MD WAMC/School List Help 3.71 cGPA, 3.45 sGPA, 511 MCAT

[LetMeInMN]

Hi! I am looking for some advice on my school list and feedback on my application. I am going to be a reapplicant this upcoming cycle (I blame my lack of success this past cycle on submitting extremely late). Thanks in advance for looking this over!

• State: MN
• Ties to other States/Regions: Went to undergrad in WI, Lived in IL for gap year
• Race: White
• Year in School: 1 gap year
• Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Neurobiology and Psychology
• Cumulative GPA: 3.71
• Science GPA: 3.45
• MCAT: 511
  
  

Volunteering:
60 Hours as a Student Mentor/ Lab TA

275 Hours with the Crisis Text Line

100 Hours as an Emergency Department Volunteer (clinical)

100 Hours as a Northwestern Hospital Volunteer (clinical)

Employment:

500 Hours as a Behavior Technician at an autism clinic (clinical)

300 Hours as a Home Care Aide (clinical)

462 Hours Waitressing

Research:

1278 Hours as an Undergraduate Research Assistant (no pubs)

1,440 Hours as a Research Technologist (no pubs, but a national conference presentation)

Shadowing:

52 Hours Shadowing a breast cancer surgeon

100 Hours of Virtual Shadowing various MDs (I know some schools might not count this)

Other:

300 Hours with my Professional Fraternity, several leadership positions including a semester as president

1311 Hours in Marching Band

48 Hours with the Chinese club

150 Hours playing club Rugby

• Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): N
• Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Maybe
• Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): N

P.S. I know it would be smart of me to apply to DO schools, but honestly I can't picture myself going to one and I don't believe in the osteopathic mission.

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[Hulk_MD]

What was your school list for this cycle?

 

[candbgirl]

Please share your list of schools you applied to, when you were complete at the schools and if you received interviews. If you did, please let us know where and what the outcome was(R/WL).

 

[LetMeInMN]

Sorry about not having my list on here, I forgot to copy it over!
I originally applied to 21 schools, and was complete mid september.
I had one late II at UMN = WL
I applied to a bunch of reach schools that I cut out for this upcoming cycle.

Here are the schools I want to reapply to:

1. University of Minnesota Medical School
2. Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
3. Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
4. Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
5. Medical College of Wisconsin
6. University of Colorado School of Medicine
7. Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
8. Emory University School of Medicine
9. Tufts University School of Medicine
10. Drexel University College of Medicine
11. Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
12. Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
13. Albany Medical College
14. New York Medical College
15. Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Here are the schools I want to add:

1. Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
2. George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
3. Saint Louis University School of Medicine
4. Loma Linda University School of Medicine
5. Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
6. University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
7. Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
8. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
9. Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

 

[LetMeInMN]

Please share your list of schools you applied to, when you were complete at the schools and if you received interviews. If you did, please let us know where and what the outcome was(R/WL).

What was your school list for this cycle?

Added my list to this thread!