WAMC/SCHOOL LIST/3.8sGPA/508MCAT

[SanjayR5]

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1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS

C - 3.9
S - 3.85

1. MCAT score(s) and breakdown

508 (126/126/126/130)

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

North Dakota

1. Ethnicity and/or race

Asian

1. Undergraduate institution or category

Public(44/100), Low Tier -> Private, Low Tier
Transferred (47/100)
Us news score rankings

1. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)

5300 Hours Paid Scribe
1200 Hours Paid Nursing Aide (not certified)
Both working in a level 1 trauma center/ed

1. Research experience and productivity

400 Hour(10-Week) NIH-Funded Pediatric Biomedical Research Program

1. Shadowing experience and specialties represented

None - Except for scribing in emergency medicine listed above

1. Non-clinical volunteering

200 Hours - Volunteered at a local homeless shelter helping serve food to the homeless
100 Hours - Public Library volunteer helping sort shelves and guide guests
50 Hours - Health Center bringing snacks and assisting inpatients

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

- Schools Pre Medicine Association
- 800 Hours Leading the Patient Access team at the Level 1 Trauma Center/ED
- Previously in charge of the training program at Chick-Fil-A working as a supervisor developing training plans and cutting labor costs

Relevant honors or awards
- Deans list every semester at both undergrad colleges

Don’t have a school list yet!
I prefer md but if I don’t get in to any I wouldn’t oppose a do

 

[Faha]

Your best chances are your North Dakota state public school. I suggest these schools also:
Medical College Wisconsin
Rush
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
St. Louis
Creighton
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
TCU
Tulane
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Georgetown
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Also apply to DO schools and I suggest these:
DMU-COM
CCOM
MU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
AZCOM
CUSOM
PCOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY

 

[SanjayR5]

Your best chances are your North Dakota state public school. I suggest these schools also:
Medical College Wisconsin
Rush
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
St. Louis
Creighton
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
TCU
Tulane
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Georgetown
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Also apply to DO schools and I suggest these:
DMU-COM
CCOM
MU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
AZCOM
CUSOM
PCOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY

Thank you for your help, can I ask where I’m lacking on and where I’m strong on and what I can do to be better prepared in case I’m denied this year?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Thank you for your help, can I ask where I’m lacking on and where I’m strong on and what I can do to be better prepared in case I’m denied this year?

Where you are lacking is a strong purpose. Why pursue medicine (to be fair, you didn't talk about it and it isn't clear from your activities)?

You have a ton of experience in emergency medicine, so what other areas have you gotten exposure to medicine?

 

[SanjayR5]

Where you are lacking is a strong purpose. Why pursue medicine (to be fair, you didn't talk about it and it isn't clear from your activities)?

You have a ton of experience in emergency medicine, so what other areas have you gotten exposure to medicine?

I’m not sure if I’d say so in my interviews. But honestly I love medicine and I get a sort-of thrill out of working in a hospital(not just as a doctor). Like being able to see all the cases and all the different walks of people and knowing I can make an impact on not just their day but their whole life makes me excited and I know I can best do that from being a physician and practicing medicine, knowing, that I’m gonna be the one to help that person the most and that I’m the one they want to see before anyone else. That’s why I loved being a scribe and nurse aide so much.

In terms of other exposure to medicine there’s very little aside from my pediatrics biomedical research program (which wasn’t really the best). I happen to live in North Dakota and the opportunities here kinda suck in terms of shadowing and other specialities. I wish there was more and I know I’d love to get in on obgyn or a hospitality and see their life.

Would you reccomend I go out of state for those experiences? And what else can I do to strengthen my application?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I’m not sure if I’d say so in my interviews. But honestly I love medicine and I get a sort-of thrill out of working in a hospital(not just as a doctor). Like being able to see all the cases and all the different walks of people and knowing I can make an impact on not just their day but their whole life makes me excited and I know I can best do that from being a physician and practicing medicine, knowing, that I’m gonna be the one to help that person the most and that I’m the one they want to see before anyone else. That’s why I loved being a scribe and nurse aide so much.

In terms of other exposure to medicine there’s very little aside from my pediatrics biomedical research program (which wasn’t really the best). I happen to live in North Dakota and the opportunities here kinda suck in terms of shadowing and other specialities. I wish there was more and I know I’d love to get in on obgyn or a hospitality and see their life.

Would you reccomend I go out of state for those experiences? And what else can I do to strengthen my application?

So you only have an ED and no other departments at the hospital or clinic? You should be able to get some exposure in other primary care or specialty care. You have a lot of clinical exposure hours so you won't really need a ton (4 to 8 hours each). Read up on AMA articles on SDN or other posted articles profiling physicians. You could do some virtual shadowing if you are left with no other options.

So it sounds like you like working in a hospital and the health care environment. But you could do that as a clinic volunteer or an executive. Why be a doctor and not a hospital pharmacist, or a PA, for example?

 

[SanjayR5]

So you only have an ED and no other departments at the hospital or clinic? You should be able to get some exposure in other primary care or specialty care. You have a lot of clinical exposure hours so you won't really need a ton (4 to 8 hours each). Read up on AMA articles on SDN or other posted articles profiling physicians. You could do some virtual shadowing if you are left with no other options.

So it sounds like you like working in a hospital and the health care environment. But you could do that as a clinic volunteer or an executive. Why be a doctor and not a hospital pharmacist, or a PA, for example?

Unfortunately it’s pretty hard to get a position in any other specialty here, all of the other floors are pretty reserved for RN,s, PA’s and MD’s. No scribing, pct/na positions out of the ED.

In terms of why a doctor, I also want to have that experience so I can teach in the future. At my old non-hospital jobs I was in charge of the training program and most of my family members are teachers (excluding my dad who’s a entymologist). I love the idea of being able to learn as much as possible and then show others how to as well. I know it’s probably not the best answer to the question but it’s me being honest!