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[Tingaling12]

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Hi this is a repost from a few days ago. I got the MSAR to make a MD school list. I have my DO list set already. Just need help editing my MD list. Any advice at all is always appreciated 🙂

**Year in school*: Graduated 2016, B.A. Psych from CSULB

**Country/state of residence**: California

**Ethnicity**: Filipino

**Cumulative GPA**: 3.62

**Science GPA**: 3.66

**MCAT Scores**: 506 (128/127/125/126)

**Research**: Worked in a psychology behavioral lab (1.5 years, 150 hours) 1 pub on the way (probably 3rd or 4th author or lower)

**Volunteering (clinical)**: rotating the hospital as a Cope Health Scholar (450 hours, 3 years), intern at a behavioral clinic (100 hours, 4 months)

**Physician shadowing**: 10 hours (behavioral pediatrician)

**Non-clinical volunteering**: Cart-driver in a hospital compound (250 hours, 2.5 years)

**Extracurricular activities**: President of a fraternity (300 hours, 1 year), Vice-President of a Greek Council (100 hours, 1 year), Recruitment and Training Coordinator (235 hours, 2 years)

**Employment history**: Working in homecare for developmentally disabled individuals (600 hours, 1 year)

**Immediate family members in medicine**? No

**MD List**:
Albany,
Central Michigan,
Cooper,
Herbert Wertheim,
Florida State,
Geisinger Commonwealth,
George Washington University,
Howard University,
Loma Linda,
Loyola,
Georgia at Augusta University,
Meharry,
Michigan State,
Morehouse,
New York Medical College,
Northeast Ohio,
Oakland University,
Reno,
Rio Grande,
Rosalind Franklin,
San Antonio,
Texas Tech,
Tulane,
USUHS,
University of Arizona College,
UCD,
UCI,
UCLA,
UCR,
University of Kansas,
University of New Mexico,
University of North Dakota,
University of South Carolina,
University of Washington,
Virginia Commonwealth,
Wayne,
Wright

 

[Dr. Stalker]

Drop Cooper - they have an insanely strong in-state bias. Good luck.

 

[Goro]

With all the research experience you have, did you even look at any of the school websites and their mission statements? Hint: define HBC and look at MSAR's Acceptance information pages, particularly the IS/OOS rations for, say, U NM.


Here is a more realistic list.

Rosy Franklin
Loyola
WVU
Rush
MCW
SLU
Creighton
Albany
NYMC
VCU
Tulane
U VM
Oakland-B
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Netter
UCD
UCI
UCR IF you're from the Inland Empire.

Hi this is a repost from a few days ago. I got the MSAR to make a MD school list. I have my DO list set already. Just need help editing my MD list. Any advice at all is always appreciated 🙂

**Year in school*: Graduated 2016, B.A. Psych from CSULB

**Country/state of residence**: California

**Ethnicity**: Filipino

**Cumulative GPA**: 3.62

**Science GPA**: 3.66

**MCAT Scores**: 506 (128/127/125/126)

**Research**: Worked in a psychology behavioral lab (1.5 years, 150 hours) 1 pub on the way (probably 3rd or 4th author or lower)

**Volunteering (clinical)**: rotating the hospital as a Cope Health Scholar (450 hours, 3 years), intern at a behavioral clinic (100 hours, 4 months)

**Physician shadowing**: 10 hours (behavioral pediatrician)

**Non-clinical volunteering**: Cart-driver in a hospital compound (250 hours, 2.5 years)

**Extracurricular activities**: President of a fraternity (300 hours, 1 year), Vice-President of a Greek Council (100 hours, 1 year), Recruitment and Training Coordinator (235 hours, 2 years)

**Employment history**: Working in homecare for developmentally disabled individuals (600 hours, 1 year)

**Immediate family members in medicine**? No

**MD List**:
Albany,
Central Michigan,
Cooper,
Herbert Wertheim,
Florida State,
Geisinger Commonwealth,
George Washington University,
Howard University,
Loma Linda,
Loyola,
Georgia at Augusta University,
Meharry,
Michigan State,
Morehouse,
New York Medical College,
Northeast Ohio,
Oakland University,
Reno,
Rio Grande,
Rosalind Franklin,
San Antonio,
Texas Tech,
Tulane,
USUHS,
University of Arizona College,
UCD,
UCI,
UCLA,
UCR,
University of Kansas,
University of New Mexico,
University of North Dakota,
University of South Carolina,
University of Washington,
Virginia Commonwealth,
Wayne,
Wright

 

[Tingaling12]

With all the research experience you have, did you even look at any of the school websites and their mission statements? Hint: define HBC and look at MSAR's Acceptance information pages, particularly the IS/OOS rations for, say, U NM.


Here is a more realistic list.

Rosy Franklin
Loyola
WVU
Rush
MCW
SLU
Creighton
Albany
NYMC
VCU
Tulane
U VM
Oakland-B
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Netter
UCD
UCI
UCR IF you're from the Inland Empire.

I was looking more about where my numbers fit in best. I was looking at the IS/OOS ratio and demographics as well. I just thought I'd cast a pretty wide net and see where I could go from there.

 

[SLU Student]

Casting a wide net is important, but there's also no need to donate to random schools. Definitely go with Goro's list; you had many schools with heavy in-state bias on your original list, and you were missing many OOS privates as well.

 

[fldoctorgirl]

I think FSU accepted like 1 or 2 OOS students last year, and since you just about match their averages, I think you shouldn't bother applying.