WAMC/School List Help cGPA 3.96 sGPA 3.90 MCAT 512, 3 years forensic scientist nontrad career changer

[qwertyasf]

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Hi!

Would appreciate suggestions and alterations with my school list. Thank you for the help!

1. GPA c3.96 s3.90
2. MCAT: 512 (130/124/129/129)
3. State of residence: CA
4. 25M, ORM - Asian
5. Top public CA university, Biology major
6. Clinical experience

• 300 hours hospital volunteering in ER
• 170 hours hospice companionship and respite care volunteer (most meaningful)
• 250 hours athletic training assistant volunteer – treated and assisted injured athletes in their injury rehab

7. Research experience and productivity

300 hours undergraduate research in spider biology, no publications but our findings contributed to a state-wide project (will receive LOR from PI)

8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented

• 8 hours (virtual) OBGYN
• 40 hours Orthopedic surgeon
• 24 hours Pediatrician
• 16 hours Forensic Pathologist
• 16 hours OMM

9. Non-clinical volunteering

• 100 hours: filing taxes for low income families and educating them on personal finance
• 120 hours: thrift shop volunteer
• 370 hours as program director and coach at a nonprofit organization that provides free tennis lessons to under resourced youth in the community, encouraging physical activity and providing the youth the opportunity to compete in the sport (will receive LOR from organization founder)
• 500 hours as the director of outreach at a non-profit endometriosis organization where I coordinated social media campaigns, started a podcast for awareness, lead global outreach and advocacy with local governments, and initiated CME course that standardizes care for healthcare providers (most meaningful and will receive LOR from organization founder)

10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)

• 1500 hours intercollegiate athlete, Varsity tennis team and captain for three years
• Publication: Coauthored a chapter in a clinical diagnostic textbook that educates pathologist on foundations and methods on DNA forensic technology to solve homicides, missing persons, and genetic familial relationships
• 1 year as a communication director in student government during college
• Working as a forensic scientist for the past 3 years; in the DNA unit for sheriff’s office attending to crime scenes and analyzing sexual assault cases, homicides, and missing persons (most meaningful)

11. Relevant honors or awards

• Tennis: Conference double title

12. Additional information

School list as of right now:

1. UC Irvine
2. UC Davis
3. UCLA
4. UCSD
5. Kaiser
6. UCSF
7. California University of Health Science
8. USC Keck
9. MCW
10. Albany
11. Oakland
12. Rosalind Franklin
13. Vermont
14. TCU Burnett
15. Drexel
16. Temple
17. Quinnipiac
18. Wayne State
19. NSU
20. Penn State
21. Tulane
22. University of Arizona Tucson
23. University of Minnesota
24. Wake Forest
25. VCU
26. Western Michigan
27. Dartmouth
28. Sidney Kimmel
29. Hackensack
30. WESTERN
31. TUCOM-CA
32. TUNCOM
33. LECOM

Georgetown, Rush, St. Louis, Creighton?? My application stressed my importance of service to my community through my job and the non-clinical volunteering. However, I am not sure I have enough non-clinical volunteering "service orientation" hours to be considered into these schools. Is providing free tennis lesson for under-resourced youth in the community considered service orientation? Or is that just teaching/tutoring?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Welcome to the forums.

I am not sure I have enough non-clinical volunteering "service orientation" hours to be considered into these schools. Is providing free tennis lesson for under-resourced youth in the community considered service orientation? Or is that just teaching/tutoring?

Yes, that is an extension of your athletic talent, similar to programs where STEM majors will teach under-resourced youth about STEM. So, it's teaching/tutoring. Furthermore, it doesn't show you able to stretch beyond your comfort zone as you are a subject expert in this role and not addressing direct needs of the students you are teaching them.

Your 100 hours of job/tax preparation is a great start on service orientation (we all do a poor job with financial education and understanding our tax and benefits system), so keep going.

 

[Faha]

Minnesota and Arizona Tucson admit few non residents with no connection to the state. You could add these schools:
Roseman
Alice Walton
Belmont
Methodist (when it opens)
Eastern Virginia
New York Medical College