WAMC: ORM, 3.94 cGPA, 514 MCAT, first time applicant

[premedstudent110]

Hello! I am a newly graduated student and taking 2 gap years. I will be applying next year (2024 cycle) but wanted to start making a school list early. Would appreciate any help/feedback regarding the school list and activities/areas I should strengthen!

Overall GPA: 3.95
MCAT: 514 (129/126/128/131)
State of Residence: New York

Undergrad Attended: Top 25
Major: Biology
Minority? No (Asian)
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No

Shadowing Experience:
- shadowing (110 hrs): pediatrician, internal medicine, ob/gyn

Volunteering Experience
- Crisis Text Line (200 hrs)
- Organization for a food rescue organization (200 hrs)
- A hospital health program that addresses chronic disease/food insecurity (200 hrs)

Employment:
- MA for a clinic (200 hrs)

Research: Hours and type; any publications or presentations? How many?
- Neuroscience/Psychiatry clinical research (880 hrs), pending 3rd author publication at a low-tier journal
- Clinical research in Asthma (200 hrs)
- Public health mixed-methods research related to how telemedicine affects minorities (300 hrs), 1 poster presentation from this experience

Other Extracurriculars: Hours and type; includes athletics, military, leadership, etc.
- Biology TA (100 hrs)
- Led and independently taught a health class (140 hrs)
- Outreach Club Committee Leader (100 hrs)

Relevant Honors or Awards: none other than Dean's List (Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2023)
LOR type and strength: 2 LOR from science professors, 1 strong from research PI, 1 strong from a pediatrician
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags:

School list:
- Albany med
- Buffalo
- SUNY Downstate and Upstate
- Rowan
- Rosalind Franklin
- Loyola
- Rush
- Penn State
- Geisinger
- Thomas Jefferson
- Temple
- UConn
- Quinnipiac
- GWU
- Emory
- Hackensack
- SUNY Stony Brook
- Rochester
- NYMC
- Einstein
- NYU LI

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[Mr.Smile12]

What is your purpose as a physician? What will you be doing in 10 years? What is your mission fit?

 

[Faha]

Rush and Loyola are looking for applicants with far more clinical exposure hours than you have. UConn, Rowan and Geisinger admit few non residents with no connection to the state. You could add these schools:
Hofstra
Vermont
Drexel
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
TCU
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont