WAMC/School list feedback: MI applicant URM (3.88, 508 MCAT)

[dancegirl12]

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Hello all, I'm trying to make a school list for potential schools to apply to this May. I appreciate any feedback I can get.

1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS: 3.88 GPA 3.79 sGPA
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts: 508 (127/124/128/129)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US): MI
4. Ethnicity and/or race: Black/African
5. Undergraduate institution or category: Small liberal arts school
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): 481hrs total
   -100 hrs as a hospice volunteer
   -60 hrs volunteering in a clinic serving uninsured/underserved patients
   ~ 321 hrs part-time as a caregiver in an assisted living and memory care facility most patients here are on hospice (will continue this throughout the app cycle)
7. Research experience and productivity:
   • 450 hrs in undergrad (no pubs)
   • ~1280 hrs (by application time) working in biotech full time, providing data for preclinical trials with various sponsors (also will continue throughout app cycle)
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: 50 hrs total across three specialties (Internal medicine, emergency medicine, neonatology)
9. Non-clinical volunteering: 220 hrs total
   • Food bank volunteer: 80 hrs (still ongoing)
   • After-school volunteer in an underserved elementary school: 40 hrs
   • Orientation leader for freshmen: 70 hrs
   • Summer science camp assistant for underrepresented high school students: 30 hrs
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc): - -Social media coordinator + event planner for the African student union (300 hrs)
    • Resident Assistant for 2 years (1000+hrs)
    • Event planner for biochemistry club (40 hrs)
    • Tutored many subjects all 4 years of undergrad (calculus, organic chemistry, general chemistry): 500 hrs
11. Relevant honors or awards: Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude honors

School list: I’m trying to apply to 30-40 schools and also trying to stay in the Midwest/east Coast maybe possibly the South too. Not so sure which DO schools I should apply to.

• Wayne State
• Oakland Beaumont
• Western Michigan
• Central Michigan
• Michigan
• Michigan state
• Northwestern
• Pittsburgh
• Mount Sinai
• Case Western
• UChicago
• Rosalind Franklin
• Loyola
• Morehouse
• Howard
• Meharry
• Emory
• Indiana
• Toledo
• Temple
• Tufts
• Boston U
• Hofstra
• Wake Forest,
• Miami Leonard
• Cincinnati
• Brown
• Rochester
• Einstein

Potential DO Schools
- MSUCOM
- NYITCOM
-TOUROCOM
- CCOM

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Boost your hours with food bank closer to 150 hours by submission if you can. You should have 150 hours or else your application could be screened out by most schools. That said, your in-state schools still have your best chance for an offer, so hopefully you have networked with them and other schools that you highly regard on your list.

Are you part of any mentoring program for aspiring Black (male?) physicians? Have you met student officers of SNMA represented on the schools on your list?

 

[dancegirl12]

I have not networked with any programs or met with student officers of SNMA. How would I go about doing this?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I have not networked with any programs or met with student officers of SNMA. How would I go about doing this?

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Compilations like the MSAR, the ChooseDO, the VMSAR, or the ADEA DSE are essential tools to compare your application profile against historical trends,

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We also post scholarship opportunities from many such organizations as we hear about them in our Underrepresented in Healthcare forum.

 

[Faha]

Some of the schools on your list are unrealistic with a MCAT of 508. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Wayne State
Michigan State
Central Michigan
U Michigan
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Toledo
Howard
Meharry
Morehouse
Charles Drew
Indiana
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
St. Louis
TCU
Tulane
Miami
Emory
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Georgetown
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Pittsburgh
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Einstein
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Tufts
You do not need to apply to DO schools.