WAMC low uGPA, 4.0 BCPM Masters, 512 MCAT, non-trad, solid ECs

[bonesaw420]

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Hello! TYIA for your thoughts and input!

1. 3.03c 2.82sc in undergrad. 4.0 MS degree (Systems Medicine at Georgetown, 30 BCPM credits)
2. 512 (126cp/128bb/128car/130pss)
3. applying from Maryland, grew up in Oregon
4. White male
5. Brigham Young University undergrad
6. 1000+ hours as ophthalmology tech, 1000+ as care staff at in-patient facility for abused teenage girls, 400+ as neurology tech
7. 300+ hours of undergrad research doing novel drug development, 200+ hours grad research in variant curation for Myeloid Malignancies (2 pubs and 1 poster)
8. 40 hours mixed MD/DO shadowing, mostly primary care, also cardiology, orthopedics, ophthalmology, hospitalist
9. volunteer: 150+ hours Crisis Textline responder, 200+ hours teach early morning Bible study class to high school students, ~15 hours Hypothermia outreach to homeless population in DC, ~30 hours Director of Operations for org that donates derm/dental products to homeless population
10. other: Founded and emcee a Slam Poetry club in community, VP of program club in MS degree, humanitarian trip leader for teenagers to TX and TN, mentor new employees in my role at Qualtrics,
11. awards: "Excellence in Academic Achievement" and "Excellence in Leadership and Community Service" in MS degree
12. Context: Got married young and then divorced in undergrad, huge factor in poor undergrad performance. I'll be 29 years old at matriculation. Now remarried (different person) in a strong and healthy relationship and my wife is planning to attend law school, we are applying together, so there needs to be a realistic option for law school nearby (30-40 mins at most). I'm also wanting to prioritize schools that emphasize service to underserved populations, and any scholarly track etc related to health justice is a big plus for me! Also I'm a reapplicant, and applied to 8 schools last year before MS degree (repeats on this list = Gtown, GWU, Quinn, MCW, OHSU)

Proposed School List - open to any suggestions of additions as well!
MD
- Boston U
- UMass
- Zucker
- Einstein
- Quinnipiac
- Drexel
- Georgetown
- GWU
- Maryland
- Rosalind Franklin
- MC Wisconsin
- Wayne State
- U Michigan
- Carle IL
- LSU
- Kaiser
- OHSU

DO
- PCOM
- Rowan
- Touro (NY)
- NYIT
- Michigan State
- Marian
- Noorda

 

[Faha]

A 512 MCAT is not competitive for many of the schools on your list, especially with your undergraduate GPA. Carle is looking for applicants with an engineering background. I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
Maryland
OHSU
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Georgetown
Drexel
Temple
Albany
Quinnipiac
Wake Forest
Methodist (when it opens)
Belmont
Alice Walton
Roseman
TCU
Tulane
Creighton
Ponce (St. Louis)
St. Louis
Rosalind Franklin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
You are competitive for many DO schools and I suggest these:
PCOM (all schools)
Touro-NY
NYITCOM
MU-COM
DMU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
AZCOM
TUNCOM
UIWSOM
ACOM
WVSOM
LECOM (all schools)
BCOM (both schools)