WAMC/School List Help 4.0/509 Low volunteering hours

[Erica Shelton]

So basically, I'm a Junior right now, and I feel like I may have invested too much time into ROTC extracurriculars, rather than focusing on getting more volunteer or research experience or more shadowing hours. Will my lack of the normal amount of pre-med experience hours severely impact my chances? I'm also looking for advice on what schools I could apply to that might value the extra leadership experience more.

1. cGPA and sGPA: 4.0
2. MCAT score: 509 (125/127/130/127)
3. State: GA (BS from a school in FL)
4. Not URM
5. Clinical experience: 300+ hrs CNA, 50+ hrs clinical volunteering, 18 hrs shadowing non-physicians
6. Research experience: ~70 hrs, two poster presentations
7. Shadowing experience: None yet, but 50 projected by the end of this semester.
8. Non-clinical volunteering: 50+ hrs
9. Other extracurricular activities: AFROTC, various AFROTC associated clubs (holding a leadership position in two of them), officer in a pre-health honor society
10. School List:
    1. Top Choices:
       1. USUHS
       2. ETSU - Quillen (Fit requirements to be considered in-state for admissions)
       3. Medical College of Georgia
       4. Wright State - Boonshoft
       5. Geisinger Commonwealth
       6. Indiana University
       7. Medical College of Wisconsin
    2. Others:
       1. Emory
       2. Mercer University
       3. PCOM (GA campus) (DO)
       4. Florida Atlantic University
       5. FSU
       6. Nova Southeastern (MD)
       7. UF
       8. UNC-Chapel Hill (Parents both alumni from undergrad, idk if that matters though)
       9. Wake Forest
       10. Meharry
       11. LECOM (DO)
       12. Nova Southeastern (DO)
       13. Campbell (DO)
       14. WVSOM (DO)
       15. Liberty University (DO)

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[Faha]

You clinical hours and shadowing will be adequate. However, you should accumulate 150+ hours of non clinical volunteering (food bank, homeless shelter, etc.) before you submit your application. Meharry mainly admits applicants from the African American community and you have several other schools that admit few non residents with a MCAT of 509. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Mercer
Medical College Georgia
USUHS
East Tennessee
Belmont
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Hackensack
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Oakland Beaumont
Medical College Wisconsin
TCU
Alice Walton (when it opens)
For DO schools I suggest these:
PCOM (both Georgia schools)
NOVA
ACOM
CUSOM
VCOM (all schools except Monroe)
WVSOM
MU-COM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
DMU-COM
LECOM
AZCOM

 

[Erica Shelton]

You clinical hours and shadowing will be adequate. However, you should accumulate 150+ hours of non clinical volunteering (food bank, homeless shelter, etc.) before you submit your application. Meharry mainly admits applicants from the African American community and you have several other schools that admit few non residents with a MCAT of 509. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Mercer
Medical College Georgia
USUHS
East Tennessee
Belmont
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Hackensack
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Oakland Beaumont
Medical College Wisconsin
TCU
Alice Walton (when it opens)
For DO schools I suggest these:
PCOM (both Georgia schools)
NOVA
ACOM
CUSOM
VCOM (all schools except Monroe)
WVSOM
MU-COM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
DMU-COM
LECOM
AZCOM

Thank you for the advice!

 

[Erica Shelton]

You clinical hours and shadowing will be adequate. However, you should accumulate 150+ hours of non clinical volunteering (food bank, homeless shelter, etc.) before you submit your application. Meharry mainly admits applicants from the African American community and you have several other schools that admit few non residents with a MCAT of 509. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Mercer
Medical College Georgia
USUHS
East Tennessee
Belmont
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Hackensack
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Oakland Beaumont
Medical College Wisconsin
TCU
Alice Walton (when it opens)
For DO schools I suggest these:
PCOM (both Georgia schools)
NOVA
ACOM
CUSOM
VCOM (all schools except Monroe)
WVSOM
MU-COM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
DMU-COM
LECOM
AZCOM

Which schools were you talking about that admit few OOS people?

 

[Faha]

Which schools were you talking about that admit few OOS people

Florida State (~4 non residents per year), U Florida, Wright State, Geisinger, UNC (only 2 non residents per year with MCAT less than 511), Indiana.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Can you give more details about your AFROTC, especially community service activities? 50 hours seems small given that commitment.