WAMC + school list help (Reapplicant)

[Username98]

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Stats:
cGPA: 3.70, sGPA: 3.56, MCAT: 520
Residency: FL
Undergrad: UF
Demographics: White male
Experiences:
-Research: 500 hours undergrad microbiology lab + 1 first author publication (review paper)
-Research: 1500 hours paid clinical research assistant in trauma center
-Research: 2250 hours paid clinical research coordinator in pediatric neurosurgery + 2250 hours more anticipated + 2 upcoming publications (1 second author review paper and 1 authorship credit on multi-center retrospective chart review)

-Clinical Volunteering: 150 hours (emergency room and orthopedic rehab)

-Non-Clinical Volunteering: 200 hours (food pantry and free healthcare clinic) (this could count as both clinical/non-clinical)

-Shadowing: 60 hours (two anesthesiologists)

Note: I interviewed and was waitlisted at USF last year. I also retook a 515 MCAT because it expired and now have a 520 (I have been out of school for nearly 3 years)

School list:
Florida
South Florida
Central Florida
Florida State
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Miami
Nova
Emory
Duke (reach)
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Case Western
Utah (family ties)
Arizona - Phoenix (family ties)
Colorado
Indiana
Wayne State
Western Michigan
Cincinnati
Ohio State
Mayo (reach)
Drexel
Thomas Jefferson
Albert Einstein

I would really like to apply to research heavy schools as I have a lot of research experience and want to have a career in academic medicine (not MD/PhD). Programs like Case Western's 5-year Lerner COM program would be great.

Thank you!

 

[GoSpursGo]

What is new from your app last year, other than the MCAT increase (congrats btw)?

Also, is any of your clinical research coordinator work patient-facing (and thus potentially could be filed under clinical experience)? The only glaring deficiency is that you're clearly on the lower end of clinical exposure.

 

[voxveritatisetlucis]

Good list. I think you’ll get into at least one school

Maybe add
Hackensack
Oakland
Wayne
Creighton
Quinnipiac
Albany
NYMC
Temple

 

[Username98]

What is new from your app last year, other than the MCAT increase (congrats btw)?

Also, is any of your clinical research coordinator work patient-facing (and thus potentially could be filed under clinical experience)? The only glaring deficiency is that you're clearly on the lower end of clinical exposure.

Thank you for your response and the congratulations

New this year:
MCAT Increase, 1 year full-time research coordinator + upcoming publications, great LOR from my PI + another neurosurgeon, additional non-clinical volunteering hours.

I wouldn't say my work as a RC is patient-facing. I sometimes collect samples from the OR and consent patients but mainly am behind the scenes. My last job as a research assistant was in a level 1 trauma center and I interacted with physicians/nurses/paramedics all day but did not interact much with patients.

 

[GoSpursGo]

I also think you'll get into at least one school, and your current list is solid. But definitely keep working on increasing your clinical exposure so you have something to talk about in interviews.

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools from your list:
Florida
South Florida
Central Florida
Florida State
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Miami
Nova
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Arizona - Phoenix (family ties)
Colorado
Indiana
Wayne State
Western Michigan
Cincinnati
Drexel
Thomas Jefferson
Albert Einstein
You could add these schools:
Oakland Beaumont
Medical College Wisconsin
TCU-UNT
George Washington
Temple
Hofstra
Rochester
Mount Sinai
New York Medical College
Vermont
Hackensack
Quinnipiac
Tufts