WAMC/School List Help: 3.89 GPA/510 MCAT/ORM

[writerpremed]

1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
   • 3.89 cGPA, 3.86 sGPA
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown
   • 510 (127/127/128/128)
   • Do not want to retake this exam, so I will be sticking with the 510 score.
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
   • MA
4. Ethnicity and/or race
   • Asian
5. Undergraduate institution or category
   • State university
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
   • Medical scribe: 1 year part-time during pandemic, ~850 hours
7. Research experience and productivity
   • Neuropsychology research lab at university ~600 hours from what I can estimate
   • One second author publication
   • Conducted independent research and pursued an honors thesis in the lab senior year
   • Presenting poster at state conference
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   • 20 hours IM
   • 20 hours ophthalmology
   • 20 hours (still continuing throughout this year till my application and past that) virtual shadowing
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   • Crisis Text Line: currently 270 hours
   • ESL Tutoring: 150 hours
   • volunteering with sorority for various nonprofits: 50 hours
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    • Peer Advisor at university
    • Founder of Humanities in Medicine magazine
    • Teaching Assistant for two classes
    • Leadership board for two large campus organizations (multiple positions, longitudinal membership for 4 years)
    • Disability Services scribe for students in need of class notes
11. Relevant honors or awards
    • Dean's List all semesters
    • Award for poetry
    • Poetry publication in university lit journal
    • Highest community service award within a campus organization

Schools That I Am Extremely Interested In Based on Mission (even though my stats might be a bit low):
-University of Rochester (may apply there for a gap year masters program that fits my interests!! high on my list even though it's a big reach)
-Tufts
-UMass Medical
-UAlbany
-New York Medical College
-University of Vermont
-UConn
Please help me add more to the list that have a strong medical humanities/community service focus but also is realistic and fits my stats well.

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[Faha]

You could add any of these schools to your application:
Quinnipiac
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
Tulane
TCU-UNT
Creighton
St. Louis
Loyola
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Not retaking the MCAT means you will need to apply broadly and to DO programs just in case. But you are very much interested in medical humanities, so I suggest also filtering your list on whether the schools have a Gold Humanism Society chapter, which will include DO schools (and some international schools, but leave them off for now).

 

[writerpremed]

Not retaking the MCAT means you will need to apply broadly and to DO programs just in case. But you are very much interested in medical humanities, so I suggest also filtering your list on whether the schools have a Gold Humanism Society chapter, which will include DO schools (and some international schools, but leave them off for now).

Do you think a 510 MCAT is a somewhat decent score? I'm worried about that tugging at my chances at any of these schools. Thank you for your response though, particularly about the Gold Humanism Society. I'll have to look into that more extensively!!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Do you think a 510 MCAT is a somewhat decent score? I'm worried about that tugging at my chances at any of these schools. Thank you for your response though, particularly about the Gold Humanism Society. I'll have to look into that more extensively!!

All I can say is that applicants with your GPA/MCAT profile have gotten accepted and matriculated as shown from the GPA/MCAT graph from AMCAS. Look at the profiles and values expressed by the schools on their website and other messages from students.