WAMC/School list help (CA ORM 3.63/519)

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With so many employment hours, you seem to have been out of school for a while. How about your nonclinical community service since graduating?
Unfortunately I don't really have any nonclinical volunteering. I graduated 3 years ago, and my current tech role has been basically the only thing I've done the past year besides studying for the MCAT. Most of my other employment was either during college or during my first gap year.

My PS does focus on my current role and how I chose this path for financial reasons before deciding that I need to go back into medicine. So I have an explanation for the lack of recent clinical exp. I can sign up for volunteering now and put the hours as future hours on my application, although that seems pretty weak as well.
 
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You have many state public schools on your list that admit few non residents with no connection to the state.
I suggest these schools from your list:

Albany Medical College
Boston University SOM
Chicago Rosalind Franklin
Drexel University COM
Geisel SOM at Dartmouth
George Washington SOM
Hackensack Meridian SOM
Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai
Keck SOM of USC
Lewis Katz SOM at Temple
New York Medical College
Ohio State COM
Robert Larner, U of Vermont
Sidney Kimmel MC
Tufts University
Tulane SOM
U of Arizona COM - Phoenix
U of Cincinnati COM
U of Colorado SOM
U of Illinois COM
U of Miami Miller SOM
U of Michigan MS
U of Pittsburgh
UC Davis SOM
UC Irvine SOM
UC LA David Geffen SOM
UC Riverside SOM (only if you are from that region)
UC San Diego SOM
UC San Francisco SOM
USF Morsani COM
Virginia Commonwealth U
Wake Forest SOM
Wayne State SOM
 
You could also add any of these schools:
TCU
NOVA MD
Belmont
Eastern Virginia
Quinnipiac
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Medical College Wisconsin
 
You could also add any of these schools:
TCU
NOVA MD
Belmont
Eastern Virginia
Quinnipiac
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Medical College Wisconsin
Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my list and give suggestions! If possible, I would like to ask a few questions for my own understanding:

- while UWisconsin isn't favorable as an out-of-state applicant, I do feel as though I have significant ties as I live closeby right now (and will have lived there for a year by the time I submit my secondary). Do you think that adds anything to my chances? I'd still choose California as my state of residence since that is where I've spent my whole life until now, and my family lives there. But I think I could speak strongly about to ties to wisconsin in the secondary
- similarly, having 2 siblings in New York, I wonder if that gives me any boost for NY schools
- From MSAR, it looks like TCU gives less than 4% of OOS applicants an II - any particular reason you would recommend this school? I am considering TMDSAS, but I'd probably apply to a couple schools given the flat fee for the primary
- in general, if you have any insight or broad reasons as to why you suggested those schools that are maybe lesser known reasons (not just OOS-friendliness), I'd love to hear about those. Ex: does anything about my ECs lead you to believe those schools would be better? Or is it mainly just stats and OOS-friendliness?

Thank you!
 
Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my list and give suggestions! If possible, I would like to ask a few questions for my own understanding:

- while UWisconsin isn't favorable as an out-of-state applicant, I do feel as though I have significant ties as I live closeby right now (and will have lived there for a year by the time I submit my secondary). Do you think that adds anything to my chances? I'd still choose California as my state of residence since that is where I've spent my whole life until now, and my family lives there. But I think I could speak strongly about to ties to wisconsin in the secondary
- similarly, having 2 siblings in New York, I wonder if that gives me any boost for NY schools
- From MSAR, it looks like TCU gives less than 4% of OOS applicants an II - any particular reason you would recommend this school? I am considering TMDSAS, but I'd probably apply to a couple schools given the flat fee for the primary
- in general, if you have any insight or broad reasons as to why you suggested those schools that are maybe lesser known reasons (not just OOS-friendliness), I'd love to hear about those. Ex: does anything about my ECs lead you to believe those schools would be better? Or is it mainly just stats and OOS-friendliness?

Thank you!

On AMCAS, you can only choose one state of legal residence. You can't double or triple declare.


According to these rules, once you pass 1 year living in Wisconsin, you can't be a California resident for tuition purposes. Confirm with your schools before applying.

Now UC schools do like to pick candidates who grew up in SES neighborhoods in counties around their campuses, but if you haven't lived in California for a year, you lose the residency status if I read the rule correctly.
 
Having siblings in New York does not help your chances for admission to a NY medical school. You could try U Wisconsin since you are currently living in Wisconsin. The 4% OOS interview rate for TCU understates your chances for an interview. Some applicants do not complete secondaries and some decline interviews. Your stats are very good so your chances for an interview at TCU are much higher than 4%.
 
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On AMCAS, you can only choose one state of legal residence. You can't double or triple declare.


According to these rules, once you pass 1 year living in Wisconsin, you can't be a California resident for tuition purposes. Confirm with your schools before applying.

Now UC schools do like to pick candidates who grew up in SES neighborhoods in counties around their campuses, but if you haven't lived in California for a year, you lose the residency status if I read the rule correctly.
Thank you for the clarification. I interpret this the same as you, and that will be a big factor in my application that I hadn't considered.
 
Having siblings in New York does not help your chances for admission to a NY medical school. You could try U Wisconsin since you are currently living in Wisconsin. The 4% OOS interview rate for TCU understates your chances for an interview. Some applicants do not complete secondaries and some decline interviews. Your stats are very good so your chances for an interview at TCU are much higher than 4%.
Thank you for clarifying. I will keep your suggestions in mind as I modify my school list!
 
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