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WAMC SCHOOL LIST HELP

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applicant2024

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cGPA: 3.73

AACOMAS sGPA: 3.56

AMCAS sGPA: 3.66

MCAT: 501

STATE: PA

Ethnicity: Asian Male – ORM

Undergraduate: Senior,,B.A in Biological Sciences

Clinical Experience: 1000+ hours Caretaker (paid)

300 hours scribing (paid)

American Red cross blood drive 25 hours (volunteer)

Hospital shipping and receiving 50 hours (volunteer)

Research: 50 hours biochemistry lab (didn’t like research) – no publication

Shadowing: 50 hours pain medicine

Non Clinical volunteering

Habitats for Humanity – 70 hours

Friends of #### Park (cleaning up urban neighborhoods) – 40 hours

Organizing and running food drive for cultural group – 50 hours

Cultural group volunteer (referee, score keeping, distributing food) - 20 hours

Other extra curricular activities

Student Tutor in calculus 1 and 2 (paid) –

60 hours Sports instructor and referee for children (leadership) (paid)-

50 hours Private 1 on 1 academic tutoring (tutor doctor) – 30 hours

Swim teacher/ lifeguard for children (leadership) (hands on and required CPR/AED cert.) – 200 hours

LOR: School committee letter

1 from bio teacher / lab prof

1 from humanities prof

1 from calc professor

1 from shadowing / scribing MD/

Specific to me:

I am not really concerned with MD or DO, obviously would prefer MD but stats may prevent that. I am also 99% fixed on working in pediatrics based on my experiences (if that has an effect on potential school lists). There is 2 C’s on my transcript and 3 B’s (rest are A’s and A-‘s).

School list PCOM (all schools)
KCU-COM
LECOM
Duquesne (new worth the risk?)
VCOM Virginia
Rowan
DMU ,Nova Southeastern, MSU osteopathic, University of New England, WVCOM, NYITCOM, TUORO
 
Your MCAT of 501 is not competitive for Touro-NY or DMU-COM. You could add these schools:
UP-KYCOM
MU-COM
CUSOM
ACOM
WCU-COM
UIWSOM
TUNCOM
You could add the other 3 VCOM schools.
For MD schools try Commonwealth Geisinger.