MD WAMC/School List: 3.31 cGPA, 3.07 sGPA / 519 MCAT - MD-PhD/MD School List Help

[runicdeveloper]

Applying in 2024 - 2025 cycle, these are my stats so far. I have a passion for computional (particularly applying machine learning to longitudinal data), and clinical research. I will only apply MD/PhD to schools that closely align with my research interests, as I can always collaborate on research in my network otherwise. I’m nervous about my low GPA — are there any other schools I should (re)consider? Are there other ways I can strengthen my application?

1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS:
   Overall cGPA: 3.31; sGPA: 3.07 (159 cr)
   Post-bacc. cGPA: 3.97; sGPA: 4.00 (44 cr)
   Last 84 cr. cGPA: 3.86; sGPA: 3.86 (84 cr)
2. MCAT Score(s) and breakdown: 519 (130, 130, 130, 129)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US): Minnesota, w/ strong ties to Illinois
4. Ethnicity and/or race: White; Disadvanted
5. Undergraduate institution or category: T5
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):
   1. 240 hours - Volunteer Emergency Medicine Research Associate
   2. 60 hours - Lead Volunteer Clinical Research Associate
7. Research Experience:
   1. 5000 hours - Volunteer Computational Biology Researcher (SIR models of COVID on disadvantaged populations / ABM models of HCV)
   2. 500 hours - Research / Data Science Intern (Transformer models trained to predict social needs of patients to improve outreach)
   3. 4000 hours - Clinical Research Support (Multi-site global clinical trials), with 2000 research hours on helping disadvantaged communities in Sub-Saharan Africa
   4. 3 publications - 2 first-authors; 3 invited talks
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented:
   1. 48 hours
   2. Pulmonology: 16 hours
   3. Radiology: 16 hours
   4. Emergency: 16 hours
9. Non-clinical volunteering:
   Farmers Market: 150 hours
   Non-clinical hospital: 100 hours
   University Consulting Club (CTO): 200 hours
   University Entrepreneurs Club (CTO): 100 hours
10. Other extracurricular activities
    1. Co-chair academic committee
    2. Member of 2 departmental medical research committees
    3. Teach cooking classes
    4. Software Developer (3 years in finance; 3 years in healthcare)
    5. Management Consultant (1 year)
11. Relevant honors and awards:
    Deans’ List (5 Semesters)

School List (26):

(MD/PhD):

1. University of Washington
2. Carnegie Mellon / University of Pittsburg (CPCB)
3. Harvard University / MIT
4. University of California – San Diego
5. Stanford University
6. Johns Hopkins University
7. Case Western Reserve University
8. Emory University
9. Mayo Clinic
10. University of Cincinnati
11. University of Michigan
12. Yale University
13. Indiana University (close ties)

(MD):

1. University of Minnesota
2. Loyola University of Chicago (close ties)
3. University of Illinois – Chicago
4. Rosalind Franklin
5. Northwestern University
6. Carle Illinois College of Medicine
7. Rush University
8. University of Chicago
9. Southern Illinois
10. University of Iowa
11. Icahn @ Mount Sinai
12. Columbia University
13. Vanderbilt University
14. New York University
15. University of Wisconsin - Madison
16. Stony Brook University

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[Mr.Smile12]

Everything seems reasonable except Rush and Loyola, which require much more community service IMO.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Southern Illinois only if you are from that part of the state. Not sure with Indiana or RFUMS.

 

[runicdeveloper]

@Mr.Smile12 Thank you for reviewing my profile! I made some alterations that you suggested, and added a handful more schools that are publishing research that I’m interested in.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

@Mr.Smile12 Thank you for reviewing my profile! I made some alterations that you suggested, and added a handful more schools that are publishing research that I’m interested in.

Good luck! But make it clear you want to be a physician, not a research assistant. You are not there to explore your research interests, so be ready to dump the prospect of working in those labs on a dime. Otherwise, you should apply to their MS or PhD programs outside of AMCAS (possibly using BioMedCAS).