Hi everyone,
I'm a low SES, 1st gen immigrant URM (Cuban) hoping to apply this cycle. I was hoping that I could get some input on my current school list and see if there are any changes I should make. I'm hoping to apply this cycle and wanted to know if there's a possibility of getting accepted somewhere. I haven't taken the MCAT yet (I'm taking it late June), and so far, my FL practice exams have been around the 501 range (my last FL score was a 502). I'm hoping to be around the 505 range by the end of the month. If you have any tips on how I should be studying during the remainder of my MCAT studying months, I would very much appreciate it! As for my academic/extracurricular breakdown:
MD School List (thank you FAP!): still need 2 more
Albany Medical School
Cooper Rowan
Drexel
EVMS
FAU
FIU
FSU
NOVA
NY Med College
Quillen COM
Rutgers NJMS
Tulane
U of Alabama
UF
USF
Wake Forest
WVU
LSU - New Orleans
DO School List:
AT Still U
Alabama COM
Edward Via (haven't decided which campus)
LECOM
NOVA
PCOM
Rowan
WVU
Thank you so much! Any advice is appreciated!
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Just received my MCAT score: 501 (126/121/126/128).
I'm a low SES, 1st gen immigrant URM (Cuban) hoping to apply this cycle. I was hoping that I could get some input on my current school list and see if there are any changes I should make. I'm hoping to apply this cycle and wanted to know if there's a possibility of getting accepted somewhere. I haven't taken the MCAT yet (I'm taking it late June), and so far, my FL practice exams have been around the 501 range (my last FL score was a 502). I'm hoping to be around the 505 range by the end of the month. If you have any tips on how I should be studying during the remainder of my MCAT studying months, I would very much appreciate it! As for my academic/extracurricular breakdown:
- cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS - 3.84 cGPA, 3.79 sGPA
- MCAT score(s) and breakdown - averaging 501, last FL was a 502 (125/123/127/127)
- State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US) - FL
- Ethnicity and/or race - URM, Hispanic
- Undergraduate institution or category - FIU
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer) - 1000 hours as an ER scribe
- Research experience and productivity - 150ish hours each in 2 research labs
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented - general surgery and emergency med
- Non-clinical volunteering -
- 100 hours as a volunteer STEM facilitator teaching middle schoolers
- 800 hours as a daycare volunteer
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc) -
- planning on becoming a daycare teacher in my gap year
- 2 years as a VP of an organization I co-founded
- Relevant honors or awards - Dean's list several semesters and a part of Phi Beta Kappa
- Anything else not listed you think might be important - immigrant from Cuba and lived in a rural, medically underserved town in the US the majority of my life
MD School List (thank you FAP!): still need 2 more
Albany Medical School
Cooper Rowan
Drexel
EVMS
FAU
FIU
FSU
NOVA
NY Med College
Quillen COM
Rutgers NJMS
Tulane
U of Alabama
UF
USF
Wake Forest
WVU
LSU - New Orleans
DO School List:
AT Still U
Alabama COM
Edward Via (haven't decided which campus)
LECOM
NOVA
PCOM
Rowan
WVU
Thank you so much! Any advice is appreciated!
edit: improved formatting
Just received my MCAT score: 501 (126/121/126/128).
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