MD WAMC: Split Stats

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Mr.Smile12

MD Post in: 'WAMC/ Good MCAT, Low GPA'

What feedback has your prehealth office given you? Are you going through the committee process?

Some scribing (50 h) can count as shadowing unofficially, but you really should have done the other shadowing before now to improve your committee evaluation. What advice were you given at your Sophomore Check-In?

Also all of your nonclinical volunteering is tutoring, which is an academic competency. It doesn't show any service orientation, so you are at risk of being screened out. Every premed seems to tutor low income students so it won't help you stand out. It makes me wonder why you don't...
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Mr.Smile12 said:
Previously
Mr.Smile12

MD Post in: 'WAMC/ Good MCAT, Low GPA'

What feedback has your prehealth office given you? Are you going through the committee process?

Some scribing (50 h) can count as shadowing unofficially, but you really should have done the other shadowing before now to improve your committee evaluation. What advice were you given at your Sophomore Check-In?

Also all of your nonclinical volunteering is tutoring, which is an academic competency. It doesn't show any service orientation, so you are at risk of being screened out. Every premed seems to tutor low income students so it won't help you stand out. It makes me wonder why you don't...
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I didn't receive answers to my questions.
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As in your last post, you have several schools that are unrealistic, particularly as they typically do not accept out-of-state students or will have a harder time looking past your GPA.

I suggest:
  1. Mercer
  2. UGA (if open)
  3. Drexel
  4. Illinois (high OOS tuition fyi)
  5. Temple
  6. MCW (Medical College of Wisconsin)
  7. Tulane
  8. Albany
  9. Penn State
  10. Vermont
  11. Rosalind Franklin
  12. Eastern Virginia
  13. Augusta
  14. George Washington
  15. Wayne State
  16. Dartmouth
  17. Quinnipiac
  18. Miami
  19. Hofstra
  20. Wake Forest
  21. NYMC (New York Medical College)
  22. VCU (Virginia Commonwealth)
  23. Hackensack
  24. Western Michigan
  25. Jefferson
  26. Tufts
  27. Colorado
  28. Emory
  29. Ohio State
  30. Cincinnati
  31. UMass
  32. Rochester
  33. Brown
  34. USF
  35. Iowa
 
chilly_md said:
As in your last post, you have several schools that are unrealistic, particularly as they typically do not accept out-of-state students or will have a harder time looking past your GPA.

I suggest:
  1. Mercer
  2. UGA (if open)
  3. Drexel
  4. Illinois (high OOS tuition fyi)
  5. Temple
  6. MCW (Medical College of Wisconsin)
  7. Tulane
  8. Albany
  9. Penn State
  10. Vermont
  11. Rosalind Franklin
  12. Eastern Virginia
  13. Augusta
  14. George Washington
  15. Wayne State
  16. Dartmouth
  17. Quinnipiac
  18. Miami
  19. Hofstra
  20. Wake Forest
  21. NYMC (New York Medical College)
  22. VCU (Virginia Commonwealth)
  23. Hackensack
  24. Western Michigan
  25. Jefferson
  26. Tufts
  27. Colorado
  28. Emory
  29. Ohio State
  30. Cincinnati
  31. UMass
  32. Rochester
  33. Brown
  34. USF
  35. Iowa
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User103939 said:
Thanks for the advice. I was indeed having a lot of trouble adding schools to the list I was given on my last post because as you mention I'm not great at deciphering which schools were OOS friendly, even with the MSAR data. One question I have is about Maryland and the Arizona schools. I have pretty strong ties to both states, + currently live in one of them. Would it still not be worth applying?
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What are your ties? You could try the one you live in.
 
If you are currently working at NIH, there is an on-campus recruitment fair OITE hosts every summer. Plus AAMC will have a virtual fair next month. Finally, you can always contact admissions offices and ask your question WHY it's worth applying to their program.
 
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