MD & DO What are my chances?

[JugglesMed]

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1. 4.0 GPA
2. 508 MCAT Score. 126 P/C, 126 CARS, 127 Bio, 129 Psych
3. State of residence: Florida
4. Ethnicity and/or race: 100% Hispanic - Cuban.
5. Undergraduate institution or category: University of Central Florida
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): 200 hours at the hospital. 100+ hour internship at doctors office.
7. Research experience and productivity: No research
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: 100+ hours shadowing.
9. Non-clinical volunteering: 75+ hours volunteering with special needs children, 30+ hours volunteering at orphanage, 30+ hours tutoring children in middle school through an organization, 1 week trip to Haiti to help build.
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc): Lots of tutoring of peers, I have been doing stocks for 4 years now and have lots of knowledge on it. I am a free lancer and know a good amount of Java, i sell java programs to people.
11. Relevant honors or awards: N/A
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important: I created an app to help call designated drivers and taxis to help prevent drunk driving. I have over 80k+ downloads on it.

List of schools I am looking at and filtered through MSAR with a MCAT score +- 5 of mine. Also only added schools that actually accept a good amount of out of state students.

1. Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
2. University of Alabama School of Medicine
3. Creighton University School of Medicine
4. Drexel University College of Medicine
5. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
6. Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
7. East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine
8. University of Florida College of Medicine
9. University of Kansas School of Medicine
10. Florida State University College of Medicine
11. Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University
12. Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
13. University of Louisville School of Medicine
14. Northeast Ohio Medical University
15. University of Central Florida College of Medicine
16. Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport
17. University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
18. University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
19. University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
20. Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
21. University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine
22. Central Michigan University College of Medicine
23. Tulane University School of Medicine
24. University of Washington School of Medicine
25. West Virginia University School of Medicine
26. University of Nevada Las Vegas, School of Medicine
27. University of Arizona College of Medicine
28. The University of Toledo College of Medicine
29. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
30. University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
31. Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
32. University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
33. University of South Carolina School of Medicine

I am also willing to add some DO schools. Any advice on what to add/remove from this list?

 

[el_duderino]

You're going to literally drown in IIs.

 

[JugglesMed]

You're going to literally drown in IIs.

I don't plan to apply to all those. Those are just the ones that I am considering and are within my reach I believe.

 

[Dr. Meliodas]

@Goro @Faha could help you narrow down your list. Unless you have the cash to apply to that many schools, I would highly recommend narrowing it down, and maybe throwing in some reach schools.

 

[Goro]

1. 4.0 GPA
2. 508 MCAT Score. 126 P/C, 126 CARS, 127 Bio, 129 Psych
3. State of residence: Florida
4. Ethnicity and/or race: 100% Hispanic - Cuban.
5. Undergraduate institution or category: University of Central Florida
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): 200 hours at the hospital. 100+ hour internship at doctors office.
7. Research experience and productivity: No research
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: 100+ hours shadowing.
9. Non-clinical volunteering: 75+ hours volunteering with special needs children, 30+ hours volunteering at orphanage, 30+ hours tutoring children in middle school through an organization, 1 week trip to Haiti to help build.
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc): Lots of tutoring of peers, I have been doing stocks for 4 years now and have lots of knowledge on it. I am a free lancer and know a good amount of Java, i sell java programs to people.
11. Relevant honors or awards: N/A
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important: I created an app to help call designated drivers and taxis to help prevent drunk driving. I have over 80k+ downloads on it.

List of schools I am looking at and filtered through MSAR with a MCAT score +- 5 of mine. Also only added schools that actually accept a good amount of out of state students.

1. Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
2. University of Alabama School of Medicine
3. Creighton University School of Medicine
4. Drexel University College of Medicine
5. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
6. Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
7. East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine
8. University of Florida College of Medicine
9. University of Kansas School of Medicine
10. Florida State University College of Medicine
11. Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University
12. Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
13. University of Louisville School of Medicine
14. Northeast Ohio Medical University
15. University of Central Florida College of Medicine
16. Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport
17. University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
18. University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
19. University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
20. Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
21. University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine
22. Central Michigan University College of Medicine
23. Tulane University School of Medicine
24. University of Washington School of Medicine
25. West Virginia University School of Medicine
26. University of Nevada Las Vegas, School of Medicine
27. University of Arizona College of Medicine
28. The University of Toledo College of Medicine
29. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
30. University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
31. Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
32. University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
33. University of South Carolina School of Medicine

I am also willing to add some DO schools. Any advice on what to add/remove from this list?

Here is a more realistic list:

U VM
U Miami (maybe)
U Toledo
Rush
NYMC
Creighton
Tufts
Albany
Rosy Franklin
Drexel
Temple
MCW
SLU
WVU
Tulane
Loyola
Wake Forest
Loma Linda (only if you are SDA or a very devout Christian)
VCU
Netter
EVMS
Oakland-B
Gtown
GWU
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Nova MD
ALL FL state schools.
Any DO program. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova, LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide.

 

[JugglesMed]

Here is a more realistic list:

U VM
U Miami (maybe)
U Toledo
Rush
NYMC
Creighton
Tufts
Albany
Rosy Franklin
Drexel
Temple
MCW
SLU
WVU
Tulane
Loyola
Wake Forest
Loma Linda (only if you are SDA or a very devout Christian)
VCU
Netter
EVMS
Oakland-B
Gtown
GWU
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Nova MD
ALL FL state schools.
Any DO program. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova, LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide.

Thanks I appreciate it.

 

[jules512]

Just a heads up I think LSU only interviews in-state people!

 

[el_duderino]

Just a heads up I think LSU only interviews in-state people!

They take a handful of OOS people each year now. Last time I looked it was like 4-5. So probably not a good place to spend money. Tulane is a solid choice though.

 

[JugglesMed]

Just a heads up I think LSU only interviews in-state people!

They take a handful of OOS people each year now. Last time I looked it was like 4-5. So probably not a good place to spend money. Tulane is a solid choice though.

Thanks I appreciate it.
I've looked at many of the schools applicants/interview rates and it seems to only be about 10% of applicants. Should I take this as a realistic chance of getting an interview or is this number skewed for some reason?
Seems like slim chances to get an interview at schools

 

[el_duderino]

Thanks I appreciate it.
I've looked at many of the schools applicants/interview rates and it seems to only be about 10% of applicants. Should I take this as a realistic chance of getting an interview or is this number skewed for some reason?
Seems like slim chances to get an interview at schools

That's about the number at a lot of places. This is why you need a lot of applications.

The schools with lower matriculating student stats, places like LSU and Albany Med and Drexel and Rosalind Franklin, tend to get a lot of applicants. People see them as safety schools and damn near everyone applies to them.

People self select out of applying for Dartmouth. That's why Albany gets almost 10,000 applications a year and Dartmouth almost half that.