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Brockoli

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1. cGPA & sGPA: cGPA: 3.50, sGPA: 3.10 Record includes a significant upward trend (3.93 in final post-bacc semester) following a semester impacted by cancer diagnosis.

2. MCAT: 500 (126 CP / 125 CARS / 124 BB / 125 PS).

3. State of Residence: Ohio. Strong ties to MI/ND/PA/MO

4. Ethnicity/Race: White.

5. Undergraduate Institution: BS in Paramedicine; Post-bacc (3.4 BCPM).

6. Clinical Experience:
* Paid: 10,000+ hours as a flight, critical care, and advanced practice paramedic.
* Volunteer: ~1,150 hours in humanitarian/conflict zones (Gaza, Haiti).

7. Research Experience:
* Research lead for Harvard Humanitarian Initiative in conflict zone evaluating a prehospital trauma program.
* Multiple first-author posters and presentations at national/international conferences with awards for "Best Research".

8. Shadowing: No formal shadowing. Extensive integrated experience working alongside physicians in the ED, ICU, OR, and NICU as an advanced practice paramedic.

9. Non-Clinical Volunteering: ~220 hours. Board member for a first-responder mental health non-profit and team lead for a humanitarian rescue group.

10. Other Extracurriculars:
* Leadership: Co-founder/Clinical Director of a rural ambulance service (~1,650 hrs).
* Teaching: Senior POCUS educator; developed EMS/HEMS/Humanitarian curriculum (~4,195 hrs).

11. Honors/Awards: Best Research/Presentation Awards, Fellow of World Extreme Medicine, Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Distinguished Civilian Service Award (Columbus, OH).

12. Additional Context: Disadvantaged status (Pell Grant recipient + Medicaid); unique experience in conflict medicine and POCUS.

School List:


BASELINE

• Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
• Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

TARGET

• Central Michigan University College of Medicine
• Drexel University College of Medicine
• Albany Medical College
• Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
• Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
• Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
• NYITCOM – Long Island (DO)
• NYITCOM – Jonesboro (DO)
• Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences COM (DO)
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine – Georgia (DO)
• Penn State College of Medicine
• University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
• West Virginia University School of Medicine
• Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
• University of Vermont
• University of Missouri
• Wright State University School of Medicine
• Temple University – Lewis Katz School of Medicine
• University of Toledo School of Medicine
• University of North Dakota

REACH

• Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine + Cleveland Clinic
• Georgetown University School of Medicine
• Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
• Medical College of Wisconsin
• Ohio State University
• Quinnipiac University School of Medicine
• Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
• TCU
• University of Minnesota Medical School
• University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
• Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• Wayne State University Medical School
 
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Wright State and Toledo are included; I’ll likely include NEOMED - location is tough for my family.
 
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The only realistic MD schools with a MCAT of 500 and a sGPA of 3.1 are Wright State, NEOMED and Toledo. You are competitive for some DO schools and I suggest all these:
OU-HCOM
DUQCOM
MU-COM
NYIT-AR
PCOM (all schools)
LECOM (all schools)
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
KCU-COM
ACOM
UIWSOM
UNECOM
 
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