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Hello,
I wanted to see if I can get some potential advice and recommendations in terms of my stats and schools that I want to apply to. So here are some of my stats
1. cGPA: 3.3 sGPA: 3.1
2. MCAT score: 497
3. State of Residence: Texas Resident
4. Ethnicity: Black/African American
5. Undergraduate: B.S in Biochemistry
6. Clinical Experience: 40 hours at a Baylor Scott and White. Over 2000 hours working as a clinical assistant at a clinic. Worked alongside EMT’s at some events at my university
7. Research Experience: None. Not a big fan of research. Unless working on a semester long project/lab report for my biochemistry class count.
8. Shadowing Experience: 30 hours with a Pediatrician, 30 hours with an Orthopedic Surgeon, 10 hours with a Dentist. Planned on getting more hours then COVID happened haha.
9. Non-clinical Volunteering: 200 hours at an animal shelter, 30 hours at a retirement home, Did yearly community service sponsored by the university, also have volunteer hours because of my medical organizations.
10. Extracurricular Activities:
- Marching Band (I was President, Secretary/Treasurer, Sophomore Class Representative, Section and Squad Leader during my time), Basketball pep band (where I played an instrument and assisted the director through the use of headset, communicating with media sponsors),
- Medical Service Organization,
- First Aid Service Team,
- African Student Organization.
- Weightlifting/Power lifting
11. Honors/Awards: Deans Gold Scholar, Numerous awards for the amount of service hours from Medical Service Organization. Marching band Scholarship. A part of PTK at my community college.
Here are a list of schools that I was thinking about applying to:
1. Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNTHSC)
2. Meharry Medical College
3. Morehouse College of Medicine
4. UT Rio Grande Valley
5. UT Medical Branch at Galveston
6. University of Houston College of Medicine
7. Sam Houston State College of Medicine
8. Howard College of Medicine
9. Dell Medical School
10. Texas A&M College of Medicine
11. Texas Tech College of Medicine
12. UT Health San Antonio
13. McGovern Medical School
14. Paul L Foster School of Medicine
14. Charles Drew/UCLA
15. TCU/UNTHSC
I am planning on applying this cycle. I want to see if I have a chance based off of what I have so far. Any advice is very appreciated. Thank you!
I wanted to see if I can get some potential advice and recommendations in terms of my stats and schools that I want to apply to. So here are some of my stats
1. cGPA: 3.3 sGPA: 3.1
2. MCAT score: 497

3. State of Residence: Texas Resident
4. Ethnicity: Black/African American
5. Undergraduate: B.S in Biochemistry
6. Clinical Experience: 40 hours at a Baylor Scott and White. Over 2000 hours working as a clinical assistant at a clinic. Worked alongside EMT’s at some events at my university
7. Research Experience: None. Not a big fan of research. Unless working on a semester long project/lab report for my biochemistry class count.
8. Shadowing Experience: 30 hours with a Pediatrician, 30 hours with an Orthopedic Surgeon, 10 hours with a Dentist. Planned on getting more hours then COVID happened haha.
9. Non-clinical Volunteering: 200 hours at an animal shelter, 30 hours at a retirement home, Did yearly community service sponsored by the university, also have volunteer hours because of my medical organizations.
10. Extracurricular Activities:
- Marching Band (I was President, Secretary/Treasurer, Sophomore Class Representative, Section and Squad Leader during my time), Basketball pep band (where I played an instrument and assisted the director through the use of headset, communicating with media sponsors),
- Medical Service Organization,
- First Aid Service Team,
- African Student Organization.
- Weightlifting/Power lifting
11. Honors/Awards: Deans Gold Scholar, Numerous awards for the amount of service hours from Medical Service Organization. Marching band Scholarship. A part of PTK at my community college.
Here are a list of schools that I was thinking about applying to:
1. Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNTHSC)
2. Meharry Medical College
3. Morehouse College of Medicine
4. UT Rio Grande Valley
5. UT Medical Branch at Galveston
6. University of Houston College of Medicine
7. Sam Houston State College of Medicine
8. Howard College of Medicine
9. Dell Medical School
10. Texas A&M College of Medicine
11. Texas Tech College of Medicine
12. UT Health San Antonio
13. McGovern Medical School
14. Paul L Foster School of Medicine
14. Charles Drew/UCLA
15. TCU/UNTHSC
I am planning on applying this cycle. I want to see if I have a chance based off of what I have so far. Any advice is very appreciated. Thank you!
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