WAMC/School List - 516 MCAT, 3.97 cGPA

[studioussteminist]

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Hi! I'm a junior and I'm planning on applying this cycle. I was looking for feedback on the strength of my application and suggestions for my school list. Thank you!

• cGPA: 3.97, sGPA: 3.95
• MCAT: 516 (129, 127, 129, 131)
• NY resident
• White female
• T30 University
• Clinical volunteering: 200 hours as end-of-life doula (extremely meaningful with many stories) (150 hours projected)
• Non-clinical volunteering
  • 200 hours for Crisis Text Line (100 projected)
  • 50 hours for community-based organization providing free kits to individuals receiving chemotherapy
• Research
  • 330 hours of clinical research
  • 300 hours of public health research (200 projected)
    • Presented poster at university-level research conference
    • Abstract in university research journal
  • 200 projected hours for honors thesis
• Shadowing: 95 hours
• Leadership
  • 300 hours as resident assistant (300 projected)
  • 100 hours as student leader for university organization (50 projected)
  • 100 hours on curriculum committee of student council
  • Outreach chair for 2 clubs
  • Secretary for 1 club
• In multiple honors programs at university
• 75 hours of participating in multiple fellowships in university

School List (trying to narrow down to ~25):

UVA
Vanderbilt
Duke
Weill Cornell
Hofstra
Case Western
Mount Sinai
Emory
BU
Cincinnati
Ohio State
Albert Einstein
Rochester
University of Pittsburgh
University of Michigan
University of Miami
Rutgers
Rugers RWJ
UCF
Tufts
University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth
Hackensack Meridian
NYMC
Wake Forest
Tulane
VCU
Sidney Kimmel
Temple
Rosalind Franklin
Quinnipiac
Geisinger
EVMS
SUNY Downstate
SUNY Upstate
UVM
University at Buffalo

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools from your list:
Hofstra
Mount Sinai
BU
Cincinnati
Albert Einstein
Rochester
University of Pittsburgh
Tufts
University of Massachusetts
Hackensack Meridian
NYMC
Wake Forest
VCU
Sidney Kimmel
Temple
Rosalind Franklin
Quinnipiac
EVMS
SUNY Downstate
SUNY Upstate
UVM
University at Buffalo
Add Stony Brook and Albany

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I guess your answer will doxx you, but I don't know how you participate in multiple fellowships in only 75 hours. What's so special about them?

This goes to the question of your lack of apparent non-clinical service orientation activities. Crisis hotline usually isn't face-to-face, so it doesn't count to many adcoms. You need 150 hours before submission of experiences with food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, legal support, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation; otherwise your application could be screened out.

Clinical experience also feels light. I would like to know where your hospital-based exposure is, and how many hours?