WAMC & School List: 3.94/523

[greenthumb-365]

1. cGPA: 3.94, sGPA: 3.84
2. MCAT: 523
3. State of residence: Illinois, state ties to Wisconsin and Arizona
4. Ethnicity and/or race: white female
5. Undergraduate institution or category: mid-tier private
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): Paid entrance screener (300 hrs), paid ER tech (400 hrs), EMT ride-alongs? (25 hrs)
7. Research experience and productivity: 1.5 yrs, ~750 hrs in a neuroscience genetics lab doing wet lab, psych, and clinical research, 1 independent research grant leading to a virtual poster presentation, 1 third author publication in Plos One; planning to spend gap year as a CRC for this same lab
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: minimal bc covid :/ ~40 hrs shadowing PC doc in a clinic in Guatemala
9. Non-clinical volunteering: after school program assistant coach for two spring seasons (~80 hrs), domestic violence advocacy center intern answering crisis line and running play group with the shelter kids (~70 hrs), campus peer health educator hosting bystander intervention trainings and workshops on alcohol and other drugs (~200 hrs)
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc): gap year --> CRC coordinating a program to improve breastfeeding rates for nicu infants, chapter president of my sorority, TA for psych course, studied abroad on three continents in a comparative health program
11. Relevant honors or awards: Selected by university for Omicron Delta Kappa honor society [group of 31 students from senior class working with high up admin to improve the student experience], Phi Beta Kappa honor society, and university women's leadership award; dean's list every semester; presidential scholarship
12. Note: Interested in some kind of primary care practice (family med, OBGYN, geriatrics, peds)

Medical School List:

• NYU, Harvard, Stanford, UCSF, UPenn, UChicago, Northwestern, Baylor, Yale, Vanderbilt, UVA, UMichigan, UCLA
• Georgetown, GWU, BU, Emory, Tulane, Rush, Cincinatti, Wisconsin, Arizona-Tucson, Arizona-Phoenix, U of I

Looking for more mid-tier schools to add, advice on whether my list is way too top-heavy, and general thoughts on my school list

Also, lmk if you have any tips for things to work on during my gap year

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[GoPenguinsGo]

We cant tell you definitively without an actual MCAT to go off. Ive seen people get 520+ on AAMC FLs only to get a 500-510 on the real thing.

 

[TheGranolaKing]

We cant tell you definitively without an actual MCAT to go off. Ive seen people get 520+ on AAMC FLs only to get a 500-510 on the real thing.

I got a 516 after going 520/520/522/522 on my FLs, as an example. FL averages are a decent indicator but you really have to wait until you have your real score

 

[greenthumb-365]

We cant tell you definitively without an actual MCAT to go off. Ive seen people get 520+ on AAMC FLs only to get a 500-510 on the real thing.

Just got my score back - 523

 

[Faha]

You should receive several interviews from your school list. You could add any of these schools:
Washington University (almost a guaranteed interview with your stats)
U Chicago
Mayo
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
Pittsburgh
Rochester
Case Western

 

[greenthumb-365]

You should receive several interviews from your school list. You could add any of these schools:
Washington University (almost a guaranteed interview with your stats)
U Chicago
Mayo
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
Pittsburgh
Rochester
Case Western

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts! Definitely will be looking into adding some of those