WAMC OH 3.96/512 ORM

[Spooderman]

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Hello! I'm in my last semester of undergrad and preparing to apply to med school this upcoming cycle. Any feedback, especially on my school list would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

1. GPA: 3.96 cGPA/ 3.94 sGPA
2. MCAT: 512(128/127/128/129)
3. Residence: Ohio
4. Race: White Male
5. University: Senior at large public university
6. Major: Biochemistry with minor in Pharmaceutical Sciences
7. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):
Volunteer: 40 hours in ER (Preparing rooms, and restocking supplies)

8. Research experience and productivity:
40 hours clinical (worked on a genetic database, published in paper)
250 hours in immunology lab (working on review paper, and bench research)

9. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
40 hours Pediatric Ophthalmology, 16 hours Allergy/ Immunology, 10 Hours Oncology, 10 hours Rheumatology

10. Non-clinical volunteering
50 hours tutoring at local library
30 hours helping at a learning center for students during the pandemic that needed safe places to study
60 hours volunteering at a local meal center for the homeless

11. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
Helped start and lead an organization that increases access to affordable 3D printed prosthetics
Lead for three years in a Christian organization, emphasis on leadership in small group setting, and mentorship to younger students
For my Gap year I’ll be working in the same immunology lab

12. Relevant honors or awards
Dean's list every semester

Tentative School List:

Carle Illinois COM
Chicago Med Rosalind Franklin
Creighton University SOM
Drexel University Coll of Med
Eastern Virginia Med Sch
Quinnipiac SOM
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Georgetown University SOM
Indiana University Sch of Med
Michigan St U Coll Hum
Northeast Ohio Medical Univ
Ohio State University COM
Pennsylvania State U COM
Larner COM, Univ of Vermont
St Louis University Sch of Med
Univ of Toledo College of Med
University of Arizona COM
University of Cincinnati COM
University of Colorado SOM
Univ of Connecticut SOM
University of Kentucky COM
University of Louisville SOM
University of Maryland SOM
University of Michigan Med Sch
Univ of Minnesota Med Sch
U Wisc. Sch of Med. & Pub Hlth
Virginia Commonwealth U SOM
Virginia Tech Carilion SOM
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Wright State U Boonshoft SOM
Univ Iowa Carver College of Med

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Clinical experience hours are on the light side. How did you become interested in forming your prosthesis club, and how did you make an impact? Otherwise, your community service hours are also very light. Anything you're doing with mentoring, tutoring, or TA'ing is overrepresented among premeds. I acknowledge you will be building on your research experience in your growth/gap year, but how will you address the other experience categories?

Yes, as an Ohio resident you are picking the usual suspects but how do you fit the missions of those schools like NEOMED (or Carle Illinois)? Given your involvement in religious-oriented clubs, the list has a lot of public schools and not as many private schools that may have a religious connection.

 

[Spooderman]

Yeah, I realize the clinical experience is on the low side, and like others my explanation relies mostly on COVID preventing me from getting into the clinical setting.
For the prosthetic club, I was part of a humanitarian engineering organization, and me and a few others were all interested in prosthetics. Initially we started with getting connected to amputees in our community, and ended up making devices for them. However, the biggest focus of the group is to increase the knowledge of, and access to affordable devices, and we have grown to be in contact with amputee organizations across the country. Being involved with this club, as well as leading in the Christian organization definitely took time away from being involved with clinical volunteering. I know this probably isn't an acceptable excuse for admissions committee, but I hope to get back into the ER for volunteering soon, with hospitals reopening for volunteers.
In terms of addressing the lower amounts of hours in non-clinical volunteering, I'm going to continue to serve at the meal center for the homeless over the next year.

 

[Faha]

You should accumulate another 100+ hours of clinical volunteering with patient contact before you apply. You have many state public schools on your list that admit few non residents with your MCAT and no connection to the state. Also Cregihton and St. Louis are looking for applicants with far more clinical exposure hours than you have. For schools I suggest these:
Wright State
NEOMED
Toledo
Ohio State
Cincinnati
West Virginia
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
TCU-UNT
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac

 

[Spooderman]

Do you think its worth waiting till later into June/ early July to apply with increased clinical experience compared to applying early June when applications can be sent?

 

[Faha]

Do you think its worth waiting till later into June/ early July to apply with increased clinical experience compared to applying early June when applications can be sent?

Yes. The more hours the better.

 

[Spooderman]

Thanks!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

July 4 is probably the latest I would want anyone to submit their application, and that's usually because some schools are on the quarter system.

 

[MCATISEZ]

You need more volunteering and clinical hours in general. I’d shoot for >100 hours non clinical, >200 clinical hours, and 50+ hours shadowing. Your scores are amazing but as an ORM they won’t carry you.

 

[send_help]

Hello! I'm in my last semester of undergrad and preparing to apply to med school this upcoming cycle. Any feedback, especially on my school list would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

1. GPA: 3.96 cGPA/ 3.94 sGPA
2. MCAT: 512(128/127/128/129)
3. Residence: Ohio
4. Race: White Male
5. University: Senior at large public university
6. Major: Biochemistry with minor in Pharmaceutical Sciences
7. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):
Volunteer: 40 hours in ER (Preparing rooms, and restocking supplies)

8. Research experience and productivity:
40 hours clinical (worked on a genetic database, published in paper)
250 hours in immunology lab (working on review paper, and bench research)

9. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
40 hours Pediatric Ophthalmology, 16 hours Allergy/ Immunology, 10 Hours Oncology, 10 hours Rheumatology

10. Non-clinical volunteering
50 hours tutoring at local library
30 hours helping at a learning center for students during the pandemic that needed safe places to study
60 hours volunteering at a local meal center for the homeless

11. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
Helped start and lead an organization that increases access to affordable 3D printed prosthetics
Lead for three years in a Christian organization, emphasis on leadership in small group setting, and mentorship to younger students
For my Gap year I’ll be working in the same immunology lab

12. Relevant honors or awards
Dean's list every semester

Tentative School List:

Carle Illinois COM
Chicago Med Rosalind Franklin
Creighton University SOM
Drexel University Coll of Med
Eastern Virginia Med Sch
Quinnipiac SOM
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Georgetown University SOM
Indiana University Sch of Med
Michigan St U Coll Hum
Northeast Ohio Medical Univ
Ohio State University COM
Pennsylvania State U COM
Larner COM, Univ of Vermont
St Louis University Sch of Med
Univ of Toledo College of Med
University of Arizona COM
University of Cincinnati COM
University of Colorado SOM
Univ of Connecticut SOM
University of Kentucky COM
University of Louisville SOM
University of Maryland SOM
University of Michigan Med Sch
Univ of Minnesota Med Sch
U Wisc. Sch of Med. & Pub Hlth
Virginia Commonwealth U SOM
Virginia Tech Carilion SOM
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Wright State U Boonshoft SOM
Univ Iowa Carver College of Med

Hey dude I have pretty similar stats to you and applied this cycle with 50 clinical hours, got 0 interviews. Don’t apply without 100+ would be my advice

 

[Spooderman]

Hey dude I have pretty similar stats to you and applied this cycle with 50 clinical hours, got 0 interviews. Don’t apply without 100+ would be my advice

Thanks man, appreciate the feedback. Based on the what you all said I figured it would be better to wait a year, and get more clinical, and non-clinical volunteering while bolstering my research experience too.

 

[stinkycheeseperson]

Way to listen 😎 really, apply once with the best possible app and you have a much better stance. A lot 9f people come one here and pswhaw and then cry when they blew 4848274 dollarinos and have to reapp too