WAMC (School List Help) no non-clinical volunteering?

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Idonutknow123

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Hi! Thank you for taking your time to read this! Like the title says, I don't have any non-clinical volunteering or much in the way of ECs compared to many people, so any school lists would be super helpful! Thanks!

  1. cGPA: 3.86, sGPA: 3.87
  2. MCAT: 519 (130/128/130/131)
  3. State of residence: California (rip)
  4. Ethnicity: URM, hispanic, low-SES, first gen, spanish-speaking
  5. Undergrad: UCLA
  6. Clinical experience: 400 hrs volunteering in a hospital, also recently started a job as a scribe in a primary clinic and ill probably have around 100 hrs when i submit apps and 2000 predicted (i also help translate here but i don't know if i should include this activity because its new)
  7. Research experience: 900 hrs as an intern during undergrad in an AD lab, 100 hrs as a volunteer during covid mostly doing literature review, 1600 hrs as a full-time researcher in a cancer lab, no pubs/posters
  8. Shadowing experience: 100 hours shadowing (10% oncology, 90% anesthesia/but mostly watched whatever the surgeon was doing, including GI, cardio, peds, trauma, OBGYN, ortho, plastics)
  9. Non-clinical volunteering: none
  10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc): about 250 hours as a learning assistant but I did get course credit so idk if that counts
  11. Relevant honors or awards: deans honor list all four years except my first and second quarters, cum laude
  12. Other: I only have 2 strong LORs from science professors and 2 from my previous PIs
I know my app is less-than-ideal in some areas, so any help with school lists would be super appreciated! Thank you!
 
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Include your translating activity hours in your application. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Boston University
Tufts
Dartmouth
Brown
UMass
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
Columbia
Cornell
New York Medical College
Hackensack
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Pittsburgh
George Washington
USF Morsani
Miami
TCU
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Arizona (Tucson and Phoenix)
Mayo (Arizona)
The UCs (except Riverside unless you are from that region)
USC Keck
Kaiser
California University
 
Itemize your translation hours.

Have you connected with LMSA officers at the schools? MiMentor?
Will make sure to do that!

No, I haven’t connected with any LMSA officers or MiMentor. I’m not even too sure what those are.
 
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