MD & DO WAMC + School List Help Please (3.93/523)

[A54]

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Hi! I'm thankful for any tips because I truly have no idea where I would be a good fit:

I'm a:

• ORM 22F from NJ (in-state)
• GPA: 3.93 (sGPA: 4.0)
• Major: Bioengineering
• MCAT: 523 (130/132/131/132)
• nothing special in my essays or any X factor

My activities:

• Research: 300 hours (no pubs/presentations) - I'm a bit worried about this since I have nothing meaningful to say about research
• Clinical Volunteering: 1000 hours as an EMT (700 more anticipated)
• Other Volunteering: 200 hours
• Shadowing: 75 hours
• Tutoring: 200 hours
• Leadership: 400 hours in clubs
• Other jobs: 1000 hours

My tentative school list so far:

• Touro COM
• PCOM
• Lake Erie COM
• Midwestern University Chicago COM
• NYIT COM
• Rowan-Virtua SOM
• Drexel University COM
• Lewis Katz SOM at Temple University
• Rutgers RWJ Medical School
• Hackensack Meridian SOM
• Boston University SOM
• Rutgers NJMS
• Georgetown University SOM
• George Washington University SOM
• Geisel SOM at Dartmouth
• University of Pittsburgh SOM
• Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
• Albert Einstein COM
• Johns Hopkins University SOM
• NYU Grossman SOM

Please let me know if you have any schools I should add/subtract! I would like to stay generally on the east coast/north-ish areas- I'm looking to apply to about 30 schools total so I need like 10 more 🙂

 

[YodaPineapple]

I think more than half of your list would yield protect you. Add USF, UVA, Hofstra, Stony Brook, WashU, Columbia, Cornell/Sinai, Case, and Miami + Carle.
I'm not an expert by any means though. You would be more competitive at T20s if your research productivity was commensurate to your stats.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Welcome to the forums.

We need details of your volunteering. Were they related to your engineering background?

I agree that I don't know how you developed your list or what exactly is your purpose as a physician. I don't understand why you have DO schools with your metrics without more details.

You should add the two engineering programs (Carle Illinois and Texas A&M EnMed) and wait for Arizona State to begin calls for their inaugural class.

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To be competitive with high metrics candidates, you should likely have some more research, but you should have 250 hours of service orientation activities (food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, legal support, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation). You must have 150 to avoid getting screened out at most schools where you don't have a strong mission fit.