WAMC/School List 3.97c/3.96s (mediocre ECs)

[lachea7223]

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1. GPA

• cGPA: 3.97
• sGPA: 3.96

1. MCAT (need to take this on 6/3; still have 38 days to prep full-time)
   • Most recent AAMC FLs (1 and 2): 521 (131/129/131/130) and 523 (132/129/131/131)
2. State of residence
   • Michigan
3. Demographic
   • Chinese, female, permanent resident
4. Undergraduate
   • Oberlin college, then graduated in UMich
5. Clinical experience
   • 400 hrs Crisis Text Line (volunteer); will continue
   • 1300 hrs underserved geriatric medicine scribe (paid)
   • Will start a part-time scribe job in EM
6. Research experience and productivity
   • 435 hrs organic/drug synthesis (1 presentation)
   • 980 hrs and 2400 hrs projected organic synthesis/myelofibrosis drug development (hopefully got stuff published when I go back in a month); will continue
7. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   • 40 hrs in Hepatology, GYN surgery, dermatology surgery
8. Non-clinical volunteering
   • 100 hrs Food pantry; will continue
   • 450 hrs English tutor group founder and tutor; will continue
   • 60 hrs autoimmune disease education website creator; will continue
9. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
   • 100 hrs AMSA club member
   • 220 hrs Chinese students association event planning leader
   • 90 hrs chemistry and biology tutor
   • 250 hrs English debate channel debatee and content editor; will continue
   • 312 hrs support talk line host and management
   • 965 hrs caretaker and coordinator in ICU (listing this as others since this is for family)
10. Relevant honors or awards (I’m not listing any of these in my application)

• Chem dept First year award
• Frank Fanning Jewett Award (for remarkable promise in chemistry)
• University honors
• Some other academic stuff

1. Anything else not listed you think might be important
   • Non-criminal Minor misdemeanor for speeding ticket in 2017 
   • 2 gap years
   • Will have 4 strong LORs
   • Reason for medicine: My caretaker passed away when I was 15 while my mom had cancer; the doctor helped me extensively and reignited my hope. This prompted my passion in medicine, to support and advocate for patient and their family during their greatest distress.
   • I got my green card 3 years ago right before COVID hit, so it had been difficult to find opportunities in medicine

I know not having the MCAT is going to be hard to judge here. I can’t take it too soon due to a recent heart problem that will impact my ability for exam performance. But my primary writings are ready to go and will need to submit far before my MCAT comes out. I’m looking to apply for 30-35 schools (avoiding schools in NY and CA for cost), so any advice on additional schools would be great! And would anyone please chance me for UMich, my partner is very ill so I prefer to stay in Michigan. Very much appreciate the help!

• University of Michigan
• Wayne State
• Oakland
• Michigan State
• Central Michigan
• Case Western
• Ohio State
• Northwestern
• University of Chicago
• Rush Medical College
• Loyola
• Duke
• University of Pittsburg
• UPenn
• Tulane
• University of Virginia
• Mayo Clinic (Alix)
• Dartmouth
• UNC Chapel Hill
• Boston
• Vanderbilt
• Rochester
• University of Colorado

 

[chilly_md]

You could utilize one of the MI schools to get the process started for verification. Your extensive clinical experience is good.

UNC takes a very small number OOS students. Rush is not really a fit for you as their median stats are a good deal lower and their accepted students have 1000 hours of non-clinical volunteering. English tutoring is more suited for the teaching category on AMCAS.

Please let us know when you get your official score back so we can provide a list.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Non-clinical volunteering: Boost your food bank hours to at least 200 hours. 150 helps you avoid elimination due to too few hours, but you need more if you want a chance against applicants with comparable metrics to yours.

Your tutoring and website work won't add to your service orientation competencies. That's a bit disappointing. Hence the advice you need to bump food bank at least to 200 hours. You have a lot that is interesting about you, but you are mixing activities together in your "Other activities" header above.

 

[lachea7223]

You could utilize one of the MI schools to get the process started for verification. Your extensive clinical experience is good.

UNC takes a very small number OOS students. Rush is not really a fit for you as their median stats are a good deal lower and their accepted students have 1000 hours of non-clinical volunteering. English tutoring is more suited for the teaching category on AMCAS.

Please let us know when you get your official score back so we can provide a list.

Thank you for the advice on Rush and UNC, will take them off the list. I didn't know that you only need one school to submit the application, that is very helpful so I don't put schools that I might not get in if I would have a bad score on MCAT. And I will definitely follow up with the score once it comes out!

 

[lachea7223]

Non-clinical volunteering: Boost your food bank hours to at least 200 hours. 150 helps you avoid elimination due to too few hours, but you need more if you want a chance against applicants with comparable metrics to yours.

Your tutoring and website work won't add to your service orientation competencies. That's a bit disappointing. Hence the advice you need to bump food bank at least to 200 hours. You have a lot that is interesting about you, but you are mixing activities together in your "Other activities" header above.

That is great advice; I haven't thought about the volunteering events are not representative and the tutoring is not considered as service orientated. Should have done more research instead of doing what I think it's right but not covering the requirement. I will have more than 200 hrs by the end of July (starting a full-time job soon doesn't help), is there anyway I can select 7/2023 for the end date on the activity section?