WAMC/school list advice: ORM, non-trad, 520 MCAT, 4.0 GPA, NY

[smilelyface4]

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Hi all,

Would love some advice on my current school list! I'm a little worried because I will be applying late (will probably be verified mid-late August).

1. cGPA/sGPA: 4.0
2. MCAT score: 520 (130 c/p, 131 cars, 131 b/b, 128 p/s)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US): NY
4. Asian (Chinese) female; low income (FAP applicant)
5. Undergraduate: T30 private
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):
   1. Paid: medical assistant (2 years) ~3600 hours, 2000 estimated
   2. Unpaid: hospital volunteer (400 hours), hospice volunteer (50 hours)
7. Research experience and productivity
   1. 400 hours (one summer), no pubs or presentations
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   1. 40 hours primary care
   2. Virtual shadowing (20 hours)
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   1. Soup kitchen (35 hours)
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    1. Early-education program (paid, 300 hours) - taught literacy to children in low income areas
    2. SHSAT tutor (paid, 15 hours)
11. Relevant honors or awards
    1. Basic academic awards (dean’s honor list, etc)

School List:

Columbia
NYU Grossman Long Island
NYU Grossman
Weill Cornell
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
University of Rochester
Boston University
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
SUNY Downstate
SUNY Stony Brook
SUNY Upstate University at Buffalo
New York Medical College
Albany Medical College
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Hackensack Meridian
Temple (Lewis Katz)
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Tufts University School of Medicine
Drexel University
George Washington University
Cooper Rowan
Loyola Stritch
Penn State College of Medicine
University of Vermont (Larner)
Western Michigan University (WMed)
Eastern Virginia (EVMS)
Quinnipiac (Netter)
Rosalind Franklin
NYITCOM
TouroCOM (NY)
PCOM





Anything I should add or remove? Thanks so much!

 

[Faha]

Your low non clinical volunteering hours will limit your chances for interviews at some schools since some screen at 150 hours.
I suggest these schools with your stats:
All 4 SUNYs
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
New York Medical College
Albany
Rochester
Vermont
UMass
Tufts
Boston University
Quinnipiac
Hackensack
Jefferson
Temple
Pittsburgh
George Washington
Cincinnati
USF Morsani
Duke
Washington University (in St. Louis-almost a guaranteed interview with your stats)
Vanderbilt
Northwestern
Iowa
Colorado
U Michigan
Ohio State

 

[Mr.Smile12]

In addition to your low listed non-clinical volunteering, you don't list involvement with your campus community. Maybe that's because you had to work to support your education. Your activities focus on being a teacher, so I wonder why teaching was not your true purpose. I do see your employment as a MA over the last year; it just looks like with the absence of other activities, most of your time in college was really spent studying to get the grades and MCAT. At a T30 private, I would expect more community involvement. What did your prehealth advisors say?