1. cGPA: 3.89, sGPA: 3.85, w/ strong upward trend (4.0 junior + senior)
2. MCAT: 517 (128/130/130/129)
3. NY Resident
4. ORM
5. Undergrad @ mid-level state school, in NY
6. Clinical: 1200 hours paid medical assistant position, 800 anticipated hours same position
7. Research: 400 hours w/ one local presentation, 1200 anticipated w/ volunteer research position at T15 med school, at least 1 coauthor intended, prob more
8. Shadowing: 150 hours total; ortho/sports med, psychiatry, ENT
9. Volunteering: lacking 🙁 40 hours crisis textline + TAing?
10. Other Activities: 1 year copres of honors society, 2 semesters TA, 1 year leadership role on club sports team
11. Not listed: I feel as though I have a patient-centered care application: I minored in Spanish and one of the big things I harp on in my personal statement is studying Spanish to serve underserved pops, which I did as a medical assistant.
I also did not take SJTs. My bad! Could take them late July but would be applying later in the cycle to all those schools.
WAMC and also please help with school suggestions 🙂. I feel like my list is way too top heavy and way too short. Thank you in advance for all opinions and advice!
Schools already applied to:
Schools I'm considering adding:
2. MCAT: 517 (128/130/130/129)
3. NY Resident
4. ORM
5. Undergrad @ mid-level state school, in NY
6. Clinical: 1200 hours paid medical assistant position, 800 anticipated hours same position
7. Research: 400 hours w/ one local presentation, 1200 anticipated w/ volunteer research position at T15 med school, at least 1 coauthor intended, prob more
8. Shadowing: 150 hours total; ortho/sports med, psychiatry, ENT
9. Volunteering: lacking 🙁 40 hours crisis textline + TAing?
10. Other Activities: 1 year copres of honors society, 2 semesters TA, 1 year leadership role on club sports team
11. Not listed: I feel as though I have a patient-centered care application: I minored in Spanish and one of the big things I harp on in my personal statement is studying Spanish to serve underserved pops, which I did as a medical assistant.
I also did not take SJTs. My bad! Could take them late July but would be applying later in the cycle to all those schools.
WAMC and also please help with school suggestions 🙂. I feel like my list is way too top heavy and way too short. Thank you in advance for all opinions and advice!
Schools already applied to:
- SUNY Albany
- Albery Einstein
- Dartmouth
- George Washington
- Mt. Sinai
- SUNY Buffalo
- Penn State
- SUNY Downstate
- Thomas Jefferson
- SUNY Upstate
- Tufts
- University of Maryland
- University of Rochester
- Virginia Tech
Schools I'm considering adding:
- Case Western
- Ohio State
- Brown
- Tulane
- Cincinatti
- Pittsburgh
- UVA
- Cornell