WAMC?

[drizzlysunnily]

3.8cGPA/3.8sGPA, 514 (129/130/126/129)

Texas resident, Texas undergrad, ORM Female

Currently on the traditional route!

• 400 hrs working as a PCT at the local heart hospital, recently earned my CPCT license
• 350 hrs volunteering as a research assistant in several labs, four abstracts with first author for conferences, accepted into one national conference, one publication as fourth author under review, presented at a few research forums at my institution
• 60 hrs shadowing; cardiology, heme/onc, ER
• 200 hrs working on an advocacy project with a local non-profit, with my institution and its medical school for a part of it; also serving as a free college admissions advisor for lower-income high schoolers
• ~200 hrs heavily involved with on-campus student government with leadership positions within these orgs
• 160 hrs working as a communications intern for my institution's medical school
• 140 hrs volunteering at the local children's hospital
• 160 hrs TAing for biochemistry
• Dean's List, in an Honors program

School List (expecting to drop some schools as I apply)

Yale School of Medicine

University of California- San Francisco

University of Virginia

Duke University School of Medicine

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

Baylor College of Medicine

The University of Texas Southwestern

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

The University of Texas at Austin-Dell Medical School

UCLA David Geffen SOM

Long University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio

Emory University School of Medicine

Creighton University School of Medicine

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Tufts University School of Medicine

Boston University School of Medicine

Georgetown University School of Medicine

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Keck-- University of Southern California

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Texas Tech Lubbock (University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine)

McGovern (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)

Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine

USU School of Medicine

Robert Larner College of Medicine at UVT

Tulane University School of Medicine

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center

I would greatly appreciate any input. Thank you!

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[Faha]

Apply to ALL your Texas MD schools and you should receive several interviews. OOS MD schools interview few Texas applicants since they know from years of experience that Texas applicants will attend a Texas school. You could try Tulane and TCU for AMCAS schools.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

200 hrs working on an advocacy project with a local non-profit, with my institution and its medical school for a part of it; also serving as a free college admissions advisor for lower-income high schoolers
... 140 hrs volunteering at the local children's hospital

Specific roles and responsibilities will help us get you more specific advice. The vagueness though makes me less confident in your ability to demonstrate service orientation unless it is tied with your local medical school. This may make many schools less likely to want to interview you as you appear to put all your eggs into one basket for your local medical school. It can be successful though a risky strategy, but it also means you're willing to spend a lot of money recklessly for low ROI's or lots of ghosting. That is apparent from the school list that you look like you have money you want to burn.

The many cold-weather schools on your list... have you ever lived through a few winters outside of Texas? (At least Texas is experiencing some unusual subfreezing temperatures, but it doesn't last for months. Of course, climate change...) You need to show not only that you are a superstar but also you have a compelling reason to engage with patients in those areas. I don't see your activities doing that unless you are using your project as a proxy... it doesn't really work that way unless that project is a national one.

Are you doing this just to impress medical schools, or do you really have service orientation where you comfort those who are in real need? All the items you are doing sound like they are very important, but I don't see you getting out of your comfort zone with how you described your activities.