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Year in school: White male, graduate Fall 2018 from public state school. BS in Cell and Molecular Biology, minor in Chemistry.

State of residence: Missouri with ties to California.

Schools to which I am applying: MD - University of Missouri, and any other suggestions. DO - KCUMB, AT Still, RVU, Western (California), Oklahoma St, Des Moines, Midwestern (Chicago), Campbell, Ohio University, and any other suggestions.

GPA: Cumulative - 3.69, Science - 3.64

MCAT: 504 (125/125/127/127)

Research: 150 hours over 2.5 years in a neuroscience lab. No posters or publications yet.

Volunteering (clinical): 20 hours in a homeless clinic.

Physician Shadowing: 130 hours with Ophthalmology, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and General Surgery.

Non-clinical Volunteering: 200 hours with two organizations. 3 years with one organization and 2 years with the other.

Extracurricular activities: Officer for two years in my university's pre-medical society, including one year as president.

Employment history: >2500 hours over 3 years as a tech in a trauma intensive care unit at a level I trauma center.

Immediate family members in medicine? No

Specialty of interest: Internal Medicine with a possible sub-specialization in critical care/pulmonology.

Graduate degrees: None

Interest in rural health? Not really, but not ruling out anything.

Any help with my school list would be greatly appreciated!
 
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Schools to which I am applying: MD - University of Missouri, and any other suggestions. DO - KCUMB, AT Still, RVU, Western (California), Oklahoma St, Des Moines, Midwestern (Chicago), Campbell, Ohio University, and any other suggestions.

To your list, add:
AZCOM
LMU
VCOM
NYITCOM
TUNCOM
Touro-CA
PCOM (both)
MUCOM

Consider:
Rosy Franklin

Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)

Oakland U Beaumont

Loyola

Loma Linda (only if you are SDA or a very devout Christian)

SLU

WVU

MCW

Creighton

VCU