WAMC - Verification concern and school list help

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ilovemangoes13

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  1. cGP = 3.98 sGPA = 4.0
  2. MCAT 511 (125/129/128/129)
  3. CA resident (Central Valley ties)
  4. ORM Female
  5. Fresno State
  6. Clinical experience: 620 hours ED scribe, 228 hours needle exchange + free clinic (clinical volunteering)
  7. 270 hours biochem research with one poster. 100 hours in a previous lab (but no poster/publication)
  8. 37 hours pediatric cardiology shadowing
  9. Around 160 hours as a Camp Kesem counselor (over three summers), 510 hours as a Camp kesem outreach coordinator and director (volunteer positions but included them as leadership- include interviewing and supporting student leadership, arranging fundraising and community events, communicating with campus + families)
  10. Other extracurricular activities - Cross country + track and field athlete NCAA D1 (2000+ hours), ~150 hours violin teaching job, short internship (~50 hours) developing trainings for community health workers
  11. Awards: department selected scholarship award, chemistry honors program
  12. I submitted my primary on June 20 and anticipate verification in early August. I am hoping for feedback on whether my school list is appropriately balanced given this timeline. I would like to work in underserved areas, and also have an interest in childhood development/possibly pediatrics. Committee LOR + 4 individual LOR. Which schools may be worth adding?


School list:

charles drew
Rosalind University Chicago
Medical College of Wisconsin
Rush?
Oakland University William Beaumont (Michigan)
UC Davis
CUSM
Wake Forest
Wayne State
Drexel
Tulane
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
Loyola University Chicago Stritch
University of Vermont
Temple University
Penn State
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Albany Medical College
Nova Southeastern University (Dr. Kiran C. Patel MD College)
Sidney Kimmel
Virginia Commonwealth
UCLA
GWU
Saint Louis
UCSD
Georgetown
Tufts
UCSF
UC Irvine
Kaiser
USC
 
Schools such as Rush, Georgetown, St. Louis and Loyola expect far more non clinical volunteering than you have. Charles Drew mainly admits applicants from the Black community. You could add these schools:
Roseman
TCU
Alice Walton
Belmont
Methodist
California Northstate