WAMC/SCHOOL LIST: 507 MCAT, 3.81 cGPA, 3.7 sGPA, VA ORM

[yorozuya]

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1. cGPA: 3.81, sGPA: 3.7

2. MCAT: 507 (127, 125, 126, 129)

3. VA resident
ORM female (middle eastern) first gen.
Mid-tier state Uni, graduated 2024 (2 gap years)

4. Clinical experience:
ER scribe -- 1800 hrs
Volunteer in hospital abroad (fam home country) ~300hrs
Volunteer with MRC during Covid ~300hrs

5. Research. It's my red flag. Due to reason, was unable to get any research during undergrad and then struggled to find anything after I graduated. Only thing I have is research in the humanities (assisting a prof in analyzing news outlets and their potrayal of certain topics) ~ 350 hrs

6. Shadowing: ~60 hours across primary care, surgery, and EM

7. Non-clinical volunteering: mentoring/teaching refugees in community ~ 550hrs (still Volunteering)

8. Also talked about hobbies such as martial arts, writing (working on self publishing), and crocheting (selling/giving out to my community)

9. Dean's List for many semester's if that is even worth mentioning.

10. My application is heavily centered around helping underserved populations.


My school list so far (preface by saying I will be applying to some DO schools, but I'm trying to shoot my shot with MD despite my lower MCAT and no research. Any help on fixing my MD list will be appreciated.)

EVMS
VCU
Albany
Rosalind Franklin
Creighton
Drexel
Quinnipiac
Geisinger
GW
Loyola
Howard (prob will remove)
Oakland
Penn state
Rush
Saint louis
Tulare
Wake Forest
Wayne State

Thinking of adding:
Jefferson
Temple
Hackensack

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Welcome to the forums.

You also have no service orientation activities. After 2 gap years, you must have 150 hours minimum (and now you have time) of food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, legal support, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation, or your application could get screened out by most schools. You have lots of tutoring, which shows academic competency and will not help you stand out because every premed applicant tutors, mentors, or teaches underserved communities. You have too few hours for places like Loyola, Rush, or many Jesuit programs.

GW has one of the largest applicant pools in the country, so all of your deficits will not help you without a super-strong mission fit, and serving underserved populations won't cut it (since every medical school says this); no mission fit, no interviews or offers.

If you had a stronger application, you are making a mistake not including any low-hanging fruit in Michigan. Have you connected with AMMSA chapters at all the schools on your list?

Your description here points to lots of service to individuals similar to your own background, but I don't see opportunities where you have truly stretched outside your comfort zone.

You must include DO schools in your plans. Fortunately as a Virginia resident, VCOM has a ton of seats. PCOM, LECOM, NYCOM have a ton of seats.