MD WAMC / School List Help

[Happykoda]

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Hi everyone! I am currently finalizing my school list and would greatly appreciate any help. Thank you in advance!

Here are my stats and activities:

1.cGPA 4.0 sGPA 4.0
2. MCAT: 521 (132/127/131/131)
3. VA residence, Have ties to NJ (lived there during middle and high school)
4. Asian (ORM)
5. Large public university
6.Clinical experience:

1. Volunteer EMT 1200hr
2. Paid Medical Scribe 1266hr

7.Research experience :

1. Research for credit student 1260hr
2. Undergraduate research symposium (Poster)
3. Undergraduate degree program symposium
4. Poster publication (3rd of 6 authors)

8.Shadowing : Adult neurology 50hr, General surgery 20hr
9.Non-clinical volunteering:

1. Kitchen volunteer at homeless shelter 310hr
2. Volunteer language consultant for a program that offers conversational English learning sessions to international graduate students, university employee/family 120hr
3. Volunteer math, science, english tutor for online platform that provides tutoring to low-income high school students 70hr
4. Refugee youth program leader (outdoor play, crafts) 50hr

10.Two gap years:

1. Working full-time as a medical scribe, clinical volunteering (EMT), non-clinical volunteering (Homeless shelter kitchen volunteer, volunteer tutor for low-income students)
2. After primaries, will begin scribing at a free clinic

11. Honors/Awards

1. Dean’s list
2. Highest distinction (awarded based on faculty evaluation of written thesis and oral presentation of research project at symposium)
3. Phi Beta Kappa

Here is my tentative school list:

1. UVA
2. VCU
3. EVMS
4. V tech
5. Georgetown
6. Rutgers NJMS
7. Hackensack
8. NYMC
9. Albert Einstein
10. Cincinnati
11. WashU
12. USF Morsani
13. Temple
14. Emory
15. Vanderbilt
16. Colorado
17. Johns Hopkins
18. Duke
19. Boston University
20. George Washington
21. Dartmouth
22. Case Western
23. Hofstra
24. Wake Forest
25. Stony brook
26. University of Miami
27. University of Rochester
28. Thomas Jefferson
29. Penn State

Thank you for all you do in supporting applicants!

 

[Faha]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews. Schools such as Temple, Wake Forest and Penn State may "yield protect" with your stats.
You could add any of these schools:
NYU (free tuition)
Mount Sinai
Columbia
Cornell
Harvard
Mayo
Northwestern