WAMC/School List Help for MD (cGPA 3.71, MCAT 515)

[Yung_Zymogen]

Hi everyone! Thanks for taking the time to check out my school list, and help me out! This is my first time applying, and I want to make sure I am doing the right thing. Do I have too many top heavy schools, should I add more, do I need more lower tier schools? Any advice is really appreciated!

1.) cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
-3.71 cGPA, 3.66 sGPA (Bio Major, Chem and Marine Sciences Minors)

2.) MCAT score(s) and breakdown
-515 (129/128/128/130)

3.) State of residence or country
-Washington resident
-Strong ties to North Carolina

4.) Ethnicity and/or race
-White (ORM)

5.) Undergraduate institution or category
-T20

6.) Clinical experience (1480 hours)
-Emergency Department Technician (330 hours with 1750 anticipated)
-EMT at an emergency detox facility/shelter in downtown Seattle (850 hours)
-EMT on volunteer rescue squad (300 hours)

7.) Research experience and productivity (1000 hours)
-Marine mammal research with NOAA (550 hours)
-paid internship and undergrad tuition with NOAA national scholarship
-poster presentation at a National conference
-Marine research with school lab (450 hours)
-$5000 award to go on international research expedition
-poster presentation

8.) Shadowing experience and specialties (82 hours)
-Emergency Medicine (24 hours)
-Surgical Pathology (20 hours)
-Transfusion Medicine Pathology (12 hours)
-Family Medicine (10 hours)
-Anatomic-Clinical Pathology (16 hours)

9.) Non-clinical volunteering (440 hours)
-Volunteer and board member at non-profit that works with vulnerable youth (150 hours)
-teach financial literacy and violence workshops, free pop-up shops, rent assistance
-Awarded $10,000 public grant to make film series about the effect of opioid epidemic on homeless youth and emergency providers (50 hours, 150 anticipated)
-Humanitarian aid worker (240 hours)
-worked abroad with refugees/asylum seekers to alleviate food insecurity

10.) Other extracurricular activities
-Research Ambassador/Mentor (80 hours)
-Undergraduate Science Journal Editor (50 hours)
-Published 2 articles in undergraduate science magazine
-Worked as a Divemaster/Dive Guide in Mexico one summer (200 hours)
-Have a professional underwater photography website

School List:

1. University of Washington
2. Washington State Elson S. Floyd
3. UNC Chapel Hill
4. Wake Forest
5. Emory
6. Keck School of Medicine (USC)
7. Albert Einstein
8. Georgetown
9. Brown
10. Kaiser Permanente
11. Tufts
12. UMass Chan
13. Miami Leonard M. Miller
14. George Washington
15. Charles E. Schmidt
16. RUSH
17. Eastern Virginia Medical School
18. Virginia Commonwealth University
19. Geisinger Commonwealth
20. Temple
21. Hackensack
22. Penn State
23. University of Illinois
24. University of Wisconsin
25. Robert Lerner Vermont

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[Mr.Smile12]

If something like MSF is your purpose, make sure you check for schools with experience with refugee/asylees.

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[Yung_Zymogen]

If something like MSF is your purpose, make sure you check for schools with experience with refugee/asylees.

Student Asylum Clinics - PHR

The PHR Asylum Program collaborates with student-run human rights clinics to provide forensic evaluations for asylum seekers. The clinics are made possible by small groups of enthusiastic students and a growing group of Asylum Network members who are committed to training the next generation of...

phr.org

Thank you Mr. Smile! In general, do you believe that this list looks feasible?