WAMC? Just finished sophomore year

[Nomemal]

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GPA: 3.82
SGPA: 3.80
Havent taken the MCAT yet but am studying an year in advance

Shadow Experience:
80 hour in rural communities primary care through a club, which I was also a leader for for one year
10 hours neurosurgery so far
20 hours cardiologist
20 hours urologist (some at the VA)

Other clinical expereince:
Volunteer scribe: 40 hours for a street clinic for homeless individuals
Volunteer in the ED and cardiac procdures unit for around 150 hours
Volunteer doing triage at a free clinic for around 50 hours
Some shadowing of clinical trials as a part of a job

Non clinical volunteer:
Homeless shelter for teenagers/lgbtq around 50 hours
Will do some search and rescue training and hopefully missions around over 100 hours
Will be involved with kids after school programs around 40 hours

Research:
1 year with presentation and hopeful publication soon, helping create novel models of epilepsy in mice and testing investigation drugs on mice.

Jobs:
Snowboard instructor: 40 hours
Worked at a public health research organization and will have my name on a publication for the Global burden of all diseases (used by bill and melinda gates foundation to allocate funds to certain diseases): 300 hours
Working at a hospital to help coordinate banking efforts of tumors for clinical trials with the hemonc group around 400 hours.

Leadership:
Student Senator for 2 years, helped make some changes in how the hand sanitizers are replaced so that students can have better access.


School List:
PNW (I am a washington resident)
Lake eerie
William carey
Edward Via COM
Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
WVSOM

need other suggestions in general/wamc?

Thankkkkkkssssssss!!!!!!!!

 

[fldoctorgirl]

You're fine. Keep it up, aim for 505+ on the MCAT. Don't worry so much.

 

[sab3156]

You have a 3.8+ GPA and outstanding ECs. With a great MCAT, you can go to a top MD school. With a good MCAT, you will get into a good MD school. Don't post in the DO forums again unless you bomb the MCAT so bad that you can't get into your state MD school.

 

[Nomemal]

I'm mainly worried about my interviews/essays. Those are my weaknesses, and I have no professors yet who would give me a LOR

 

[sab3156]

I'm mainly worried about my interviews/essays. Those are my weaknesses, and I have no professors yet who would give me a LOR

Get close to a couple of professors in your next science courses. Do well to impress them, meet with them outside of class hours to discuss topics and questions you have, ask to get on some small research projects if they're doing anything even if it's just analysis and writing. A little bit of effort like that goes a LONG way, my friend. Take the MCAT when you can devote your time to studying for it. Do well, and you're going to get into a great MD school. Don't waste money and close doors in your future career by applying to DO schools. Those schools aren't even in the same universe as you anymore. So far you have an upper tier application, just missing the MCAT.