WAMC T3 Undergrad + Strong Research

[appl2023]

Posting for a friend!

1. cGPA and sGPA
   3.75 / 3.7
   
   
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown
   516 (129/130/128/129)
   
   
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
   OH
   
   
4. Ethnicity and/or race
   ORM Asian
   
   
5. Undergraduate institution or category
   Harvard
   
   
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
   25 hours volunteer, 0 paid hours -- had difficulty with this due to COVID
   
   
7. Research experience and productivity
   2000+ hours basic research, multiple pubs (one is 1st author in a high impact journal)
   
   
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   ~40 hours across multiple specialties including primary care and surgery
   
   
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   400 hours across multiple organizations with underserved communities
   
   
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    President of multiple organizations, including one fundraising for refugees, various athletic endeavors
    
    
11. Relevant honors or awards
    N/A
    
    
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important

N/A

(Very tentative) School List:
Case Western
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Toledo
Wright State
NEOMED
Duke
Stanford
Northwestern
Michigan
Pittsburgh
UCLA
UChicago
UCSD
Brown
Einstein
Dartmouth
Hofstra
Stony Brook

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[Nontrad_FL_LGBT]

Take a gap year and get clinical experience as a MA/EMT/etc. Everything else is great and you should have no issues once you bump that clinical hours count up.

 

[appl2023]

My friend has already taken a gap year (focused on research) and is wondering what her chances are with her application as it stands now. I believe she is applying this cycle regardless

 

[Nontrad_FL_LGBT]

She's not likely to get in anywhere without any clinical hours. It would be a mistake to apply now.

 

[toastedbutter]

That MCAT and GPA combo puts you in line with schools that aren't necessarily super focused on research and want more well rounded applicants. If your friend had a 520+, 3.9+ and was applying to schools with a really research heavy curriculum like Yale/Vandy/Duke, one could imagine she could be one of the n=1s that get in with basically zero clinic experience. With the school list she will apply to giver her stats, I don't think a single program will bite.

If she has the money to apply she definitely can, but it would be in her best interest to pick up as many shifts in a clinical context as possible and project out a significant number of hours.

 

[Faha]

With only 25 hours of clinical volunteering the only realistic schools for your friend are Toledo. Wright State, NEOMED, Ohio State and Cincinnati since they all favor Ohio residents. Your friend should accumulate 200+ hours of clinical volunteering with patient contact in the coming year in case they need to reapply a year from now.

 

[KaiBuzz]

Surprised that the premed team at Harvard didn’t advise your friend to obtain more clinical hours during their gap year.

 

[EdgeTrimmer]

Is your friend doing clinical volunteering now? If so, as others said pickup hours fast before submitting the app and then project hours.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Gap year for more clinical hours. Having a more focused non-clinical non-tutoring service orientation community service experience would also help. Show us you care about people outside of campus.