Hello everyone!
I am planning on applying this cycle, I would greatly appreciate any help or advice. I am unsure about my school list and would love any suggestions.
Do I have a good amount of clinical experience or should I add more to round out my application? Do I need more research?
cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
cGPA: 3.40
AMCAS cGPA: 3.37
AACOMAS cGPA: 3.46
(Strong upward trend with senior year being dean’s list while taking mostly upper division science courses)
MCAT score(s) and breakdown
512 (128/129/127/128)
State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
Washington State
Ethnicity and/or race
White / Small ethnic minority of 1 million people in the world, trilingual immigrant to the US (1st generation college student). My people are
considered an endangered minority according to minorityrights.org.
Undergraduate institution or category
State School
Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
ED Scribe: 500 hrs
MA at free community clinic: 213 hrs (still continuing this activity)
Home Care Aide: 2,000 hrs
Medical Receptionist at ortho clinic: 1,280 hrs (current job)
Pediatric ED Volunteer: 100 hrs
Research experience and productivity
Undergraduate research capstone: 200 hrs, poster presentation
Shadowing experience and specialties represented
Anesthesiologist: 8 hrs (I want to do more)
Ortho Surgeon: 16 hrs
PM&R: 4 hrs
FM and IM: ~60 hrs
Non-clinical volunteering
Youth Coordinator at a local immigrant church: 1000 hrs
Children’s camp coordinator (in mexico): 300 hrs
Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
Children’s Educator / Counselor at a local immigrant church: 396 hrs (still continuing this activity)
Young adult choir: 1200 hrs
Medical Device Sales Rep: 560 hrs
Martial arts: 580 hrs
Volleyball: 1000 hrs (still continuing this activity)
Music (play music): 580 hrs (still continuing this activity)
Relevant honors or awards
Dean's list
Anything else not listed you think might be important
I have also lived in Kansas for 1 year and have good family friends there so should I try to apply to the University of Kansas?
Tentative School List:
MD:
UW
WSU
OHSU
Loma Linda (Huge reach?)
Wake Forest
Rush
Central Michigan
U.C. Davis
Tulane
Drexler
East Tennessee
Eastern Virginia
Loyola
Temple
Toledo
DO:
PNWU
COMP-Northwest
ICOM
Rocky Vista Montana (MCOM)
KPCOM
ATSU-SOMA
AZCOM
CUSOM
Edward Via
LMU-DCOM
ATSU-KCOM
