WAMC/School List Help - 4.0 cGPA/518 MCAT/URM/TX Resident

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Carb King

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Demographics:
  • URM, Hispanic Male, white passing
  • Texas Resident, Strong ties to California (southern + bay area) and Montana
  • Traditional Applicant
Stats:
  • cGPA: 4.00
  • sGPA: 4.00
  • MCAT: 518 (132/126/130/130)
  • CASPER: 1st quartile
  • School: Large Public University
  • Major: Biology
  • Applying to: AMCAS + TMDSAS



Clinical Experience:
  • Volunteer Medical Assistant at free clinic (~400 hrs total)
  • Hospital Volunteer Roles (~400 hrs total)
  • Private Practice Medical Assistant, Paid (~300 hrs projected)



Shadowing (80 hrs total):
  • General Surgery (mostly clinic, but was invited to OR for 1 day)
  • Not official or included with hours, but had many random shadowing opportunities with family medicine (from MA role)



Research Experience:
  • Student Lab worker (unpaid, ~275 hrs).
  • Two First-Author Literature Manuscripts published and PubMed Indexed
    • Separate from lab work



Service & Leadership:
  • Food Bank (75 hrs)
  • Physics TA (2 semesters)
  • Rec Basketball Captain (2 semesters)
  • Generic Premed Club - top 10 member every semester (6 semesters)



Other Activities:
  • Niche leisure activity semi-adjacent to lab research (not medicine related)
  • Intramural Basketball (40 hrs)
  • Reading (rip CARS, though)
  • Unique simulator enthusiast (200 hrs)
  • Mariachi Guitar player (300 hrs)
  • Letters of Rec: 2 faculty + 1 physician, can get 3rd faculty if necessary
Current List:
AMCAS:
Burnett School of Medicine at TCU
Tulane University School of Medicine
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
MCW - Medical College of Wisconsin
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (WashU)
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Albany Medical College

TMDSAS:
UT Southwestern Medical School
Sealy School of Medicine at UTMB
McGovern Medical School at UT HSC Houston
Long School of Medicine at UT San Antonio
UT Austin Dell Medical School
Texas A&M HSC College of Medicine
Texas Tech HSC SOM at Lubbock
Fertitta Family College of Medicine at UH
Baylor College of Medicine
UT at Tyler School of Medicine

Thankful for any advice or suggestions. UTSW and McGovern are top 2 choices currently.
 
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