WAMC/School List

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1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
   1. cGPA/sGPA = 3.996
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown
   1. 514
   2. 128/125/131/130
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
   1. MN
   2. Connections to MN, MI, WI, OH, NY
4. Ethnicity and/or race
   1. White
5. Undergraduate institution or category
   1. Top 50 institution
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
   1. Paid CNA (750+ hours)
      1. Rehab facility + Mayo Clinic (long-term care, dementia care, palliative care, rehab)
   2. Technician (Neurology, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery; 1500+ hours)
      1. Large hospital system within St. Paul
7. Research experience and productivity
   1. 900+ hours in clinical neurology lab (poster presentation, presented work to my lab + collaborators, manuscript in the works but may fall through)
   2. 1500+ hours in a bench neuroscience lab (2x poster presentations, may get published. Got an honorable mention in a post-docs work published in the Journal of Neuroscience (undergrads not listed on pubs))
   3. Technician (planned for gap year) in two labs --> 1600+ hours projected (may get one/two publications)
   4. Neurology/ED volunteer (150+ hours by application, planned to continue into gap year)
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   1. 220+ hours
   2. In-person: neurology, ENT, neurosurgery, cardiology
   3. Online: ENT, family medicine, oncology, surgery specialties
   4. Planned: in-person family medicine, dermatology, oncology
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   1. Ronald McDonald House (50 currently, planned to continue in gap year)
   2. Channel One Food Bank (organized food donations/drives, started during COVID as it was the only activity I could do, ~150 hours)
   3. College activities/leadership roles within organizations (100+ hours)
   4. Other small activities are a part of the things listed above. Just trying to remain anonymous
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    1. TA for three academic semesters for an upper-level neuro course/grad neuro course (250 + hours)
    2. Tutor for my entire undergraduate career (450+ hours)
       1. Taught physics I/II, neuro courses, organic I/II, etc. Pretty much any science course, I taught it
    3. Neuro mentorship program
       1. Lead on the program. Handing it off to underclassmen this May when I leave. Made about 50-100 connections so far between upper and lower classmen
    4. Hobbies/paid work: farm hand. Gardening was a significant component of my time + donated to the Channel One Food Drive over the course of 2-3 years. Paid work during COVID.
11. Relevant honors or awards
    1. Dean's List (8x)
    2. Nationally recognized tutoring award (1x)
    3. Poster award
    4. Summa cum laude
    5. Scholarships (may/may not list)
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important
    1. I wanted to give as much information above as possible, but I am still trying to remain anonymous. I would honestly like feedback on my "app" above + my school list. All activity descriptions + PS have been written. LOR writers have been contacted and all agreed to write me a letter (MD/PhD, PhD + PI/graduate student, clinical director, tutoring director, Dean of my college/professor). Any other opinions are appreciated.

School List:
UMN Twin Cities
Mayo (MN)
Wisconsin (Madison)
Ohio State
Geisel (Dartmouth)
Emory
Georgetown
Warren (Brown)
UPitt
Chicago (Rosalind Franklin)
Mt. Sinai
Albert Einstein
University of Cincinnati
Tufts
Donald and Barbara Zucker
Case Western
UChicago
Tulane
George Washington
Rutgers

 

[Mr.Smile12]

What's your narrative? Metrics-wise you should be good somewhere (not sure about Mayo, check MSAR how you are relative to the median MCAT). Network with the schools where you really want to attend off your wishlist and see if you are the type of student they really want.

Begin writing your secondaries and manage your school list well, and let's see how it goes.

 

[Faha]

Remove Rutgers since they admit few applicants with no connection to the state. You could add any of these schools:
St. Louis
Loyola
Western Michigan
USF Morsani
Boston University
Jefferson
Rochester