not volunteer hours)

 

[Faha]

Your lack of non clinical volunteering hours will limit your chances for interviews at top tier schools. Some schools screen at 150 hours and at top tier schools you will be competing with applicants who have many hundreds or thousands of hours of non clinical volunteering AND 520+ MCAT scores.
I suggest adding these schools to your application:
Tufts
UMass
Hofstra
Jefferson
Cincinnati
USF Morsani
SUNY Downstate
Colorado
Iowa

 

[yapper123]

Your lack of non clinical volunteering hours will limit your chances for interviews at top tier schools. Some schools screen at 150 hours and at top tier schools you will be competing with applicants who have many hundreds or thousands of hours of non clinical volunteering AND 520+ MCAT scores.
I suggest adding these schools to your application:
Tufts
UMass
Hofstra
Jefferson
Cincinnati
USF Morsani
SUNY Downstate
Colorado
Iowa

thank you for your help!!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

yes, at the daycare (60) and also prior to being co-president of my pre-med club i was community service co-chair. oh also the tutoring is paid by Cornell, but free for students! (aka not volunteer hours)

None of these activities addresses service orientation as described, and this makes your application vulnerable to getting screened out at most schools.

 

[candbgirl]

You really have no nonclinical volunteering, at least not what schools are lookingforAnd what about shadowing? Do you have any shadowing, especially with a primary care doc? You only need 50 hours here.
When are you applying. And be aware, projected hours really don’t count for much.

 

[yapper123]

You really have no nonclinical volunteering, at least not what schools are lookingforAnd what about shadowing? Do you have any shadowing, especially with a primary care doc? You only need 50 hours here.
When are you applying. And be aware, projected hours really don’t count for much.

I do have shadowing, forgot to list that. i would say considering the volunteer work i did for my pre-med club (we work with the community) and KDSAP i have ~100 hours of non-clinical volunteering. guess i'll have to rely on other parts of my app! i'm applying this cycle.