MD & DO WAMC TX resident (508 MCAT/ 3.9x sGPA), also applying OOS and DO

[Maidenless??]

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1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS: both are 3.9x
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts: first attempt 508 (126/126/128/128), second attempt 508 (125, 126, 130, 127)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US): Texas
4. Ethnicity and/or race: ORM
5. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): 100 hrs hospital volunteer, 600 hrs medical scribe
6. Research experience and productivity: No research
7. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: 25 hours primary care, 25 hours orthopedic surgery
8. Non-clinical volunteering: 80 hrs helping organize and assist in yoga programs, 120 hours in donations store
9. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc): currently in gap year about to start EMT and plan on increasing shadowing + volunteering hours, hobbies include music and weightlifting.
10. Relevant honors or awards: Dean's List for 4 semesters, almost full-ride scholarship
11. Anything else not listed you think might be important: wrote adversity essay on my speech impediment.
    
    Current MD School List:
12. TCOM
13. Sam Houston
14. Texas Tech El Paso
15. Texas Tech Lubbock
16. UT Tyler
17. UHCOM
18. UTRGV
19. UTMB
20. McGovern Houston
21. A&M
22. AWSOM
23. Medical College of Wisconsin
24. Belmont University
25. Rosalind Franklin University
26. Wake Forest
27. Wayne State University
28. Texas Christian University
29. Tulane University
30. LSU
31. Penn State
32. Wright State

Current DO School List

1. Campbell University
2. California Health Sciences University
3. PCOM
4. PCOM Georgia
5. CCOM
6. DMU
7. New York Institute of Technology COM
8. Lake Erie FL campus
9. LECOM Erie
10. Oklahoma State
11. Rocky Vista University Colorado
12. Michigan State COM
13. DUQCOM
14. ICOM
15. Rowan
16. WESTERN UNIVERSITY
17. Kansas City University

 

[chilly_md]

Out of state MD schools typically do not pursue TX applicants because they cannot compete with the lower tuition. LSU and Wright are also very in-state focused.

I suggest:

Your TMDSAS schools you listed
TCU
Penn State
Belmont

For DO, you are competitive and I'd suggest shortening it to:

TCOM
Sam Houston
Campbell University
PCOM (all campuses)
CCOM (very high tuition FYI)
DMU
New York Institute of Technology COM
Lake Erie FL campus
LECOM Erie
Oklahoma State
DUQCOM
Kansas City University

 

[Maidenless??]

Out of state MD schools typically do not pursue TX applicants because they cannot compete with the lower tuition. LSU and Wright are also very in-state focused.

I suggest:

Your TMDSAS schools you listed
TCU
Penn State
Belmont

For DO, you are competitive and I'd suggest shortening it to:

TCOM
Sam Houston
Campbell University
PCOM (all campuses)
CCOM (very high tuition FYI)
DMU
New York Institute of Technology COM
Lake Erie FL campus
LECOM Erie
Oklahoma State
DUQCOM
Kansas City University

Thank you! I also wanted to know if not having any research experience will lower my chances at most schools, and if that is something I should pursue during the gap year (though I'm not really interested in research).

 

[Mr.Smile12]

VCOM has stated Texas applicants are a preferred group for their pool.

 

[chilly_md]

Thank you! I also wanted to know if not having any research experience will lower my chances at most schools, and if that is something I should pursue during the gap year (though I'm not really interested in research).

You'd benefit most by helping at your local food bank, soup kitchen or homeless shelter for around 250 hours instead in the event you have to reapply. You can try updating schools after you accumulate a significant number of hours, but they do not need to reconsider your app at that point if they have already decided on it.

 

[wysdoc]

U Arkansas has a new initiative to draw in qualified applicants from adjacent states. Texas is one. If accepted you can pay IS tuition.
New Admissions Standards 2026 | UAMS College of Medicine

 

[Maidenless??]

U Arkansas has a new initiative to draw in qualified applicants from adjacent states. Texas is one. If accepted you can pay IS tuition.
New Admissions Standards 2026 | UAMS College of Medicine

Thanks for this! I didn't have this one on my list originally, since I assumed they had a heavy in-state bias. But now looking at MSAR, they received a lot more OOS applicant apps than in-state surprisingly.

 

[Maidenless??]

VCOM has stated Texas applicants are a preferred group for their pool.

Is this only for their new Louisiana campus or all of them?