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Hi all, I am planning to apply for 2021 cycle which opens this May and I would like some help narrowing down some school choices and seeing WAMC. Thank you in advance for any advice, constructive criticism, and honesty. I really appreciate it.
Recent 2019 graduate. Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ethnicity and/or race / Gender: ORM-Asian Male
Clinical experience (paid): Strongest EC - 6-7 year experience working as a clinic technician accumulating ~6500-7500 hours (Currently still employed during gap year)
Research experience: Limited to microbiology research project in undergrad (150-200 hours) and senior science research class dealing with breast cancer cells (150-200 hours). No posters/publications. Currently ongoing research during gap year with medical device start up tech company (~50 hours, no wet lab involved, mostly surveying for medical device niche/landscape and potential future prototype testing with hopeful paper publishing)
Volunteering: Volunteer experience aiding the visually impaired, helping with natural disaster relief, food banks throughout undergraduate years (~50-75 total) Weakest EC.
Leadership: Served as historian for cultural club during undergrad (1 year), as secretary (1 year) and president (1 year) for a health profession club, and as a mentor for a first generation college student support organization (all 4 years of undergrad) (Generation 1 myself)
Moderate upward trend in GPA. Tested for MCAT twice.
Will be considered a first time applicant for AMCAS. But applied to around 5 schools (no II's, applied late July / August with low MCAT) within TMDSAS so will be considered a re-applicant for those 5 schools.
WARS: 71 C Level
LizzyM: 69.6
I plan to apply to all MD Texas schools. I feel hopeful that I may be able to possibly matriculate into one of the Texas MD schools with current stats. Any Texas school would be great, but hopeful for a handful:
-Baylor (reach)
-UT McGovern
-Southwestern (reach)
-UTMB
-Long SOM
-Dell? (only questioning due to it being a newer med school)
I wasn't too keen on applying OOS, but in light of the news of STEP 1 transitioning to P/F I feel as if I should widen my horizons because the residency I hope to match to is on the competitive side of the spectrum (ophthalmology) so I would like to attend an OOS with great research opportunities and a good match statistics for more competitive residencies. (Although I know that I can not completely swear off other residency tracks and will keep an open mind during rotations in med school)
I would only considering leaving Texas if I was not able to gain acceptances to the list of schools mentioned above and this is also contingent if I am able to gain acceptance to a good OOS school.
I am aware that my stats are pretty much average, but I would still like to try to apply to some OOS reach schools just to see what happens and to satisfy my "what if?" itch.
A list of OOS reach schools that I would narrow down:
-California Schools (I know how notoriously difficult it is to gain acceptance as OOS and most of the schools will be high reaches for me)
---UCLA
---UCSF
---UCSD
---Keck
-New York Schools (Same high reach problems as California)
---Cornell
---Sinai
-Other reach schools in various states
---Case Western
---Mayo Alix main
---Emory
---Pritzker
-Maybe more reasonable OOS schools of interest
---BU
---Tufts
---Rosalind Franklin
---Rush
I know I listed a lot of reach schools, but I just chose so many because it would be a difficult decision to leave Texas (due to family reasons and finances) if not for a well known school such as these reach schools. I would appreciate any and all advice on how I can narrow down my selection. (because in reality, I probably only have business applying to maybe 1-2 of these reach schools)
Which schools should I delete / add?
Thank you again for taking the time to read my post and for taking the time to offer your advice and input. Good luck to everyone applying!
Recent 2019 graduate. Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ethnicity and/or race / Gender: ORM-Asian Male
Clinical experience (paid): Strongest EC - 6-7 year experience working as a clinic technician accumulating ~6500-7500 hours (Currently still employed during gap year)
Research experience: Limited to microbiology research project in undergrad (150-200 hours) and senior science research class dealing with breast cancer cells (150-200 hours). No posters/publications. Currently ongoing research during gap year with medical device start up tech company (~50 hours, no wet lab involved, mostly surveying for medical device niche/landscape and potential future prototype testing with hopeful paper publishing)
Volunteering: Volunteer experience aiding the visually impaired, helping with natural disaster relief, food banks throughout undergraduate years (~50-75 total) Weakest EC.
Leadership: Served as historian for cultural club during undergrad (1 year), as secretary (1 year) and president (1 year) for a health profession club, and as a mentor for a first generation college student support organization (all 4 years of undergrad) (Generation 1 myself)
Moderate upward trend in GPA. Tested for MCAT twice.
Will be considered a first time applicant for AMCAS. But applied to around 5 schools (no II's, applied late July / August with low MCAT) within TMDSAS so will be considered a re-applicant for those 5 schools.
WARS: 71 C Level
LizzyM: 69.6
I plan to apply to all MD Texas schools. I feel hopeful that I may be able to possibly matriculate into one of the Texas MD schools with current stats. Any Texas school would be great, but hopeful for a handful:
-Baylor (reach)
-UT McGovern
-Southwestern (reach)
-UTMB
-Long SOM
-Dell? (only questioning due to it being a newer med school)
I wasn't too keen on applying OOS, but in light of the news of STEP 1 transitioning to P/F I feel as if I should widen my horizons because the residency I hope to match to is on the competitive side of the spectrum (ophthalmology) so I would like to attend an OOS with great research opportunities and a good match statistics for more competitive residencies. (Although I know that I can not completely swear off other residency tracks and will keep an open mind during rotations in med school)
I would only considering leaving Texas if I was not able to gain acceptances to the list of schools mentioned above and this is also contingent if I am able to gain acceptance to a good OOS school.
I am aware that my stats are pretty much average, but I would still like to try to apply to some OOS reach schools just to see what happens and to satisfy my "what if?" itch.
A list of OOS reach schools that I would narrow down:
-California Schools (I know how notoriously difficult it is to gain acceptance as OOS and most of the schools will be high reaches for me)
---UCLA
---UCSF
---UCSD
---Keck
-New York Schools (Same high reach problems as California)
---Cornell
---Sinai
-Other reach schools in various states
---Case Western
---Mayo Alix main
---Emory
---Pritzker
-Maybe more reasonable OOS schools of interest
---BU
---Tufts
---Rosalind Franklin
---Rush
I know I listed a lot of reach schools, but I just chose so many because it would be a difficult decision to leave Texas (due to family reasons and finances) if not for a well known school such as these reach schools. I would appreciate any and all advice on how I can narrow down my selection. (because in reality, I probably only have business applying to maybe 1-2 of these reach schools)
Which schools should I delete / add?
Thank you again for taking the time to read my post and for taking the time to offer your advice and input. Good luck to everyone applying!