WAMC/Reapplicant School List Help (510, 3.06 undergrad, 3.85 SMP, NY resident)

[tenma_dr]

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Graduated from my SMP last year and was unsuccessful with linkage. I retook my MCAT last month, was rather disappointed with my score but I hope that applying earlier this year and improving my writing will help me get interviews. I applied to one school on 7/6 and am waiting to get verified. For reference, last cycle I ended up applying on 8/2 and wasn't complete until October or even later for some schools.

1. cGPA: 3.06 sGPA: 2.70 smpGPA: 3.85
2. MCAT: 502 (April 2024), 508 (July 2024), 510 (June 2025)
3. State: New York
4. Race: South Asian
5. Undergraduate: Stony Brook Graduate: SMP at Rutgers RWJ
6. Clinical Experience: Medical Assistant/Anesthesia Tech (hybrid role) - 260 hours, ED Scribe - 510 hours, Patient transport volunteer - 75 hours
7. Research experience: wet lab research at my SMP med school - 60 hours
8. Shadowing experience: Endocrinology - 25 hours
9. Non-clinical volunteering: Tutoring refugee children - 120 hours, Food pantry - 45 hours, Tutoring at prison - 30 hours, Assistant ESL instructor at refugee center - 20 hours (current experience)

I was born in NYC and raised in upstate New York (the area between Albany and Syracuse) so I have strong ties to both of those areas. If this matters, my 502 score was my attempt during my full-time SMP to meet their minimum of 500 and qualify for a linkage interview. I also qualify for fee assistance program so I want to apply to at least 20 MD schools. For some reason I still don't have the appropriate tax forms from my parents so I could not get AACOMAS fee waivers :/

Current school list (MD):

1. SUNY Upstate
2. SUNY Downstate
3. Buffalo
4. Albany
5. NYMC (is it worth keeping this on with their new MCAT stats?)
6. Tulane
7. Quinnipiac
8. Temple
9. Drexel
10. Rosalind Franklin
11. EVMS
12. Wayne State
13. Tufts
14. Wayne State
15. Vermont

DO List:

1. Rowan Virtua
2. NYITCOM
3. LECOM
4. PCOM
5. TOURO NY
6. MSUCOM

 

[Faha]

I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
All 4 SUNYs
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Drexel
George Washington
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
Methodist (when it opens)
Belmont
Alice Walton
Roseman
TCU
Ponce (St. Louis)
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
For DO schools I suggest these:
UNECOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
LECOM (all schools)
PCOM (all schools)
Rowan
WVSOM
CUSOM
MU-COM
DMU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
AZCOM
TUNCOM

 

[NativegirlMD]

apply early, 510 is good for most MD schools and DO schools.
Loyola, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine , Tulane University School of Medicine , University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and University of Kansas School of Medicine University of Kentucky College of Medicine if you want some safer options.

I would still apply for your linkeage school (i think it's njms/rwjms) because it doesnt hurt to reapply there and because if they see improvement (a 10 point diff almost) you may get an interview invite. Just apply broadly and make sure your interview well. Keep the clinical hours and volunteering hours etc just in case you need to send an update letter.