WAMC/School List: 3.75/521

[adultishgambino]

cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS

• cGPA: 3.74
• sGPA: 3.70
• moderate upward trend (3.54 first semester -> 3.95 average last year)

MCAT score(s) and breakdown

• 2021: 521 (130/129/130/132)

State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)

• VA- strong ties to OH

Ethnicity and/or race

• ORM

Undergraduate institution or category

• Top 50, nothing crazy

Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)

• Volunteering
  • 250 hours- ER, ICU, Surgical Center at inner city hospital
• Non-volunteer
  • 100 hours- frontline COVID-19 testing

Research experience and productivity

• 1500 hours research over 3 years incl. wet lab, live animal studies,
  • 2 pubs here, middle authors
  • 2 posters at university conferences
• Submitted a first author review paper for publication two months ago, awaiting publication

Shadowing experience and specialties represented

• 40 hrs- orthopedics

Non-clinical volunteering

• 1500 hours
  • Many activities here- don't want to doxx myself but I have some X factors
  • AmeriCorps teaching English

Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)

• Musicianship (multiple instruments over many years)

Relevant honors or awards

• Dean's list 7/8 Semesters

My current school list- is it too top heavy? Can I cut it down at all?

Ohio State

UC

Case Western

Duke

UCLA

UCSF

Keck

Tufts

UCSD

Pittsburgh

Emory

UVA

VCU

VT

UC Davis

Hofstra

Columbia

Mt. Sinai

Einstein

GW

Georgetown

Eastern VA

Rush

Cornell

Hopkins

Renaissance (SUNY SB)

Northwestern

Pritzker

UMich

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[Banco]

Your application is good, your list is appropriate. If you want to cut down, see which top 20 schools your GPA is <10th percentile for - chances there will be low.


Edit: The UC's are also very tough to crack into. Some better options may be Rochester, Miami.

 

[adultishgambino]

Your application is good, your list is appropriate. If you want to cut down, see which top 20 schools your GPA is <10th percentile for - chances there will be low.

Thank you so much! I'm super nervous for this cycle- I appreciate your help