WAMC + School List help (3.3/517)

[aventurinologist]

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Hi everyone, looking for some feedback on my application and especially help on refining a school list. 26F, ORM, non-trad, first-gen college student.

GPAs
cGPA: 3.34
sGPA: 3.36
Non-SMP Master's GPA: 3.57

MCAT
517 (129/131/129/128)

State of residence
Legally NY, currently reside in MA (school + postgrad)

Undergraduate institution
Northeastern University - BS Cell and Molecular Biology, MS Molecular Biotechnology

Clinical experience
Hospice volunteer: ~100hrs by application, 200 total projected
ED support volunteer: ~150hrs by application, 300 total projected

Research experience
~2800hrs by application, 5400hrs total projected. I work in drug discovery R&D at a biotech startup studying mechanisms of nucleic acid therapeutics. Potential high-impact publication next year but not confirmed.

Shadowing
Planned opportunities upcoming in IM + EM, looking for some procedural opportunities.

Non-clinical volunteering
~100hrs by application, 200 total projected of tutoring free community GED classes in science, math, and reading
~150hrs various activities - stadium cleanup after MLB games, food packaging for a community food center, volunteer at STEM program for kids

Employment history
5700hrs working on a molecular biology operations team at a mid-sized company. Drug development process sampling, clinical and wastewater monitoring COVID sample processing and sequencing
~2500hrs various part-time jobs - retail + foodservice
1000hrs co-op in quality assurance for an agriculture biotech company
600hrs full-time substitute teacher and administrative assistant at a K-8 school

Other extracurriculars and hobbies
128hrs General Biology 1 lab TA
~900hrs various leadership roles in sorority: e-board (vice president of recruitment), multi-semester dance choreographer, e-board nomination committee head
Fiber arts + sewing: crochet, knitting, lacemaking, garment-making, wig-making for both recreation and competitive cosplay
I figure skate regularly with a coach and am very into the gym

School list - based off admit.org
SUNY Upstate
SUNY Downstate
Pitt
Georgetown
OSU
GW
Albert Einstein
Nova Southeastern (both MD and DO)
SKMC
UMass
Hofstra
University of Cincinnati
Tufts
UMiami
NYMC
Buffalo
BU
Albany
Stony Brook
Wake Forest
VCU
Wayne State
Medical College of Wisconsin
Temple
Tulane
Rosalind Franklin
Penn State
Drexel
Quinnipiac
Loyola Stritch
NYITCOM
PCOM
Rowan

I tried to keep schools to only ones where I am at or above the median MCAT score due to my GPA. Any feedback on any part of my application is much appreciated!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Welcome to the forums.

Clearly you have had a career after graduating. Highlight the activities where you are involved with community after you graduated. What are your clinical activities after graduating/your master's degree?

 

[aventurinologist]

Welcome to the forums.

Clearly you have had a career after graduating. Highlight the activities where you are involved with community after you graduated. What are your clinical activities after graduating/your master's degree?

Thank you! All my clinical activities are post-degree, as I decided to see if changing careers to medicine was truly right for me. I graduated last December, started my full-time career while I was still in undergrad (edited the hours breakdown a bit) and worked through my Master's. All the GED tutoring is postgrad and I am looking to get involved in more opportunities in the new year.

 

[Faha]

Your main weaknesses are your lack of shadowing and non clinical volunteering. You should accumulate 50 hours of physician shadowing before you submit your application. Also 150+ hours of non clinical volunteering such as food bank, homeless shelter.
I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
All 4 SUNYs
Albany
New York Medical College
Vermont
Quinnipiac
UMass
Tufts
Hofstra
Einstein
Hackensack
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
Methodist
Belmont
Alice Walton
Roseman
TCU
Ponce (St. Louis)
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
For DO schools I suggest these:
NOVA
Touro-NY
NYITCOM
PCOM
CUSOM
DMU-COM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
CCOM
AZCOM
LECOM

 

[aventurinologist]

Your main weaknesses are your lack of shadowing and non clinical volunteering. You should accumulate 50 hours of physician shadowing before you submit your application. Also 150+ hours of non clinical volunteering such as food bank, homeless shelter.
I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
All 4 SUNYs
Albany
New York Medical College
Vermont
Quinnipiac
UMass
Tufts
Hofstra
Einstein
Hackensack
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
Methodist
Belmont
Alice Walton
Roseman
TCU
Ponce (St. Louis)
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
For DO schools I suggest these:
NOVA
Touro-NY
NYITCOM
PCOM
CUSOM
DMU-COM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
CCOM
AZCOM
LECOM

Thank you for your suggestions! I will have around 200-250 non-clinical volunteering hours by the time I apply in May and will acquire shadowing hours by then as well.