WAMC/School list - 515 MCAT, 4.0 sGPA

[FlobbyBobby]

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Hi! I am a senior and planning to apply this cycle and was looking for feedback on my app and school list. Thank you.

1. cGPA: 4.0 sGPA: 4.0
2. 515 (128/125/132/130)
3. Arizona Resident
4. White/Asian male
5. Public Arizona University
6. Clinical Paid - 900 hours as a CNA at a skilled nursing facility (Summer of 2022 and January 2023 - Present)
7. Research - 600 hours as undergraduate researcher in dry lab (August 2023 - Present)
   • 2 poster presentation + 1 Honors Thesis project
   • Focus on the communication between couples who have cancer and create interventions
8. Shadowing experience - 128 hours
   • Orthopedic surgeon (clinic) - 32
   • General surgeon (clinic + OR)- 24
   • Oncologist/Hematologist - 24
   • Pediatrician - 32
   • Neurosurgeon (clinic + OR) - 16
9. Community Service - 250 hours in hospital as information/guide (August 2023 - Present)
10. Leadership - 1100 hours as an organic chemistry and general biology IA (August 2022 - Present)
    • Solo lead a 3-hour lab once a week, grade, hold office hours, and work with professor about student concerns or issues weekly.
11. Graduated from Honors College
12. Hobbies - Weightlifting for past 8 years as well as compete in rubik’s cube competitions.

Current School list:

• U of A Tucson
• U of A Phoenix
• Creighton
• UCLA
• UCSD
• UC Irvine
• USC
• Penn State
• UC Riverside
• UT Southwestern
• Texas A&M
• UNLV
• Drexel
• Tufts
• University Colorado
• TCU
• Emory

 

[Faha]

Do you have any non clinical volunteering activities ?

 

[FlobbyBobby]

Do you have any non clinical volunteering activities ?

I only have the volunteering in the hospital doing non-clinal work (doing whatever they need me to do that day like folding gowns, showing people around, or restocking supplies). I am a little confused if this counts for non-clinical or community service?

 

[Faha]

You have many state public schools on your list that admit few non residents with no connection to the state (UC Riverside admitted only 1 non resident last year). I suggest these schools with your stats:
Arizona (Tucson and Phoenix)
Arizona State (when it opens)
Creighton
Roseman
Colorado
TCU
Alice Walton
Belmont
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Methodist (when it opens)
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
UMass
Tufts
Wayne State
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Iowa
U Illinois
Ponce (St. Louis)

 

[FlobbyBobby]

You have many state public schools on your list that admit few non residents with no connection to the state (UC Riverside admitted only 1 non resident last year). I suggest these schools with your stats:
Arizona (Tucson and Phoenix)
Arizona State (when it opens)
Creighton
Roseman
Colorado
TCU
Alice Walton
Belmont
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Methodist (when it opens)
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
UMass
Tufts
Wayne State
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Iowa
U Illinois
Ponce (St. Louis)

Thank you! Do you recommend any activities I could do to strengthen my app. I will have more bandwidth for things in about a month since some will end with me graduating?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

You should have 150 hours of service orientation activities (food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, legal support, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation) when you submit your application or you may be screened out at most schools. Your work supporting the hospital staff is clinical volunteering but does not fulfill this non-clinical service orientation expectation.

 

[Faha]

Thank you! Do you recommend any activities I could do to strengthen my app. I will have more bandwidth for things in about a month since some will end with me graduating?

Non clinical hours in activities such as food bank homeless shelter, etc. would be very helpful.

 

[FlobbyBobby]

You should have 150 hours of service orientation activities (food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, legal support, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation) when you submit your application or you may be screened out at most schools. Your work supporting the hospital staff is clinical volunteering but does not fulfill this non-clinical service orientation expectation.

Thank you for your response! As of now, I will be volunteering at a food bank starting soon. Would it be better for me to wait to submit my app late in the cycle with these hours or to apply early with little hours in this activity.

 

[FlobbyBobby]

Non clinical hours in activities such as food bank homeless shelter, etc. would be very helpful.

Thank you for your response! I guess I have the same question for you. I will be volunteering at a food bank starting soon. Would it be better for me to wait to submit my app late in the cycle with these hours or to apply early with little hours in this activity?

 

[Faha]

Thank you for your response! I guess I have the same question for you. I will be volunteering at a food bank starting soon. Would it be better for me to wait to submit my app late in the cycle with these hours or to apply early with little hours in this activity?

You would be better off to apply with the hours but do not apply any later than July.