MD & DO WAMC URM low stats

[teeraa]

Black Female
505 MCAT (124/124/127/130) - I want to retake in September
3.7 cumulative GPA
AZ Resident
ECs:
-hospital volunteering 75 hrs
-undergrad research 275 hrs
-public health volunteer in africa 1.5 months
-MA/Scribe for a podiatrist 1500 hrs
-Public health volunteer in US 75 hrs
-worked 2 jobs throughout undergrad (as a pharmacy tech and in a restaraunt)
-a couple clubs and miscellaneous that show leadership

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[Faha]

You do not need to retake the MCAT. Apply broadly and you should receive several interviews. I suggest these schools:
Arizona (Tucson and Phoenix)
Howard
Meharry
Morehouse
UCLA Drew
TCU-UNT
Creighton
St. Louis
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Indiana
Wright State
Vermont
Quinnipiac
New York Medical College
Seton Hall
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Georgetown
Eastern Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth
NOVA MD
Miami
Apply this month and submit all your secondaries by August.

 

[teeraa]

You do not need to retake the MCAT. Apply broadly and you should receive several interviews. I suggest these schools:
Arizona (Tucson and Phoenix)
Howard
Meharry
Morehouse
UCLA Drew
TCU-UNT
Creighton
St. Louis
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Indiana
Wright State
Vermont
Quinnipiac
New York Medical College
Seton Hall
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Georgetown
Eastern Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth
NOVA MD
Miami
Apply this month and submit all your secondaries by August.

Hi Faha there's a couple schools on this list that I researched and believe my stats arfen't high enough to apply. Is there any specific reason why you chose these schools as a good fit for me?:
-St. Louis
-George Washington
-Georgetown
-Eastern Virginia

 

[Faha]

Hi Faha there's a couple schools on this list that I researched and believe my stats arfen't high enough to apply. Is there any specific reason why you chose these schools as a good fit for me?:
-St. Louis
-George Washington
-Georgetown
-Eastern Virginia

Your stats are fine for those schools as an URM Black female applicant. The population of St. Louis and Washington are almost 50% African American and schools like applicants who can relate to their patient population .

 

[teeraa]

Your stats are fine for those schools as an URM Black female applicant. The population of St. Louis and Washington are almost 50% African American and schools like applicants who can relate to their patient population .

Thank you so much for your input! What are your thoughts on:

1. Albany
2. Tulane
3. Florida International University
4. Rush
5. Loma Linda
6. Colorado
7. Geisinger Commonwealth
8. Northeast Ohio

I was considering adding those in place of or in addition to some of the schools I'm on the fence about which are:

-Vermont
-Nova MD
-Virginia Commonwealth
-George Washington
-Georgetown
-Seton Hall
-New York Medical College (mainly because of the OOS interview rate)
-Quinnipiac

 

[Faha]

Northeast Ohio and Geisinger accept few applicants with no connection to the state or region. Rush expects many more non clinical and clinical volunteering hours than you have. Do you fit the mission of Loma Linda ? Tulane and Albany would be fine to add.