WAMC/School List: 3.97/519, CA ORM

[12C-nara]

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[Faha]

You could remove the state public schools Indiana and Iowa since they will probably "yield protect" with your high stats. you should receive several interviews from the other schools on your list.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Ivy school? Where are you with your letters and/or committee process?

 

[12C-nara]

Ivy school? Where are you with your letters and/or committee process?

I plan to ask for LORs in early February, and committee interviews are this spring. They're having us submit an AMCAS rough draft by the end of February for the committee interview.

 

[12C-nara]

You could remove the state public schools Indiana and Iowa since they will probably "yield protect" with your high stats. you should receive several interviews from the other schools on your list.

Thanks for your input! I've gotten several comments that my school list is dangerously-top heavy, and that I should shadow less competitive specialties. What is your opinion on this?

 

[12C-nara]

@Goro @LizzyM I'd love to hear input from you as well!

 

[LizzyM]

I suspect that those schools numbered 9-24 will interview you with delight. I've interviewed a few dozen of your clones already this year.

 

[Goro]

Hi all, I'm applying for the 2022-2023 cycle, and I'd appreciate any feedback on my school list. I plan to apply to about 33-35 schools, but I'll most likely whittle down my school list based on comments and suggestions. I tend to err on the side of caution, so I'm wondering if my list is too top-heavy, especially considering that my clinical hours are on the lower end. An acceptance to a T20 would be amazing, though an acceptance from any medical school would be great. Thanks!

• cGPA 3.97 / sGPA 3.94
• MCAT: 519 (130/130/129/130)
• State of Residence: CA
• Ethnicity/Race: ORM
• Undergrad: Ivy League
• Clinical experience:
  • Volunteer @ free clinic: 100 hours
  • Volunteer @ cardiology clinic: 60 hours
  • Clinical assistant starting mid-march (gap year job) : 40 hours/week
  • One research internship in a hospital this past summer: 20 hrs/week, no tangibles.
• Research experience:
  • Chemical education: at least 2000+ hours. 1 first-author and 1 co-author pub in a highly-recognized journal, both for the two projects that I led. 1 first-author submitted, 1 poster, three research grants from school
  • Systematic review: 150 hours, 1 abstract, 3 conferences.
  • One summer with bio research: 20 hours/week, no tangibles.
  • One semester being trained with biochem research but got a research fellowship that was cut due to COVID.
• Shadowing: 30 hours neurosurg, 20 hours radiology, 20 hours plastics
• Non-clinical volunteering:
  • Crisis hotline: 200+ hours by primaries
  • Tutor at low-income high school: 50 hours
• Other: Chem TA since sophomore year, mentor for 2 clubs in college, co-pres of health entrepreneurship accelerator, leader of fellowship since sophomore year, MCAT tutor

Working school list:

1. UCSF
2. UCLA
3. UCSD
4. Kaiser
5. Stanford
6. USC
7. UCI
8. UCD
9. Brown
10. Yale
11. Case Western
12. Sinai
13. NYU
14. Harvard
15. Cornell
16. Vanderbilt
17. Feinberg
18. Mayo
19. WashU
20. Pitt
21. Emory
22. UVA
23. Boston
24. Einstein
25. Cincinnati
26. Ohio State
27. Rochester
28. Johns Hopkins
29. Hofstra
30. Indiana
31. Western Michigan
32. Iowa
33. USF Morsani
34. Michigan
35. Columbia
36. Duke

List is fine. Nothing wrong with aiming high. Suggest deleting IU though.

 

[gyngyn]

Thanks for your input! I've gotten several comments that my school list is dangerously-top heavy, and that I should shadow less competitive specialties. What is your opinion on this?

It is important to shadow folks caring for awake patients on an ongoing basis over time, (general IM, peds, psych, FM...).
This has little to do with competitiveness, rather it gives you the opportunity to see how medicine is practiced by the large majority of physicians.

 

[12C-nara]

I suspect that those schools numbered 9-24 will interview you with delight. I've interviewed a few dozen of your clones already this year.

Thank you and @Goro for your input! However, my 519 was my second attempt, and I edited the post to include my first score (510). Would my school list be impacted?

 

[LizzyM]

Yes, two scores averaging 514.5 is not 519. Use WARS but maybe shoot a bit lower with not more than 25% reaches.