WAMC/What to Improve - 517/3.87

[Verstappen]

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1. Last App: cGPA: 3.87 sGPA: 3.96 Current/New: cGPA: 3.9 sGPA: 3.98
2. MCAT score: 1 attempt -- 517, 130, Cars: 127, 130, 130
3. California
4. White, Hispanic
5. Biological Sciences, UCI
6. Clinical experience: Total: 1,000 hours, all volunteering, 150 at UCI health, 850 at GI clinic -- had on previous app
7. Research experience: completed this year (new for this app, was only listed as expected on previous) 600hours, first author pub
8. Shadowing experience: 25 hr GI, 50 hr Ortho
9. Non-clinical volunteering: Previous app had 250 beach cleanup, This app added 200hr Food Kitchen
10. Other extracurricular activities: Surfing, Honors Peer Mentor, Backpacking, New to This year: Have worked 20hrs a week through Handshake AI job since September
11. Relevant honors or awards: Previous App: Campuswide Honors Collegium, Deans honors list every quarter This app: Undergrad Research Opportunities Grant, Excellence in Undergraduate research,
12. Graduated in three years, applied during second year to try to avoid gap year, currently on waitlist at UNLV (strong ties to Las Vegas/Nevada),

Would Appreciate any feedback on what likely needs improved, I'm assuming mainly writing and poor choice of non-clinical volunteering as beach cleanup doesn't align. Had only UNLV for II. Also, would appreciate any feedback on revising school list for this year.

School List from last year:
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UCLA
UCR
UCSD
UCSF
University of Chicago Pritzker
University of Colorado
U Miami Miller
Vanderbilt
Boston U
Case Western
Duke University
Icahn School of Med at Mount Sinai
Kaiser SOM
USC
UNLV Kirk Kerkorian SOM
Loma Linda
NYU Grossman
Ohio State
Saint Louis U
University of Utah
Brown University
Tufts
USF Morsani
U of Arizona - Pheonix
U of Arizona - Tucson

 

[Faha]

Your lack of non clinical volunteering was a major factor in your poor application cycle. I suggest these schools if you reapply:
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UCLA
UCR (only if you are from that region)
UCSD
UCSF
Kaiser
California University
California Northstate
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
UNLV
Arizona (Phoenix)
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Dartmouth
Tufts
UMass
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
New York Medical College
Albany
Hackensack
Jefferson
Temple
Drexel
George Washington
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
USF Morsani
Miami
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
TCU
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Let's see if that WL moves in your direction. In addition to more service orientation (food bank), more primary care clinical experience or shadowing would help.