WAMC/School List 3.7/527 Nontrad Prior PhD

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I finished my PhD a few years ago and I’m planning to apply to MD programs this cycle. Any help would be appreciated!

1. AMCAS GPAs (cGPA, sGPA)
   Undergrad: 3.56, 3.64
   Grad: 3.91, 3.94
   Postbacc (40cr): 4.0, 4.0
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts.
   527 (132/131/132/132)
3. State of residence
   Minnesota, with family ties to Wisconsin
4. Ethnicity and/or race
   White, Not Hispanic or Latino
5. Undergraduate institution or category
   University of Minnesota (undergrad + grad)
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
   550 hours of clinical volunteering. Split between inpatient and outpatient. Expecting another 200 hours between now and matriculation
7. Research experience and productivity
   Lots of research, 25+ publications
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   120 hours across allergy, nephrology, urology, med onc, rad onc, pathology, and neurosurgery
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   250 hours as leadership role in patient advocacy organization
   100 hours at homeless shelter
10. Other extracurricular activities
    A few editorial roles for journals and conferences
    Was an RA during undergrad
    Some club sports, marathon running
11. Relevant honors or awards
    A couple of scholarships/fellowships during graduate school
    Some best posters
    A coursework award for organic chemistry during postbacc
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important
    PhD was in a STEM field but work was applied to cancer research. Since then I’ve been working as a research scientist in a clinical department

Here’s my school list, in no particular order

• Emory
• Medical College of Wisconsin
• University of Connecticut
• University of Pittsburgh
• Duke University
• University of Rochester
• University of Michigan
• Brown
• Case Western/Cleveland Clinic
• Loyola Stritch
• Mayo Clinic
• WashU
• Wayne State
• Thomas Jefferson
• Virgina
• University of Minnesota
• Quinnipiac University
• University of Chicago
• Northwestern
• Johns Hopkins
• Rosalind Franklin
• University of Illinois Chicago
• Yale University
• University of Wisconsin
• Wake Forest
• Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson

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Accumulate another 50 hours at the homeless shelter before you apply since some schools will screen at 150 hours.
I suggest these schools with your stats:
U Minnesota
Mayo
U Wisconsin
Iowa
U Illinois
Northwestern
U Michigan
Washington University
Colorado
Vanderbilt
Emory
USF Morsani
Duke
U Virginia
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Jefferson
Pittsburgh
Johns Hopkins
UPenn
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
NYU
Rochester
Yale
Brown
Dartmouth
UMass
Tufts