What are my chances, need help!!!

[Med2bez]

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Hello everyone, I am hoping some of you can help me with my situation!

I am a Canadian citizen who attends University in Michigan and I am wondering whether I am competitive for the upcoming cycle (applying to both the USA and Canada). I know that my stats are top notch but I mostly need help with my EC's (they seem VERY weak compared to everyone else and I don't know whether to take a gap year). I have absolutely no desire to attend a top-tier medical school and I just want to get in anywhere I can (it does not matter whether Canadian MD, American MD, or DO- I just don't want to go abroad). I would also like to stay in Michigan so I can be close to my family so I am only applying to American schools in Michigan.

In order of preference:
-All of the Canadian schools
-Wayne State (home school and I absolutely love it here- they also accept many Canadians)
-Oakland (they accept a decent amount of Canadians)
-Central Michigan (they accept many Canadians)
-Michigan State
-MSUCOM (they have a Canadian initiative where they accept 20-25 Canadians every year)

Stats:
-Bachelor of Science in Biology
-3.94 overall GPA (almost the same as my science GPA- all A's with a few A-'s)
- 519 very balanced MCAT

EC's: (my absolute biggest concern)
-100 hours of hospital volunteering at my local hospital (started in high school, and overall is closer to 300 hours but slowed down during University to focus on school)
-One week volunteering abroad (great hands on clinical experience and a TON of fun!!)
-100 hours of non-clinical volunteering at my local library reading to young children
-75 hours of shadowing (many specialists, and got to watch a complicated surgery)
-1 full year and 1 summer of research (no pubs or anything but significant time commitment)
-2 years of intramural basketball (played through all of high school as well)

 

[Med2bez]

@Goro @gyngyn

 

[Goro]

Take a year to work on ECs, and then target those MD schools that accept more than a handful of internationals. Your stats are fine for Canadian schools, from what little i know of them,

 

[Med2bez]

Take a year to work on ECs, and then target those MD schools that accept more than a handful of internationals. Your stats are fine for Canadian schools, from what little i know of them,

Thanks a lot!! Yea I thought it was best to take a gap year as well and beef up those EC but is there absolutely no chance for this cycle? Only making sure because most of the schools I want to apply to are mid to lower tier schools.

 

[Goro]

Thanks a lot!! Yea I thought it was best to take a gap year as well and beef up those EC but is there absolutely no chance for this cycle? Only making sure because most of the schools I want to apply to are mid to lower tier schools.

Your ECs are very cookie cutter.

 

[gyngyn]

If you apply to every school that considers internationals and has matriculated more than 2 or 3, you should get interviews.

 

[Med2bez]

If you apply to every school that considers internationals and has matriculated more than 2 or 3, you should get interviews.

Thank you for the input! Much appreciated!