WAMC school list? cGPA: 3.93 sGPA: 3.93; MCAT: 513; CA resident

[Dajewler24]

***PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE THREAD*** thank you!

Hey everyone! I'm applying in the 2022 cycle and I was hoping to get some feedback on my application and my (tentative) school list. I’m not really too sure what to think of my current school list and was wondering if you guys had any input on the matter. I'm looking to apply to ~35 schools. Thank you for your time!

1. cGPA/sGPA: 3.93/3.93
   1. Freshman: 3.84/3.90
   2. Sophomore: 3.90/3.87
   3. Junior: 4.0/4.0
   4. Senior: 4.0/4.0
2. MCAT: 513 (127/125 /129/132)
3. CA Resident
4. ORM (Asian)
5. UC undergraduate
6. Clinical experience:
   1. 300 hours volunteer (200 hours free clinic volunteer in underserved communities + 100 hours hospital volunteer with COPE health scholars)
   2. 200 hours hands on clinical shadowing (I was allowed to interact with patients)
7. Research experience: ~1000 hours projected (during gap year),
8. Shadowing experience: ~100 hours internal medicine
9. Non-clinical volunteering: 400 hours assisting youth on how to read at elementary schools in low-literacy rate areas (2 years leadership with this org)
10. Leadership: 2 years in literacy organization (mentioned above),
11. Teaching: Academic mentor for at risk students (400)
12. Other extracurricular activities:
    1. Volunteer Coach for Youth Basketball Team (Can I call this leadership?): 100 hours

*For the 200 hours hands on clinical shadowing is there a better way to categorize that? Since I was actually shadowing but was allowed by the physician to take vitals.

My school list:

University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

University of Florida College of Medicine

Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Ohio State University College of Medicine

Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine

University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Tufts University School of Medicine

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine

University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

University of California, Riverside School of Medicine

Indiana University School of Medicine

Albany Medical College

California Northstate University College of Medicine

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science

Creighton University School of Medicine

Drexel University College of Medicine

Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center

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[Dajewler24]

@Goro @Faha @Banco @Moko Thank you in advance!

 

[Banco]

Your overall application is very good. With regards to your list, I think Geisinger and OHSU are probably low yield. Overall I’d add more schools.

Look into: UArizona, Cincinnati, SLU, USF, Vermont, Tulane, Hofstra, NYMC, Temple, Georgetown, MCW, Rochester, Creighton.

 

[Faha]

U Florida, UMass, Oregon, Geisinger, Cooper Rowan accept few applicants with no connection to the state or region. You could add these schools:
Vermont
Seton Hall
Temple
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
TCU-UNT
St. Louis
Loyola
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
California University

 

[Goro]

I suggest:

UCSF

Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Tufts University School of Medicine

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

University of California, Riverside School of Medicine ONLY IF YOU'RE FROM THE INLAND EMPIRE

Albany Medical College

Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science

Creighton University School of Medicine

Drexel University College of Medicine

Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center

ADD:
U VM
SLU
EVMS
Wake
U Miami
NYMC
Hofstra
Tufts
Temple
Loyola
Tulane
TCU/UNT
Seton Hall
Nova
Pitt

 

[Dr. Foresight]

Volunteer youth basketball coach is definitely leadership IMO.
Delete California Northstate! You do not want to go there.

 

[Dajewler24]

Your overall application is very good. With regards to your list, I think Geisinger and OHSU are probably low yield. Overall I’d add more schools.

Look into: UArizona, Cincinnati, SLU, USF, Vermont, Tulane, Hofstra, NYMC, Temple, Georgetown, MCW, Rochester, Creighton.

Thank you! I was thinking that OHSU might be a little tough and i'll definitely look into these schools.

 

[Dajewler24]

U Florida, UMass, Oregon, Geisinger, Cooper Rowan accept few applicants with no connection to the state or region. You could add these schools:
Vermont
Seton Hall
Temple
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
TCU-UNT
St. Louis
Loyola
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
California University

Thank you I definitely will look into these schools!

 

[Dajewler24]

I suggest:

UCSF

ADD:
U VM
SLU
EVMS
Wake
U Miami
NYMC
Hofstra
Tufts
Temple
Loyola
Tulane
TCU/UNT
Seton Hall
Nova
Pitt

Thank you for your suggestions! I'll look into these schools

 

[Dajewler24]

Volunteer youth basketball coach is definitely leadership IMO.
Delete California Northstate! You do not want to go there.

Thank you I was definitely hoping that would be the case. Can I ask why not California Northstate?

 

[Dr. Foresight]

Thank you I was definitely hoping that would be the case. Can I ask why not California Northstate?

Number of reasons. Doing a search on this site will show a few of them. The jist is that they are not well respected for a number of reasons. I would look elsewhere, especially with your app.

 

[Dajewler24]

Number of reasons. Doing a search on this site will show a few of them. The jist is that they are not well respected for a number of reasons. I would look elsewhere, especially with your app.

For sure i'll look into it. thank you for the heads up!