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IDK3912

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Demographics:
  • ORM/Male
  • Texas resident
  • non-traditional applicant
Stats:
  • UGPA: 3.78; SGPA: 3.75
  • Masters GPA: 4.0
  • MCAT: 128/127/130/128 (513)
  • Applying: TMDSAS and AMCAS
Clinical Experience:
  • Free Health Clinic: 202
  • HIV clinical volunteering work: 850 (been working in this since 2021 and continuing this work on top of basic research)
Shadowing (Hospital, Primary Care)
  • 152 hours across three doctors (Hospital and Primary care)
Nonclinical Volunteering:
  • 151 hours (Editor on Journal Board + Clothing/Food drive)
Research:
  • 10K+ hours in STEM Lab (1 first author paper in Nature journal, 4 presentations including prestigious oral talk at National Conference)
  • 2K in HIV research lab (3 first author papers, 7 presentations at national conferences)
Service/Leadership:
  • 2K+ hours serving as TA/Academic Advisor/Mentor
Awards/Recognitions/Other:
  • 3x Research awards being given $500+, 2x National Awards (one consisting of being selected as top 5% across the US), and 2x minor awards.
  • Patents/First to develop a clinical candidate currently in trials that is mentioned in one of my LoR.
Schools:
All Texas Schools, UCSF, UCLA, Stanford, Harvard, Mount Sinai, Emory, George Washington, Michigan, George Washington, USC, Cornell, Drexel, UChicago.

Love to get any insight into this list/schools.
 
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What is your master's degree about? How many hours of your teaching are because you were in your master's program/bachelor's program?

Why does your editor/journal do food drives? Why did you shadow for 150+ hours? What does your HIV clinical work involve?
 
Wow, you're crushing it. Any red flags? I could definitely see you going to a research focused top school. Maybe consider adding Mayo, Carver, and Pitt. Finally, though you may end up at a top school, that doesn't mean only apply to top schools. Spread the love a bit
 
What is your master's degree about? How many hours of your teaching are because you were in your master's program/bachelor's program?

Why does your editor/journal do food drives? Why did you shadow for 150+ hours? What does your HIV clinical work involve?
My masters degree is in Drug Discovery. I did not factor in my teaching from the master's program, I tutored beyond graduating undergrad for about 5 years so all of my hours came from that. Nonclinical -- I did volunteering with a journal to help and edit scientific publications prior to publishing and the also did Food Drive/Clothing drive volunteering.

As for my HIV research, it is based on working with hospitals and PLWH to improve upon healthcare protocols and serving as an intern therapist/volunteer to help with clinical tasks. This falls in line with my narrative of the type of doctor I would like to become.
 
OOS MD schools admit few Texas residents with no connection to the state or school because they know from years of experience that Texas applicants will attend a Texas school. You also have only 51 hours of non clinical volunteering and some schools screen at 150 hours. For AMCAS schools you could try TCU, Belmont, Alice Walton, Roseman and Methodist (when it opens).
 
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