WAMC school list help! ORM switching from MD-PhD to MD | 3.70, 515

[velociraptor193]

ORM, Male, OH, disadvantaged, 3 gap years

cGPA: 3.70 (3.0>3.5>4.0>4.0)

sGPA: 3.64

MCAT: 515 (130/127/129/129)

T30 Liberal Arts Undergrad



Clinical: 750 hours (paid and unpaid) // 2000 hours projected for full-time position



Research: 6000 hours total across 3 labs with similar focus // 1000 hours projected for part-time position // 6 first-author abstracts and 1 first-author publication in low-mid tier journal



Shadowing: 100 hours across 3 specialties



Other ECs:

• Tutoring: 250 hours
• Mentoring: 200 hours
• Community service with immigrant communities: 500 hours

Awards: magna cum laude, full-ride undergrad scholarship, approximately $6000 in funding for independent undergraduate research

School List:

After switching my interest from MD-PhD to MD, I’m really struggling to find a school that fits my research-heavy application yet poorer stats. I would like help adding more schools, ideally in the midwest/east coast region.

1. CWRU
2. OSU
3. Cincinnati
4. NEOMED
5. Toledo
6. Wright
7. Pitt
8. Emory
9. Dartmouth
10. Rochester
11. Einstein
12. Hofstra
13. Drexel
14. Rosalind Franklin
15. New York Medical College
16. Yale
17. Mayo
18. George Washington

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[Mr.Smile12]

Community service with immigrant communities

Provide details please. How does this activity show your comfort level with being uncomfortable?

NEOMED is dedicated to serving rural and underserved populations. Not sure you have enough to show this. Definitely not as research oriented so not sure on fit.

 

[velociraptor193]

Provide details please. How does this activity show your comfort level with being uncomfortable?

NEOMED is dedicated to serving rural and underserved populations. Not sure you have enough to show this. Definitely not as research oriented so not sure on fit.

My application is quite focused on psychiatry and immigrant communities. Most of my shadowing was working with a psychiatrist treating refugees and immigrants. This experience motivated me to create a campaign in my own cultural community, working with immigrant families to educate them about psychiatric illnesses and learning disabilities. This carried onto my clinical experiences, mentoring and tutoring work, which served a similar, albeit more diverse, immigrant demographic.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Within your school list, which schools best serve the populations you represent? Do they have affinity groups that inform others prior to clinical experience?

 

[Faha]

You could add these schools to your application:
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Medical College Wisconsin
Loyola
St. Louis
Creighton
TCU
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Georgetown
Temple
Jefferson
Tufts