WAMC/School List Help: 3.8 cGPA, 3.75 sGPA, 509-->506 MCAT, ORM

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supernova2

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Hi all, looking for some advice after I got my retake score back this morning. I retook my 509 (bad idea, I know) and got a 506 so really looking for help to make a strong school list. I already submitted my primary for AMCAS and AACOMAS, just waiting verification.

GPA:
cGPA: 3.8 | sGPA: 3.75

MCAT:
509: (128/127/128/126)
506: (125/128/124/129)

State of Residence:
NJ, ORM

Undergraduate:
Small, private school not in NJ

Clinical Experience:
~200 hours patient care coordinator/MA at clinic
~350 hours CNA

Research Experience:
~700 hours across 3 labs
9 presentations, 1 award for oral presentation, 2 pubs in progress as first author for both​
Scholarship for research, LOR from 2/3 lab PIs​

Shadowing:
~100 hours (cardiology, emergency med, plastic surgery)

Non-Clinical:
~ 50 hours ESL volunteer tutor
~ 175 hours intern for domestic violence organization
~ 200 hours community engagement coordinator for my mom's yoga clinic

Teaching:
~ 150 hours TA
~ 70 hours mentor

Other EC's:
~ 700 hours as founder and president of student org (club won a recognition award)
~ 100 hours single engine flight training

Honors/Awards:
~ already mentioned above, but award for oral presentation at a conference

School List:
Would love to come back to the northeast so schools are mainly focused there, but open to any schools I would be a good fit for.

  1. NJMS
  2. RWJMS
  3. CMSRU
  4. Hackensack SOM
  5. Rowan-Virtua SOM
  6. PCOM
  7. NYITCOM
  8. Tuoro COM
  9. GW SMHS
  10. SKMC
  11. Tulane SOM
  12. Albany MC
  13. Rosalind Franklin SOM
  14. Rush MC
  15. Virginia Tech SOM
  16. NYMC
Let me know what you all think! TIA
 
Any specific schools you think I should add?
Thinking of adding NSU KPCOM and already have PCOM, Tuoro COM, NYITCOM, and Rowan-Virtua SOM.
 
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Remove Rush since they expect far more clinical and non clinical hours than you have. Virginia Tech has a small class with a regional preference. You could add these MD schools to your application:
Roseman
TCU
Alice Walton
Belmont
Methodist
Ponce (St. Louis)
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Eastern Virginia
Drexel
Temple
Penn State
You could add these DO schools:
LECOM
WVSOM
CUSOM
NSU-KPCOM
DMU-COM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
AZCOM
CCOM