WAMC / School List — 512 MCAT, 3.88 cGPA, 3.79 sGPA

[Golden_Fox]

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[Faha]

Your non clinical volunteering appears to be mainly leadership and mentoring/teaching. Your school list has many state public schools that admit few non residents with no connection to the state or schools that are unrealistic with a MCAT of 512.
I suggest these schools with your stats:
All 4 SUNYs
Albany
New York Medical College
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Hackensack
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Geisinger
Penn State
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
Belmont
Alice Walton
Roseman
TCU
Ponce (St. Louis)
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Methodist (when it opens)
The Florida school you attended if they have a medical school

 

[Golden_Fox]

Your non clinical volunteering appears to be mainly leadership and mentoring/teaching. Your school list has many state public schools that admit few non residents with no connection to the state or schools that are unrealistic with a MCAT of 512.
I suggest these schools with your stats:
All 4 SUNYs
Albany
New York Medical College
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Hackensack
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Geisinger
Penn State
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
Belmont
Alice Walton
Roseman
TCU
Ponce (St. Louis)
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Methodist (when it opens)
The Florida school you attended if they have a medical school

Thank you for the response! What schools on my list would you say I should definitely remove?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Reduce your number of schools, but I also concur: your non-clinical volunteering consists of leading a non-profit and tutoring, which means you lack 150 hours of service orientation activities (food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, legal support, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation). As a result, your application risks getting screened out at most schools unless you articulate a strong mission fit and purpose as a physician.

However, it's also clear you are passionate about your heritage and supporting those engaged in the challenges of the Ukraine-Russia conflict. It is not clear how easily you can dissociate yourself from all of those causes once you start medical school, especially if things start getting challenging with your coursework. With the current White House and climate, your advocacy for Ukraine could eventually haunt you.

Are you mentored by anyone involved with Umana? Maybe you could reach out to officers at each chapter and ask about any connections with the medical schools or teaching hospitals. That should help reduce the number of schools on your list.

UMANA - Ukrainian Medical Association of North America

umana.org

 

[Faha]

Thank you for the response! What schools on my list would you say I should definitely remove?

All the ones that are not included on my list.

 

[Golden_Fox]

Reduce your number of schools, but I also concur: your non-clinical volunteering consists of leading a non-profit and tutoring, which means you lack 150 hours of service orientation activities (food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, legal support, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation). As a result, your application risks getting screened out at most schools unless you articulate a strong mission fit and purpose as a physician.

However, it's also clear you are passionate about your heritage and supporting those engaged in the challenges of the Ukraine-Russia conflict. It is not clear how easily you can dissociate yourself from all of those causes once you start medical school, especially if things start getting challenging with your coursework. With the current White House and climate, your advocacy for Ukraine could eventually haunt you.

Are you mentored by anyone involved with Umana? Maybe you could reach out to officers at each chapter and ask about any connections with the medical schools or teaching hospitals. That should help reduce the number of schools on your list.

UMANA - Ukrainian Medical Association of North America

umana.org

Thank you. The Umana point you bring up is actually very interesting, I will definitely reach out to officers at each chapter. If you have any other critiques on my school list please let me know