WAMC/School List: TX, URM/First Gen, 519 MCAT, 3.81cGPA, 3.72sGPA

[dustycrusader]

Academics:
cGPA: 3.81 / sGPA: 3.72
MCAT: 519 (131/128/129/131)

Demographics
State of residence: TX
Race: URM (Hispanic female)
Undergrad: Ivy+ (Well known for grade deflation)

Clinical Experience

• 680 hours medical scribe at an urban trauma ER
• 900 hours medical assistant at a surgical outpatient center (current hours)
  • Will continue to work in this position for the next year (2000 hours projected)
• 150 hours volunteer phlebotomist

Research Experience

• 3 Research Experiences (1800 hours over 4 years)
  • One summer internship at a zoo studying urban wildlife
  • 2 lab experiences
• 3 presentations
• 2 abstracts
• 2 pending publications (1 research, 1 review)
• 1 pending book chapter

Shadowing Experience

• 138 hrs (rural emergency, plastics, ortho spine, neurology)

Non-clinical volunteering

• ~1218 hours (Ronald McDonald, Founded Charity Initiative, Legislative Intern in TX, Camp Counselor for individuals with disabilities)

ECs

• Head Editor for a section of the school paper
• Knitting/Crochet
• Built an indoor garden!
• TA'd 9 biology courses

Here is the list I have going, but I feel like it is too top-heavy:
1. Baylor
2. UTSW
3. Long SOM
4. Dell (UTAustin)
5. McGovern
6. Texas A&M
7. Texas Tech
8. University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston)
9. University of Chicago
10. Northwestern
11. Loyola Chicago
12. Rush University
13. Washington University in St. Louis
14. Hopkins
15. Mount Sinai
16. Tufts
17. Brown
18. University of Michigan
19. Yale
20. Duke
21. Dartmouth
22. Mayo
23. University of Florida
24. Stanford
25. UCSF
26. Case Western Reserve
27. UPitt
28. Cornell
29. Emory
30. UNC Chapel Hill
31. Wake Forest
32. Keck
33. Albert Einstein
34. University of Colorado

I am comfortable applying to this many schools, but I would appreciate some feedback! Is this list too top-heavy? Not broad enough? Any schools I should add/remove? Please help!

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[Mr.Smile12]

What were your responsibilities with your nonclinical volunteering? What is your purpose as a physician? Where did you grow up in Texas?

 

[dustycrusader]

What were your responsibilities with your nonclinical volunteering? What is your purpose as a physician? Where did you grow up in Texas?

I was a camp counselor for individuals with disabilities, and oversaw the cabin + 8/9 volunteer counselors. At ronald mcdonald I started a little charity initiative geared at making toys for siblings of families at the house. I was also a state legislative intern, with a focus on prison reform. I corresponded with incarcerated individuals and summarized this information and gave it to the congress person.

My purpose as a physician is centered around teaching. I also have a huge drive to serve under-resourced communities, and hope to continue this work through my medical career. Explained thoroughly in my essays.

I grew up in San Antonio TX and Austin TX

 

[nontradpostbacc12]

Academics:
cGPA: 3.81 / sGPA: 3.72
MCAT: 519 (131/128/129/131)

Demographics
State of residence: TX
Race: URM (Hispanic female)
Undergrad: Ivy+ (Well known for grade deflation)

Clinical Experience

• 680 hours medical scribe at an urban trauma ER
• 900 hours medical assistant at a surgical outpatient center (current hours)
  • Will continue to work in this position for the next year (2000 hours projected)
• 150 hours volunteer phlebotomist

Research Experience

• 3 Research Experiences (1800 hours over 4 years)
  • One summer internship at a zoo studying urban wildlife
  • 2 lab experiences
• 3 presentations
• 2 abstracts
• 2 pending publications (1 research, 1 review)
• 1 pending book chapter

Shadowing Experience

• 138 hrs (rural emergency, plastics, ortho spine, neurology)

Non-clinical volunteering

• ~1218 hours (Ronald McDonald, Founded Charity Initiative, Legislative Intern in TX, Camp Counselor for individuals with disabilities)

ECs

• Head Editor for a section of the school paper
• Knitting/Crochet
• Built an indoor garden!
• TA'd 9 biology courses

Here is the list I have going, but I feel like it is too top-heavy:
1. Baylor
2. UTSW
3. Long SOM
4. Dell (UTAustin)
5. McGovern
6. Texas A&M
7. Texas Tech
8. University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston)
9. University of Chicago
10. Northwestern
11. Loyola Chicago
12. Rush University
13. Washington University in St. Louis
14. Hopkins
15. Mount Sinai
16. Tufts
17. Brown
18. University of Michigan
19. Yale
20. Duke
21. Dartmouth
22. Mayo
23. University of Florida
24. Stanford
25. UCSF
26. Case Western Reserve
27. UPitt
28. Cornell
29. Emory
30. UNC Chapel Hill
31. Wake Forest
32. Keck
33. Albert Einstein
34. University of Colorado

I am comfortable applying to this many schools, but I would appreciate some feedback! Is this list too top-heavy? Not broad enough? Any schools I should add/remove? Please help!

I wouldn’t be shocked if you had a nice number of acceptances, but yea I’d add a few not so top heavy schools.

 

[BigDawg101]

To be completely honest, you are an absolutely stellar applicant, and I am confident you will get multiple T-20 and even T-10 interviews. You're better than me on paper for sure! The TMDSAS schools look great. Personally, I would avoid Loyola (yield protect), UNC-Chapel Hill and UF (strong IS-bias), as well as Wake Forest, Tufts, and Einstein (VERY low yield and regional preferences). Given your URM 1st-gen status, you will likely get significant financial aid from a lot of top schools, and you could comfortably cut down your list to at most 25 schools. If you feel comfortable, adding Harvard, UPenn, Columbia, NYU, Vanderbilt, Ohio State, and UVA could not hurt at all, especially given you are likely going to get into UTSW or Baylor given your stats and ECs. I would approach this confidently, apply to the top schools, and I'm sure you'll have an amazing cycle ahead.