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Hey guys,
I'm prepping to apply for 2025 matriculation, hoping to get a sense of what I need to do before then to be a well filled out applicant. Sort of a "pre" WAMC?
I'm a 27 M ORM Massachusetts resident
Bachelors in Molecular Bio '18 2.89 GPA
AAS '22 in Respiratory Therapy 4.0 (70 credits)
Post Bacc (in progress, '24) 3.9 3.9 (24 credits)
Estimated Cumulative GPA would be 3.3 overall
MCAT 511 in September 2023
400 hours clinical scribe in ED
~3000 hours as Respiratory Therapist / ECMO specialist
Shadowing: projected 50 - 80 hours in anesthesia, PM&R, Pulmonology, EM, MD and DO, hopefully some FM shadowing too
Non-clinical volunteering: projected 100 hours at community garden/bike shop/shelter over about 2 years. Various other volunteering over previous years.
Research, some in UG (projects, presentations)
Currently in clinical role working on publishable project (no end date yet)
Working on possible abstract/poster to complete during the cycle.
LOR's:
Not yet collected but likely 1 MD 1 DO, 2 profs in Post Bacc, 2 from clinical mentors/manager
Other experience: lots of teaching and tutoring, (HS bio teaching, academic advising, tutoring for genetics, physiology, etc). Lead some fun student orgs in UG (music, theater, comedy groups) some other professional groups and accolades in other jobs (small roles on boards, journal clubs, etc)
Planning to apply to about 40 schools, MD and DO. Rough list below, in no order
Massachusetts-Chan
Vermont-Larner
Albany
Oakland Beaumont
Quinnipiac-Netter
Rush
Penn State
Drexel
Temple-Katz
MC Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Eastern Virginia
Virginia Tech Carilion
Loyola-Stritch
Wake Forest
Others??
DO Choices:
Michigan State University COM
University of New England COM
Philadelphia COM
Rocky Vista University COM
New York Institute of Technology COM
Pacific Northwestern University of HS COM
Rowan University SOM
Des Moines University COM
Kansas City University COM - Kansas City
Touro University COM - California
Reaches:
Dartmouth-Geisel (Family lives very near here)
Tufts
Colorado
Oregon (Lived in OR, would dual apply MD/MPH)
Einstein
New York Medical
Boston University
Brown-Alpert
Saint Louis?
U Washington (HS graduate in WA)
Preferred schools:
Research/thesis ops, home hospital/rotations
True or partial P/F
No strong preference on rural/urban
Ideal Specialties are anesthesia or IM, maybe EM, anything competitive enough for Critical Care fellowship
Let me know if I'm leaving out relevant info. I'm really looking for things I can do between now and the app to shine, and checking that I don't have any glaring holes in my app so far. I know a low of schools will want more volunteering hours, I also know longevity is prized in that respect. Hoping my clinical experience counts for a lot, it's been a huge part of my ability to try for a career in medicine.
All advice welcome, thanks guys!!
I'm prepping to apply for 2025 matriculation, hoping to get a sense of what I need to do before then to be a well filled out applicant. Sort of a "pre" WAMC?
I'm a 27 M ORM Massachusetts resident
Bachelors in Molecular Bio '18 2.89 GPA
AAS '22 in Respiratory Therapy 4.0 (70 credits)
Post Bacc (in progress, '24) 3.9 3.9 (24 credits)
Estimated Cumulative GPA would be 3.3 overall
MCAT 511 in September 2023
400 hours clinical scribe in ED
~3000 hours as Respiratory Therapist / ECMO specialist
Shadowing: projected 50 - 80 hours in anesthesia, PM&R, Pulmonology, EM, MD and DO, hopefully some FM shadowing too
Non-clinical volunteering: projected 100 hours at community garden/bike shop/shelter over about 2 years. Various other volunteering over previous years.
Research, some in UG (projects, presentations)
Currently in clinical role working on publishable project (no end date yet)
Working on possible abstract/poster to complete during the cycle.
LOR's:
Not yet collected but likely 1 MD 1 DO, 2 profs in Post Bacc, 2 from clinical mentors/manager
Other experience: lots of teaching and tutoring, (HS bio teaching, academic advising, tutoring for genetics, physiology, etc). Lead some fun student orgs in UG (music, theater, comedy groups) some other professional groups and accolades in other jobs (small roles on boards, journal clubs, etc)
Planning to apply to about 40 schools, MD and DO. Rough list below, in no order
Massachusetts-Chan
Vermont-Larner
Albany
Oakland Beaumont
Quinnipiac-Netter
Rush
Penn State
Drexel
Temple-Katz
MC Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Eastern Virginia
Virginia Tech Carilion
Loyola-Stritch
Wake Forest
Others??
DO Choices:
Michigan State University COM
University of New England COM
Philadelphia COM
Rocky Vista University COM
New York Institute of Technology COM
Pacific Northwestern University of HS COM
Rowan University SOM
Des Moines University COM
Kansas City University COM - Kansas City
Touro University COM - California
Reaches:
Dartmouth-Geisel (Family lives very near here)
Tufts
Colorado
Oregon (Lived in OR, would dual apply MD/MPH)
Einstein
New York Medical
Boston University
Brown-Alpert
Saint Louis?
U Washington (HS graduate in WA)
Preferred schools:
Research/thesis ops, home hospital/rotations
True or partial P/F
No strong preference on rural/urban
Ideal Specialties are anesthesia or IM, maybe EM, anything competitive enough for Critical Care fellowship
Let me know if I'm leaving out relevant info. I'm really looking for things I can do between now and the app to shine, and checking that I don't have any glaring holes in my app so far. I know a low of schools will want more volunteering hours, I also know longevity is prized in that respect. Hoping my clinical experience counts for a lot, it's been a huge part of my ability to try for a career in medicine.
All advice welcome, thanks guys!!