WAMC/School List - 3.98/515 TX ORM

[kddude1]

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Hello! I am a TX resident applying this upcoming cycle and would greatly appreciate any thoughts on my school list/chances. Thank you!

cGPA/sGPA:

• AMCAS: 3.98/3.96, TMDSAS: 4.0/4.0

MCAT score(s):

• 515 (130/125/130/130), 512 (130/125/130/127)

State of residence: Texas
Ethnicity and/or race: ORM
Undergraduate institution or category: Roll Tide!
Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)

• Private Practice Scribe (500hrs): interventional pain practice, also perform some MA duties
• Hospital Volunteer 1 (120): patient courier, PACU, ED
• Hospital Volunteer 2 (220): patient floors, well baby nursery, pharmacy, cardiac rehab, cardiology office

Research experience and productivity

• Lab 1 (550): Wet lab; Mid-author review pub (JNS), 2x 1st-author posters (university), 1x mid-author poster (SFN)
• Lab 2 (150): Clinical lab; 1x 1st-author poster (university), might present at SFN in Nov.
• Both are neuro-related labs

Shadowing experience and specialties represented

• Primary Care (32), General Surgery/Wound Care (32), Interventional Pain (20), Interventional Radiology (16-20)

Non-clinical volunteering:

• Elementary School Youth Mentor (150): mentor after-school students in Title I schools
• Food Bank 1 (100): general duties & organized food insecurity awareness initiative raising ~$2,000 for food assistance efforts through honors capstone project
• Peer Health Educator (140): interactive campus health education and outreach to peers

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

• Upper Level Biology Tutor (300), University Car Club Vice President (120), Pre-Health Club Mentor, Religious org

Gap year activities:

• Private Practice Scribe (900), Hospital Volunteer 1 (200), Lab 2 (150), Food Bank 2 (150)

Relevant honors or awards

• Presidential Scholar, Leadership & Achievement Scholar, President’s List, Honors College, summa cum laude, Eagle Scout

Anything else not listed you think might be important

• Not sure how important but graduated a year early.

Prelim school list:

Thank you again!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Good luck on your TMDSAS chances. With your MCAT record, they will still be your best chance. Many of your reach schools seem unreasonable unless there is a very strong mission fit that convinces the adcoms you will forego low Texas tuition for what they offer. Free tuition programs like Einstein will choose who they want.

It would help to know what you did in your gap year. 250 hours of food bank work plus Eagle Scout (for those who care) helps you, but I need a clearer purpose as a physician.

 

[kddude1]

Thanks for the feedback! I should have clarified in my post that I have just graduated and I will be entering into my gap year, so the gap year activities are planned hours. As for my purpose as a physician, I wanted to center my narrative around a theme/focus of education/teaching if that makes sense? I have tried to weave this aspect into my essays and activities list as best as I could.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Thanks for the feedback! I should have clarified in my post that I have just graduated and I will be entering into my gap year, so the gap year activities are planned hours. As for my purpose as a physician, I wanted to center my narrative around a theme/focus of education/teaching if that makes sense? I have tried to weave this aspect into my essays and activities list as best as I could.

Sure... which is a strong argument for becoming a teacher.