WAMC NJ ORM

[myribosomesbad]

Hi,
Got my mcat score back a few days ago, and I don't think I'm retaking it, so I want to get started with constructing a reasonable school list. Thanks in advance for your advice!

• cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
  • cGPA, sGPA are both 3.91
• MCAT score(s) and breakdown
  • 521 (132,129,130,130)
• State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
  • NJ
• Ethnicity and/or race
  • East Asian / ORM
• Undergraduate institution or category
  • HYP
• Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
  • Volunteering at university hospital as patient aid at internal medicine and hem/onc (~200 hrs)
  • Volunteering at student-run local free clinic and serving as board (~250 hrs)
• Research experience and productivity
  • Research at my university lab (2000+hrs) with a pending publication.
• Shadowing experience and specialties represented
  • Shadowing doctors in the medical field I'm interested in—vascular surgery, CT surgery (~100 hrs)
• Non-clinical volunteering
  • Volunteering at local soup kitchen/shelter (~150 hrs, probably can get it to 200+ by end of May when I submit primaries)
• Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
  • Paid TA for a few classes (~200 hrs)
  • Counselor for summer research program for high school students (2 summers, I guess ~700 hrs)

Here's my very preliminary list:

Far reach:

• Harvard
• Johns Hopkins
• Stanford
• UPenn
• Mayo
• Duke
• Cornell
• NYU
• Columbia
• UChicago
• UMich
• Yale
• Northwestern
• U of Wash
• Mt Sinai

Reach-"safety"ish?:

• In state (RWJ Rutgers, Hackensack)
• Emory
• U Rochester
• WashU St. Louis
• Tufts
• USF
• UMich
• Boston University
• Brown
• UConn
• Dartmouth
• Albert Einstein

Thanks again

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[Angler]

Got my score back a few days ago, and I don't think I'm retaking it

What???

Shadowing doctors in the medical field I'm interested in—vascular surgery, CT surgery (~100 hrs)

A little bit of primary care shadowing would be beneficial

Your application is solid for your school list, but it's kind of plain vanilla. Your chances will depend a lot on spinning your mission.

 

[Faha]

Remove U Washington since they admit very few applicants who are not from states in the Northwest. UConn will "yield protect" with your stats. You could add any of these schools:
Hofstra
Jefferson
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati

 

[myribosomesbad]

What???

A little bit of primary care shadowing would be beneficial

Your application is solid for your school list, but it's kind of plain vanilla. Your chances will depend a lot on spinning your mission.

Oh, sorry if that bit was confusing. I meant that I got my MCAT score back, and I don't plan on retaking. Thanks for your advice!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

What is your role with your free clinic? What else do/did you do with your free clinic? Is it associated with any medical school or health center/hospital?

 

[myribosomesbad]

What is your role with your free clinic? What else do/did you do with your free clinic? Is it associated with any medical school or health center/hospital?

It's associated with the university hospital. My current role is a student board/director (previously just a volunteer), and I initiated a partnership with a national charity organization to provide free medications to uninsured pts at our clinic, and also led a clinical quality assurance subcommittee and coordinated between several departments within the clinic to promote healthcare literacy for our non-English speaking patients.