WAMC: MA, URM, MCAT 525 (132/129/132/132), cGPA 3.70, sGPA 3.67 - List too top heavy?

[shuba_med]

Hey everyone! Just wanted to see what everyone's views are on my school list, and whether I should adjust my list by adding more mid/ low tiers:

• State/Country of Residence: Massachusetts
• Ties to other States/Regions: Colorado (Dad is stationed here for the Army), California (Born + Raised in SoCal, most of my extended family lives here)
• URM? (Y/N): Y (Mixed White/ Mexican)
• FAP Awardee?: Yes
• Year in School: Graduated
• Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Biochemistry
• Graduate Degrees (if applicable): N/A
• Cumulative GPA: 3.70
• Science GPA: 3.67
• MCAT Score(s): 525 (132/129/132/132)
• Research Experience:
  • 3 month HHMI-funded fellowship my Freshman summer
  • 1400 hours in a biomedical engineering lab developing nanoparticles for drug delivery in low-resource settings
  • Research fellowship between Boston University and Makerere University (Uganda) for field research (160 hours)
  • 1300+ hours (ongoing) in an academic lab focused on microbiology and refugee health research (MME)
• Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. first author, second author, etc.):
  • Co-1st author on poster presentation for UROP conference for nanoparticle research
  • Co-1st author on poster presentation at Boston conference for forced displacement/ refugee research
  • Presented senior thesis research at my honors college's keystone symposium (not sure if this counts)
  • May have a perspective piece focused on refugee health and infectious disease published within the next month or two, depending on edits
• Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer):
  • 1000+ hours as a medical assistant at a private dermatology practice (paid)
  • 150+ hours (ongoing) volunteering for hospice (MME; first became involved with hospice after my mom passed away from cancer)
  • Will most likely start part-time scribing once I'm fully vaxed
• Physician Shadowing:
  • 30 hours with Family Medicine
  • 20 hours with Oncology
  • 30 hours Dermatology
• Non-Clinical Volunteering:
  • Around 100 hours (ongoing) for MCAT/ Biochem/ Orgo tutoring through my own tutoring firm (see below in Other Employment History)
  • 80 hours for curriculum development with BU's Generation Citizen
  • 50 hours for Alternative Service Break
• Other Extracurricular Activities:
  • Hobbies: Weightlifting, reading, cooking
• Other Employment History:
  • I started my own tutoring and academic consulting practice with 2 other partners back in October, focused on providing affordable tutoring and free materials for the MCAT, upper-level science courses, and college/ medical school admissions. This is my main occupation at the moment, so probably 800+ hours by now (ongoing)
• Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): N
• Specialty of Interest (if applicable): Internal Medicine (Heme/Onc), Palliative Care, Dermatology, Plastic Surgery
• Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Y
• Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): N
• Medical School List:
  • UCSF
  • UCLA
  • UCSD
  • Yale
  • Icahn (Mt. Sinai)
  • Stanford
  • University of Washington, St. Louis
  • Northwestern
  • Emory
  • Cornell
  • Kaiser
  • Keck (USC)
  • Albert Einstein
  • University of Rochester
  • Hofstra
  • UVA
  • UMass (In-state)
  • Tufts
  • Temple
  • Stony Brook
  • Ohio State University
  • Case Western Reserve

Thanks for reading!

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[LunaOri]

I don’t think your list is too top-heavy. You could add Dartmouth.

 

[Putkernerinthehall]

As URM with 525 MCAT and the rest of your app, I think you can apply anywhere you want.

 

[Banco]

You should add a few other research heavy schools like Hopkins, NYU, Duke, Pitt etc.

 

[Alexxxxx]

If anything, your list isn't top-heavy enough. You have a god tier application and can get in wherever you want. That being said, you should take off University of Washington, because they accept something like 8 applicants from non WWAMI states every year so you have almost no chance there with no strong ties to the state. If you want a few more undershoots, you could add Brown and Cincinnati. You should also add some more T10s like JHU, Harvard, Penn, etc.

 

[deleted1065184]

If anything, your list isn't top-heavy enough. You have a god tier application and can get in wherever you want. That being said, you should take off University of Washington, because they accept something like 8 applicants from non WWAMI states every year so you have almost no chance there with no strong ties to the state. If you want a few more undershoots, you could add Brown and Cincinnati. You should also add some more T10s like JHU, Harvard, Penn, etc.

I think they meant WashU

 

[Alexxxxx]

I think they meant WashU

Oh lol I see that now, OP make sure not to apply to UWash but rather Washinton University at St. Louis!

 

[shuba_med]

Oh lol I see that now, OP make sure not to apply to UWash but rather Washinton University at St. Louis!

Oh wow, I'm dumb. Yes, it's WashU; I have a better chance of winning the lottery than going to University of Washington