premed4617
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Hi everyone!
I’m looking for any advice on how I can improve my ECs in these last few months as well as my OOS school list. I’m aware that my hard stats are very good, but I’m very concerned about my lack of hours compared to the thousands other people have. This makes me question whether I should waste money applying to T20s OOS like NYU, Columbia, Duke, etc. I made a similar mistake when applying to undergrads as I simply assumed high stats (SAT/GPA) would get me in to a better school. I hope to be more realistic with this app cycle so please be honest if I even have a chance at some of these universities. Are there any glaring weaknesses or areas I should focus on in these last few months? Thanks!
IS: All TX MD - 13
OOS:
Reach Schools (definitely need to cut these down)
Columbia
Duke
UCSF
Vanderbilt
WashU
Cornell
NYU Grossman
Mayo Clinic
U Chicago
U Virginia
Target Schools
Northwestern
U Michigan
U Pitt
Icahn
UCLA
Emory
Ohio State
U Iowa
USF Health
Arizona-Pheonix
Baseline Schools
U Colorado
U Maryland
U Cincinnati
Albert Einstein
U Miami
Tufts
George Washington
U Vermont
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Tulane
Western Michigan
Please let me know if there are any schools I should add or remove from this list. I would greatly appreciate it and any other advice/suggestions! TIA!
I’m looking for any advice on how I can improve my ECs in these last few months as well as my OOS school list. I’m aware that my hard stats are very good, but I’m very concerned about my lack of hours compared to the thousands other people have. This makes me question whether I should waste money applying to T20s OOS like NYU, Columbia, Duke, etc. I made a similar mistake when applying to undergrads as I simply assumed high stats (SAT/GPA) would get me in to a better school. I hope to be more realistic with this app cycle so please be honest if I even have a chance at some of these universities. Are there any glaring weaknesses or areas I should focus on in these last few months? Thanks!
- cGPA/sGPA - 4.0
- MCAT - 525 (132/129/132/132)
- State - Texas
- ORM, Asian male
- Undergraduate - Growing state school
- Clinical experience
- Volunteer - 75 hrs at a homeless shelter clinic (running patient intake, front desk, restocking, resetting rooms, taking vitals)
- Non-volunteer - 500 hrs as an ER scribe
- Research experience - 100 hrs as a lab volunteering (running behavioral tests with rats, no pubs)
- Shadowing experience - 20 hrs with a dermatologist, 30 hrs of virtual shadowing (didn’t learn much at all from this though so unsure if whether or not to even include on app?)
- Non-clinical volunteering - 75 hrs as a hospital concierge (technically not clinical?), 25 hrs split amongst 2 food banks and a museum (premed honor society), 30 hrs at a local animal shelter
- Leadership/teaching - 300 hrs as a PLTL leader/tutor (run weekly tutoring sessions). 50 hrs as a hospice organization music leader (coordinate hospice concerts, new volunteers, and perform at assisted living facilities)
- Other: 1500 hrs as a lead server at a Japanese restaurant (worked several times as manager/bartender so picked up many service/people skills)
IS: All TX MD - 13
OOS:
Reach Schools (definitely need to cut these down)
Columbia
Duke
UCSF
Vanderbilt
WashU
Cornell
NYU Grossman
Mayo Clinic
U Chicago
U Virginia
Target Schools
Northwestern
U Michigan
U Pitt
Icahn
UCLA
Emory
Ohio State
U Iowa
USF Health
Arizona-Pheonix
Baseline Schools
U Colorado
U Maryland
U Cincinnati
Albert Einstein
U Miami
Tufts
George Washington
U Vermont
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Tulane
Western Michigan
Please let me know if there are any schools I should add or remove from this list. I would greatly appreciate it and any other advice/suggestions! TIA!