WAMC - school list help - URM; sGPA 4.0; cGPA 3.97; MCAT 511

[whateverman1]

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Hello! I am taking my shot at applying for the first time this upcoming cycle. My MCAT scores are just in. I’d like to know my chances at earning a spot this cycle. My school list is very tentative and I’m not really sure if I even have a chance at some of them. What would be in my range? Please advise. Thank you!

1. cGPA 3.97 sGPA 4.0
2. MCAT 511
3. State of residence- Maryland
4. African-American (First generation immigrant)
5. Undergrad State School
6. Clinical/Research experience -
   Postbac clincal research fellow at NIH; Also completed research projects related to patients with rare diseases and analyzed data relating natural history and disease treatment success. 3 posters, 1 that may lead to publication. (Projected hours ~4100)
7. Shadowing experience - Virtual Shadowing ~30 hours
8. Non-clinical volunteering - (50~ hrs still in progress, may increase to ~100) Teaching underserved populations and working with people with developmental disabilities.
9. Other extracurricular activities - TAed for 3 different courses ~300 hrs
10. Summa cum laude, academic scholarship, Deans list, phi beta kappa nominee
11. 1600 hrs as a paid early learner tutor, teaching young children to read and write, in addition to beginners addition and substraction.
12. Completed undergrad in 3 yrs, currently finishing up 1st gap year.

School list still being crafted but this is what I have so far. Planning for around 20-25 schools:

UMD
HOWARD
MEHARRY
MOREHOUSE
EMORY
DREXEL
TEMPLE
VCU
UCLA
UMIAMI
GEORGETOWN
GW
DUKE
MOUNT SINAI

 

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Let us know what your actual MCAT score is when available and we can suggest schools.

 

[whateverman1]

Let us know what your actual MCAT score is when available and we can suggest schools.

MCAT scores are in

 

[Mr.Smile12]

What's your community service? You have lots of tutoring and teaching which is overrepresented among prehealth students. What activity really got you into the community and out of your comfort zone?

 

[whateverman1]

What's your community service? You have lots of tutoring and teaching which is overrepresented among prehealth students. What activity really got you into the community and out of your comfort zone?

My community service includes helping out populations with developmental disabilities. I am currently volunteer with a group the works to create a warm, inclusive social environment for adults with disabilities, who find themselves isolated in a world where they are a minority. I guess this community would be "out of my comfort zone" because I do not identify with many of their disadvantages or traumas, and some of the ways that they express themselves can be startling to the average person.

I love working with children and adolescents, and I have spent most of my premed time working with them. Forming connections is much easier when I am in a leadership position This is definitely the cause of my heavy experience with teaching. My family comes from a third world country where education is quite lacking for those of younger ages, so I have quite a passion for enriching the education of children and adolescents.

Edit: I've also been a mentor for an child from an underserved area. But I wouldn't call this "out of my comfort zone" because I grew up in an area where poverty was a norm...does that still count?

 

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MCAT scores are in

You could add any of these schools:
Dartmouth
Brown
Yale
Columbia
Cornell
NYU
Pittsburgh
Case Western
Cincinnati
Tulane
St. Louis
Northwestern
Washington University (in St. Louis)
UCSF
U Virginia