WAMC ORM 3.98 GPA 516->519 MCAT

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21M, ORM
MD resident
cGPA : 3.98, sGPA: 3.98
MCAT: 516 (132/125/130/129) -> 519 (131/127/130/131).

3000 hours clinical ophthalmology research focused on research biomarkers for early disease detection(5 first author presentations at national/international conferences, and 8 2nd author abstracts and 3 3rd author abstracts). 1st author paper that justo got published and another 2nd author paper that will be submitted by secondaries time snd published in ~August .

750 hours clinical volunteering (500 hours from a free clinic im co-director of, got 2 service awards, and 2nd place at a social impact pitch competition for this clinic)

600 hours biomedical device startup for early detection still early stages but we have filed a patent (patent pending status) + beginning clinical trials in <1 week and I have gotten a few awards for this as well (accelerator awards and innovation awards)

300 hours research fellowship focused on SDOH + Public Health (only 4 people selected for it)

300 hours health policy internship with national org aimed at increasing accessibility for testing

200 hours nonclinical volunteering by teaching immigrants and other underserved populations english

300 hours TAing

60 hours shadowing (ophtho + nephro)

400 hours leadership position for a club that I've been in all 4 years of college

LORs: 2 sciences, 1 non science. 1 from research, 1 from free clinic, and 1 from mentor for startup. Should all be good LORs 8/10

Personal Statement : Lots of people said my personal statement was great and I think I wrote it pretty cohesively as well, follows my application's theme of helping the underserved. Average rating i got on it was 8.5-9/10.

School List:

NYU
Harvard
Stanford
Emory
UCSF
JHU
Albert Einstein
Duke
Northwestern
University Of Pittsburgh
Cornell
UMich
Vandy
UMSOM
Dartmouth
Tufts
Georgetown
Drexel
Penn State
Rutgers
NYMC
Wake Forest
Jefferson
UVermont
Virginia Tech
Brown
UMiami
Temple


Big question I have is does only a 3 point increase hurt me, do I still have chances at t20s ? Any advice/thoughts would be appreciated!

 

[Med Ed]

Your nonclinical volunteering will be classified as teaching/tutoring, so you actually have zero hours to report.

I’m not sure if that will get you screened out, but if you have to reapply at least you’ll know why.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

When did you take both MCATs? A 3-point increase is within the standard deviation of re-takers, and it is thus not considered that impressive. Note that many schools average scores for screening.

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I also think that your lack of community service orientation activities (food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, legal support, transportation services, housing rehabilitation) may also work against you. 500 hours of teaching people is a reflection of an academic life, but not necessarily one where you are comfortable in communion with those unlike yourself, who are chronically ill, or who are suffering/in pain. Thus, not sure about Einstein, NYU, UCSF. It looks like you threw in Virginia Tech, Temple, NYMC, Wake Forest, Penn State, and Miami; what do they offer to satisfy your interest in policy?

You have 600 hours in health policy, so I'm guessing that's why you're only interested in T20s, yes? I am sure you would still include the DC and MD schools. To that end, if your work is interesting, it might help you a little.

Every medical school is going to train you to "serve the underserved" to the point it is rather cliche among med school applicants. You have studied the issues from an academic standpoint, so I'm not sure how willing you have been/will be to be vulnerable and get dirty experiencing the issues. No primary care or emergency medicine. No disability or neurodiversity is apparent in the communities described in the WAMC profile. If your PS has a strong narrative of helping the underserved, this WAMC profile has completely sanitized it to me.