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I appreciate that you want a WAMC "early," though I am curious how "early."
You have plenty of time to get more experience hours. Yes, I agree your RN hours should count for something, but I suspect you still have to pay your dues and do some shadowing, especially in a field you were not working in. They are different fields and require different skill sets, even though both center on patient care. Find out the schools with strong nursing programs in interprofessional collaborations and early exposure in the curricula.
You need more community service hours. It's not clear what you have done more recently (within the last two years). I suspect some of your activities coincide with working as a nurse in a clinic/hospital, but it would help you to document all of your activities since undergrad. Without this information, you need a lot more in the food bank (get to 150 minimum by application).
Get some appointments with admissions staff at the medical schools around you in Tennessee. At least Belmont is new, and ETSU favors those who want to serve veterans or the rural Appalachians. You have a number of options which may include schools that work with your health system. Yes, check with DO programs too.
Accreditation expects interprofessional education for all health professions programs. There will be opportunities where medical students work with nursing students, PA's, pharmacists, etc. This should be factored in for each school you wish to attend.When you say "find out the schools with strong nursing programs....", you mean to find which schools have both med schools and nursing schools, correct? If so, why does this matter?
Any thoughts on me adding Cooper or Rutgers? I know my stats are lower than their averages but I grew up in NJ (birth until I graduated high school) and my family still lives up thereI suggest these MD schools with your stats:
ETSU
Tulane
NYMC
Creighton
VCU
Wake
GWU
Drexel
Indiana
EVMS
Medical College of Wisconsin
TCU-UNT
Temple
Hackensack
NOVA MD
Vermont
Albany
Quinnipiac
ETSU
FIU
Belmont
Alice Walton
Roseman
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
Rosalind Franklin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Penn State
Quinnipiac
You have a good DO list.
Yes, add those schools and Cooper Rowan with your connections to New Jersey.Any thoughts on me adding Cooper or Rutgers? I know my stats are lower than their averages but I grew up in NJ (birth until I graduated high school) and my family still lives up there
Don’t list the mission trips. They aren’t looked at highly by application reviewers and you don’t really need those hours. What are your nurse external hours? Were they part of your training? If so , think about not listing them.
You will most likely be asked why you are leaving nursing so soon . Are you running away from a bad situation? Why medicine at this point?
Despite what you think, don’t apply without shadowing(50hours) and some nonclinical volunteering.
Good luck as you move forward.
Interesting thought on mission trips. Any reason why this is?
My extern hours were not apart of school, it was a separate job that I had ~ 750 hours.
Ill pick up some more volunteering and shadowing.