MD & DO WAMC - Re-applicant

[Avicenna144]

Stats:

• cGPA: 3.93, sGPA: 3.90
  
• MCAT: 513 (130/127/130/126)
• OH Resident
• Double majored in biology & Neuroscience. Minor in History

Clinical experience:

• 200 hours volunteering in a clinic serving urban underserved population
• 200 hours Hospital volunteering in ED/ICU (started August 2017)

Research experience:

• 600 hours working on an independent project (no pubs or presentation but received a grant)
• 150 hours Clinical Research Assistant

Shadowing experience: 40 hours primary care shadowing, 10 hours Urology, 20 hours Neurology, 10 hours general surgery

Non-clinical volunteering:

• 150 hours during college
• 150 hours during gap year (mostly done after Jan 18)

Other extracurricular activities: 1 year tutoring.

Employment :

• Lab tech at toxicology lab doing drug compliance testing (around 2000 hours)

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[Faha]

Where did you apply previously and how long ago? Any interviews or wait list?

 

[candbgirl]

And what have you done to significantly improve your application since your last application cycle?

 

[Avicenna144]

Where did you apply previously and how long ago? Any interviews or wait list?

And what have you done to significantly improve your application since your last application cycle?

Mostly to my school state only. I got a couple of interviews. 1 rejection and 1 waitlist. That was in the 2016/2017 cycle.

To improve my application I added the 300 hospital volunteering hours and the hospice volunteering. Additional 100 non-clinical volunteering and of course I have been working in the toxicology lab ever since i graduated in 2017. I am also planning to add another 20 shadowing hours. I also started a sports team at my work (50 hours).

 

[Faha]

I suggest all these schools with your stats:
Toledo
Wright State
NEOMED
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
St. Louis
Creighton
Tulane
Vermont
Quinnipiac
New York Medical College
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
West Virginia
Eastern Virginia
NOVA MD
any new schools that may open for 2019 (Seton Hall, Roseman, Kaiser)

 

[Avicenna144]

I suggest all these schools with your stats:
Toledo
Wright State
NEOMED
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
St. Louis
Creighton
Tulane
Vermont
Quinnipiac
New York Medical College
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
West Virginia
Eastern Virginia
NOVA MD
any new schools that may open for 2019 (Seton Hall, Roseman, Kaiser)

Thanks for your response. Is that just a recommendation, or do you think that I will be a competitive applicant? I know that ECs and stats are not everything, but do you think I have a chance?

 

[Faha]

Thanks for your response. Is that just a recommendation, or do you think that I will be a competitive applicant? I know that ECs and stats are not everything, but do you think I have a chance?

You could receive interviews at any of the schools I listed.