WAMC, need help with school list.

[xjitfire]

Applying next cycle, appreciate advice and honest suggestions.

• Year in school: Graduated from UCSD with a degree in Biochem/Cell bio. Currently at a postbacc program
• Country/state of residence: CA (unfortunately)
• Ethnicity: South Asian (ORM)
• Schools to which you are applying:

Will apply broadly next cycle to both MD and DO.
MDs that I want to go to are UCI and UC Davis. Do I stand a chance to mid tier MDs. Applying to all CA schools. DOs that I want to go to are Des Moines, KCU, Touro CA etc.

• Cumulative GPA: 3.43 (4.0 postbacc, 42 semester units)
• Science GPA: 3.53 (4.0 postbacc, 38 semester units)
• MCAT Scores: 516 (130/126/130/130)
• Research – include any abstracts/posters/publications and how you were credited (eg. First author, senior author, etc): 100 hours at Salk Institute for Biological Sciences
• Volunteering (clinical) – include hours/sites: 250 at the ER and Main Rotunda at a Kaiser Permanente Hospital
• Physician shadowing – include hours/specialties: 40 -- psychiatrist; 40 - pediatrics
• Non-clinical volunteering: 50
• Extracurricular activities: Music,
• Employment history: Lab Assistant, Barista
• Please include time span and weekly commitment for volunteering/research/shadowing/extracurriculars.:

4 months research at Salk

• Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n): no
• Specialty of interest: Emergency
• Shadowing experience: OMM lab shadow @ TUCOM
• Graduate degrees: n/a
• Interest in rural health (y/n):n

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[Faha]

I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
UCI
UC Davis
UC Riverside (if you are from that region)
Kaiser
California University
Loma Linda
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Albany
New York Medical College
Seton Hall
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Eastern Virginia
NOVA MD
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Western Michigan
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
TCU-UNT
Also apply to at least 6 DO schools that appeal to you.

 

[907914]

I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
UCI
UC Davis
UC Riverside (if you are from that region)
Kaiser
California University
Loma Linda
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Albany
New York Medical College
Seton Hall
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Eastern Virginia
NOVA MD
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Western Michigan
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
TCU-UNT
Also apply to at least 6 DO schools that appeal to you.

With a 516 MCAT and a 4.0 post-bacc, why would OP need to apply so “low”?

 

[xjitfire]

I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
UCI
UC Davis
UC Riverside (if you are from that region)
Kaiser
California University
Loma Linda
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Albany
New York Medical College
Seton Hall
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Eastern Virginia
NOVA MD
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Western Michigan
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
TCU-UNT
Also apply to at least 6 DO schools that appeal to you.

I plan on applying to 10 DO schools at the least.

 

[Faha]

With a 516 MCAT and a 4.0 post-bacc, why would OP need to apply so “low”?

Minimal non clinical volunteering and research hours and sGPA and cGPA less than 3.6 . GPA-MCAT grid indicates a 65% chance for a MD acceptance. 35% receive NO MD acceptance.

 

[xjitfire]

Minimal non clinical volunteering and research hours and sGPA and cGPA less than 3.6 . GPA-MCAT grid indicates a 65% chance for a MD acceptance. 35% receive NO MD acceptance.

What would be a good amount of non-clinical volunteering hours?

 

[907914]

What would be a good amount of non-clinical volunteering hours?

150 is the rule here. If you can do 4 hours a week every other week are the same place until application then you are GTG

 

[LeaveNoTrace]

Get another 100-150 hours of nonclinical volunteering and you might have a shot at mid-tier MDs. @Goro has a list of schools that reward reinvention.

 

[Goro]

Applying next cycle, appreciate advice and honest suggestions.

• Year in school: Graduated from UCSD with a degree in Biochem/Cell bio. Currently at a postbacc program
• Country/state of residence: CA (unfortunately)
• Ethnicity: South Asian (ORM)
• Schools to which you are applying:

Will apply broadly next cycle to both MD and DO.
MDs that I want to go to are UCI and UC Davis. Do I stand a chance to mid tier MDs. Applying to all CA schools. DOs that I want to go to are Des Moines, KCU, Touro CA etc.

• Cumulative GPA: 3.43 (4.0 postbacc, 42 semester units)
• Science GPA: 3.53 (4.0 postbacc, 38 semester units)
• MCAT Scores: 516 (130/126/130/130)
• Research – include any abstracts/posters/publications and how you were credited (eg. First author, senior author, etc): 100 hours at Salk Institute for Biological Sciences
• Volunteering (clinical) – include hours/sites: 250 at the ER and Main Rotunda at a Kaiser Permanente Hospital
• Physician shadowing – include hours/specialties: 40 -- psychiatrist; 40 - pediatrics
• Non-clinical volunteering: 50
• Extracurricular activities: Music,
• Employment history: Lab Assistant, Barista
• Please include time span and weekly commitment for volunteering/research/shadowing/extracurriculars.:

4 months research at Salk

• Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n): no
• Specialty of interest: Emergency
• Shadowing experience: OMM lab shadow @ TUCOM
• Graduate degrees: n/a
• Interest in rural health (y/n):n

Suggest
UCSF
KECK
CASE
EVMS
PITT
Dartmouth
Gtown
GWU
Miami
Wake
Netter
Loyola
Tulane
SLU
Creighton
Duke
Sinai
Mayo
BU
Tufts
Drexel
Nymc
NovaMD
Seton Hall
TCU.UNT
Albany
Wayne state
Any DO school except the five on my Bad Boy list

 

[ConfusedPremed208]

Suggest
UCSF
KECK
CASE
EVMS
PITT
Dartmouth
Gtown
GWU
Miami
Wake
Netter
Loyola
Tulane
SLU
Creighton
Duke
Sinai
Mayo
BU
Tufts
Drexel
Nymc
NovaMD
Seton Hall
TCU.UNT
Albany
Wayne state
Any DO school except the five on my Bad Boy list

Which 5 DO schools are on your bad boy list? Thanks

 

[Goro]

Which 5 DO schools are on your bad boy list? Thanks

. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova, Wm Carey, LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide. LMU has an accreditation warning, which concerns me. CalHS is too new and has a too small a rotations base, it seems.