WAMC & School List Help, cGPA 3.79, sGPA 3.70, 517 MCAT, Canadian applicant

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Hi!! I'm a Canadian re-applicant, and would love to know any school recommendations and general advice; I spoke to a couple of admissions officers but found it challenging to know the numbers/acceptance rates for Canadian students. Thank you in advance!

1. cGPA — 3.79 (upward trend)
2. sGPA — 3.70 (upward trend)
3. MCAT — 505 (126/124/125/130) (2022) —> 505 (126/125/126/128) (2023) —> 517 (129/132/128/128) (2025)
4. Canadian citizen, no connections to any particular state :/
5. 22F, ORM, Southeast Asian
6. Undergrad— University of Toronto, Physiology + Psychology
   1. 350 hours as support staff in triage of pediatric emergency department, anticipated +660 hours
   2. 320 hours as a childlife volunteer in pediatric emergency department
7. Research experience
   1. 600 hours conducting systematic reviews and writing manuscripts
      1. No publications in the end, but this was personally a meaningful learning experience
8. Shadowing experience
   1. Not too much since its less common in Canada
   2. 40 hours in pediatrics
   3. 10 hours in burns plastic surgery
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   1. 560 hours as marketing director of a nonprofit, focused on women’s health, fundraising and donating menstrual/hygiene products to local shelters
   2. 300 hours as assistant instructor, teaching vietnamese to kindergarten children
10. Other extracurricular activities
    1. 450 paid hours as lab instructor teaching 100 high school students in a medicine youth summer program
    2. 300 paid hours working at a daycare as childhood assistant
    3. 700 hours as chapter leader for a student club, fundraising and delivering craft kits to local pediatric patients
    4. 600 paid hours as marketing coordinator of a long term care non profit
    5. 700 hours as co-director of nonprofit, providing free tutoring and networking opportunities to 100 high schoolers
    6. 300 hours as exec member of student club, welcoming incoming refugee students and supporting transition to campus life
11. Relevant awards
    1. National chapter leader award for non-profit organization (awarded to 2 leaders among 24 across Canada)
    2. University student leadership award (awarded to 6 students among graduating class of 500)
12. Additional notes
    1. Aiming for around 10-12 schools, since applications are expensive 🙁
    2. Particularly interesting in serving marginalized communities, children/youth (perhaps community-based schools over research-heavy)
    3. Reapplicant, applied once to six schools the summer before my 4th year of undergrad
13. Letters of Recommendation
    1. 3 science professors (anatomy, physiology, psychology — anatomy LOR is strongest)
    2. 3 strong LOR from supervisors (oversaw my work as a lab instructor, chapter leader of pediatric student club, staff in pediatric ED)
14. School List— I chose these schools based on filtering for those that: (1) accept Canadian students, (2) average GPA and MCAT aligns with my own stats, (3) requires proof of payment of 1-2 years of tuition for international students (rather than all 4 years).
    1. U of Colorado
    2. Howard University
    3. Tulane University
    4. UMass Chan
    5. U of Maryland
    6. Wayne State
    7. U of North Carolina Chapel Hill
    8. Geisel Dartmouth
    9. Rutgers New Jersey
    10. Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson
    11. SUNY Upstate
    12. Sidney Kimmel Thomas JeffersonU
    13. Virginia Commonwealth

 

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Howard admits applicants mainly from the Black community. You have several state public schools that admit few non residents with no connection to the state. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Central Michigan
Michigan State
Wayne State
Dartmouth
George Washington
Georgetown
Jefferson
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
New York Medical College
TCU
Tulane
Colorado
U Illinois
Virginia Commonwealth
Also apply to DO schools and I suggest these:
WESTERN
AZCOM
CCOM
KCU-COM
NOVA
WCU-COM
UNECOM
LUCOM
MSUCOM