WAMC Reapplicant: 4.0 GPA, 515 MCAT school list (Community-health focus)

[KingF00L]

Hello! I'm reapplying again this cycle, so I'm overhauling my school list with new stats. Previously One Interview at Texas Tech, one wailist at SUNY Upstate, no acceptances.

State/Country of Residence: TX

Ties to other States/Regions: N/A

URM? (Y/N): N

Year in School: 2018-2022

Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Chemistry / Theater

Graduate Degrees (if applicable):

Cumulative GPA: 4.0

Science GPA: 4.0

MCAT Score(s): 515

Research Experience: 100 hr Chemistry Lab in undergraduate, working with thermo-responsive polymers for cancer drug delivery. Wrote a thesis on topic, able to graduate with Major Honors.

Publications/Abstracts/Posters: Poster presentation at The Union North America, and Oral Presentation at the Texas Public Health Association

Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): 245 hours EMT volunteer experience, 2100 hours with hte state health department providing assessment to patients.

Physician Shadowing: 60 hours in person, 32 virtual shadowing

Non-Clinical Volunteering: 150 hours pulbic health advocacy event, 142 hours red cross transportation specialist, 100 hours hospice volunteer

Other Extracurricular Activities: Did theater in highschool, stage managed a production,

Other Employment History: Peer Tutor at my school for 3 chemistry subjects.

Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): Y; Mom is a nurse.

Specialty of Interest (if applicable): Pediatrician, OBGYN,

Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Y

Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): Y

Medical School List: All Texas schools (UTSW, Baylor, Dell, ext)
AMCAS Schools I applied: Emory, Morehouse, Brown, Tulane, UArkansas, Univ of Colorado, Univ of Illinois, Univ of Minnesota, SUNY, Univ of Connecticut, Univ of Vermont, UMass, Dartmouth, Geisinger, Cooper, Oakland, Tuscon, Louisville, Sanford, Tufts

DO: Incarnate Ward, TCOM, Sam Houston, VCOM, AZCOM, PCOM

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[Faha]

I am surprised you received an interview at SUNY Upstate. Do you have any connection to that region of New York ? Generally, OOS MD schools (especially state public schools) interview few Texas applicants since they know from years of experience that Texas applicants will attend a Texas school. For AMCAS schools you could try TCU and Tulane. @wysdoc your opinion ?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

If you are interested in primary care and rural health, take a close look at the schools on your list for their rural health tracks. I don't know if your application shows this as your purpose, but make sure this is what you really want to do. You have done a lot with public health so keep an eye on location where you want to continue your studies.

Where have you added hours since your previous application? Have you done more non-clinical community service?

 

[wysdoc]

I am surprised you received an interview at SUNY Upstate. Do you have any connection to that region of New York ? Generally, OOS MD schools (especially state public schools) interview few Texas applicants since they know from years of experience that Texas applicants will attend a Texas school. For AMCAS schools you could try TCU and Tulane. @wysdoc your opinion ?

I have seen Texans get interviews/acceptances at a few OOS schools in the past few years including UCF, USF, Kentucky, Drexel, Vanderbilt, George Washington, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, SLU, VCU, Virginia Tech, Creighton, MCW, Cincinnati, Vermont.
Not much interest in Texans in California or the Northeast unless they're those superstars that seem to get offers wherever they go.

If you haven't submitted AMCAS yet remove Sanford, U Minnesota, U Connecticut, U Mass, and Morehouse.

I wish you better luck in Texas this year, OP. If you submitted kind of late last year, try to submit by the end of June this time around.

 

[KingF00L]

I am surprised you received an interview at SUNY Upstate. Do you have any connection to that region of New York ? Generally, OOS MD schools (especially state public schools) interview few Texas applicants since they know from years of experience that Texas applicants will attend a Texas school. For AMCAS schools you could try TCU and Tulane. @wysdoc your opinion ?

I actually didn't get an interview, it went straight to waitlist. So maybe it was more of a pre II rejection or something idk

 

[KingF00L]

If you are interested in primary care and rural health, take a close look at the schools on your list for their rural health tracks. I don't know if your application shows this as your purpose, but make sure this is what you really want to do. You have done a lot with public health so keep an eye on location where you want to continue your studies.

Where have you added hours since your previous application? Have you done more non-clinical community service?

I didn't mention what I had done before, but I got a lot more experience in everything from my gap year. About 1800 hours in clinical, 100 hours community engagement, 2 poster presentations, more leadership.

 

[KingF00L]

I have seen Texans get interviews/acceptances at a few OOS schools in the past few years including UCF, USF, Kentucky, Drexel, Vanderbilt, George Washington, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, SLU, VCU, Virginia Tech, Creighton, MCW, Cincinnati, Vermont.
Not much interest in Texans in California or the Northeast unless they're those superstars that seem to get offers wherever they go.

If you haven't submitted AMCAS yet remove Sanford, U Minnesota, U Connecticut, U Mass, and Morehouse.

I wish you better luck in Texas this year, OP. If you submitted kind of late last year, try to submit by the end of June this time around.

Thanks for the suggestions! If I could ask, why did you recommend removing those schools specifically?

 

[wysdoc]

Thanks for the suggestions! If I could ask, why did you recommend removing those schools specifically?

Sanford takes mostly in-state or from the upper midwest, as does Minnesota. If you like Minnesota for some reason they have taken some Texans.
Morehouse is mostly Black students & I didn't see that you had listed your ethnicity
U Conn takes mostly from the eastern seaboard (see the US maps on the MSAR site)
U Mass: is it worth OOS tuition over going to a Texas school?

 

[KingF00L]

Sanford takes mostly in-state or from the upper midwest, as does Minnesota. If you like Minnesota for some reason they have taken some Texans.
Morehouse is mostly Black students & I didn't see that you had listed your ethnicity
U Conn takes mostly from the eastern seaboard (see the US maps on the MSAR site)
U Mass: is it worth OOS tuition over going to a Texas school?

I realized recently that my mcat is expired for a lot of schools, so I had to change it a lot. My current school list is:

MD: Charles R Drew, Cooper, Emory, Hackensack, Meharry, Nova Southwestern, Oakland, St Louis, Tucson, Tufts, Tulane, UMass, Univ of Minnesota, Univ of Wisconsin, Virginia Common, Wake Forest, Wayne,

DO: Michigan State, VCOM, AZCOM, PCOM, UIWCOM

What do you think of this new list?

 

[wysdoc]

Charles R Drew and Meharry are also HBCU's (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
Instead of UMass, apply to U Vermont, they are OOS friendly

MCAT scores are good for 5 years in the TMDSAS schools.

 

[deleted1056062]

Hello! I'm reapplying again this cycle, so I'm overhauling my school list with new stats. Previously One Interview at Texas Tech, one wailist at SUNY Upstate, no acceptances.

State/Country of Residence: TX

Ties to other States/Regions: N/A

URM? (Y/N): N

Year in School: 2018-2022

Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Chemistry / Theater

Graduate Degrees (if applicable):

Cumulative GPA: 4.0

Science GPA: 4.0

MCAT Score(s): 515

Research Experience: 100 hr Chemistry Lab in undergraduate, working with thermo-responsive polymers for cancer drug delivery. Wrote a thesis on topic, able to graduate with Major Honors.

Publications/Abstracts/Posters: Poster presentation at The Union North America, and Oral Presentation at the Texas Public Health Association

Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): 245 hours EMT volunteer experience, 2100 hours with hte state health department providing assessment to patients.

Physician Shadowing: 60 hours in person, 32 virtual shadowing

Non-Clinical Volunteering: 150 hours pulbic health advocacy event, 142 hours red cross transportation specialist, 100 hours hospice volunteer

Other Extracurricular Activities: Did theater in highschool, stage managed a production,

Other Employment History: Peer Tutor at my school for 3 chemistry subjects.

Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): Y; Mom is a nurse.

Specialty of Interest (if applicable): Pediatrician, OBGYN,

Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Y

Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): Y

Medical School List: All Texas schools (UTSW, Baylor, Dell, ext)
AMCAS Schools I applied: Emory, Morehouse, Brown, Tulane, UArkansas, Univ of Colorado, Univ of Illinois, Univ of Minnesota, SUNY, Univ of Connecticut, Univ of Vermont, UMass, Dartmouth, Geisinger, Cooper, Oakland, Tuscon, Louisville, Sanford, Tufts

DO: Incarnate Ward, TCOM, Sam Houston, VCOM, AZCOM, PCOM

Don't apply to Sanford (South Dakota) unless you meet these qualifications, otherwise you most likely won't even receive a secondary: