Hey guys, I am going to apply for this upcoming cycle and I have a strong interest in primary care/family medicine. Also, I'm applying to MD + DO and I was wondering WAMC for this cycle? I don't have a ton of clinical hours and my MCAT is not great for MD.
cGPA 3.80, sGPA 3.82 (strong upward trend, didn't know what I wanted in Freshman year)
MCAT 508
Male, Asian, CA resident
Research:
- 1 Publication, 3rd author
- 630 hours polymer research
- 140 hours meat science lab assistant
Clinical Volunteering:
- 50 hours ER volunteering
- 130 hours front desk volunteering (job is to discharge patients and help nurses too, apparently my med advisor said this counts as clinical?)
- 80 hours patient care volunteering
- 300 hours scribe volunteering for free clinic
Shadowing: 84 hours
Non-clinical Volunteering:
- 70 hours cooking meals and serving dinners at homeless shelter
- 200 hours mission trips to Tijuana, Mexico
- 100 hours chemistry tutor
Leadership:
- 200 hours president of medical missionary club
Employment:
- 3000 hours at Chipotle (before doing premed)
- 450 hours working on a farm for College Corps
Extracurriculars:
- 580 hours house church
DO SCHOOL LIST:
1) TUCOM-Vallejo
2) COMP-Pomona
3) TUNCOM
4) COMP-NW
5) PCOM
6) DMUCOM
7) KYCOM
8) CUSOM
9) TUCOM-Harlem
10) WVSOM
11) ARCOM
12) VCOM-Auburn
13) KCUCOM
14) MUCOM
15) ACOM
MD SCHOOL LIST:
1) Central Michigan University
2) Loma Linda (reach school, they are Christian-affiliated and it's close to family)
3) Oakland University William Beaumont
4) Tulane
5) Albany
6) University of Illinois
7) University of Arizona
8) University of Louisville
9) Wright State University
10) Wake Forest
11) Medical College of Wisconsin
12) University of Toledo
13) UCD
14) West Virginia University
cGPA 3.80, sGPA 3.82 (strong upward trend, didn't know what I wanted in Freshman year)
MCAT 508
Male, Asian, CA resident
Research:
- 1 Publication, 3rd author
- 630 hours polymer research
- 140 hours meat science lab assistant
Clinical Volunteering:
- 50 hours ER volunteering
- 130 hours front desk volunteering (job is to discharge patients and help nurses too, apparently my med advisor said this counts as clinical?)
- 80 hours patient care volunteering
- 300 hours scribe volunteering for free clinic
Shadowing: 84 hours
Non-clinical Volunteering:
- 70 hours cooking meals and serving dinners at homeless shelter
- 200 hours mission trips to Tijuana, Mexico
- 100 hours chemistry tutor
Leadership:
- 200 hours president of medical missionary club
Employment:
- 3000 hours at Chipotle (before doing premed)
- 450 hours working on a farm for College Corps
Extracurriculars:
- 580 hours house church
DO SCHOOL LIST:
1) TUCOM-Vallejo
2) COMP-Pomona
3) TUNCOM
4) COMP-NW
5) PCOM
6) DMUCOM
7) KYCOM
8) CUSOM
9) TUCOM-Harlem
10) WVSOM
11) ARCOM
12) VCOM-Auburn
13) KCUCOM
14) MUCOM
15) ACOM
MD SCHOOL LIST:
1) Central Michigan University
2) Loma Linda (reach school, they are Christian-affiliated and it's close to family)
3) Oakland University William Beaumont
4) Tulane
5) Albany
6) University of Illinois
7) University of Arizona
8) University of Louisville
9) Wright State University
10) Wake Forest
11) Medical College of Wisconsin
12) University of Toledo
13) UCD
14) West Virginia University