MD What are my chances

[c_tompki]

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1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
   cGPA: 3.773
   sGPA: 3.65
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown
   512(128/127/128/129)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
   CA, but ties to PA (grew up there until high school graduation)
4. Ethnicity and/or race
   Mixed (Asian and White ORM)
5. Undergraduate institution or category
   University of California San Diego
   Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Major
   General Biology Minor
   Human Developmental Sciences Minor
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
   Volunteer ~130 hours (hoping to get to 150 before submission) covid vaccine volunteer and pediatric hematology and oncology clinic volunteer
7. Research experience and productivity
   ~700 hours wet neurosceicence lab
   ~250 hours honors thesis project
   ~60 hours clinical research at University of Pittsburgh Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   Virtual Shadowing ~50 hours
   Specialties: family medicine, internal, surgery, neurosurgery, cardiology, emergency medicine, gastroenterology, OBGYN, breast surgery, oncoogy, pediatrcis, pulmonology and critical care
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   Humane society
   7 cups listener
   VBS Leader
   TA for Cog Sci Department
   Musical Outreach (performing at nursing homes and performing at churches)
   ~300 hours
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    French Tutor, Working as Clinical Research assistant for All of Us PA at University of Pittsburgh during gap year, bullet journal instagrammer
11. Relevant honors or awards
    Graduating with distinction/honors in cognitive science department
    On Dean's List for the last 3 years of college (in terms of GPA)
    Graduating CUM LAUDE
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important
    
    SCHOOL LIST!!!
    
    University of Pittsburgh (Top Choice) -> I know their stats are high (I grew up in Pitt and did an internship there idk if that helps also my boyfriend goes to their dental school, and I know sometimes they try to keep couples together)....also may potentially get a LOR from a very high up working researcher
    
    UCSD
    
    UCLA
    
    UCD
    
    UCI
    
    UCR
    
    UCSF
    
    Kaiser Permanente
    
    NYU Long Island
    
    Boston University
    
    Temple University
    
    Penn State
    
    Loma Linda University
    
    Emory University
    
    University of Rochester
    
    Dartmouth
    
    Wake Forest University
    
    University of Cinicinnati
    
    University of Wisconsin
    
    University of Michigan
    
    George Washington University

Thank you!

 

[Faha]

Your clinical exposure hours with patient contact are low as well as your non clinical volunteering hours. That will limit your chances for interviews. the majority of schools on your list are reaches with your stats and non research ECs. I suggest these schools:
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Seton Hall
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
TCU-UNT
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Kaiser
California University
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Riverside (if you are from that region)
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
Also apply broadly to DO schools and consider these:
TUCOM-CA
WESTERN
AZCOM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
DMU-COM
MU-COM
PCOM
Touro-NY
NYITCOM
CUSOM

 

[c_tompki]

Your clinical exposure hours with patient contact are low as well as your non clinical volunteering hours. That will limit your chances for interviews. the majority of schools on your list are reaches with your stats and non research ECs. I suggest these schools:
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Seton Hall
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
TCU-UNT
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Kaiser
California University
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Riverside (if you are from that region)
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
Also apply broadly to DO schools and consider these:
TUCOM-CA
WESTERN
AZCOM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
DMU-COM
MU-COM
PCOM
Touro-NY
NYITCOM
CUSOM

Thank you for your feedback. I wasn't sure if my time as a TA and like musical outreach (including performing at churches and nursing homes) would ocunt, because those greatly increase my non-clinical volunteer hours. However on the AAMC App I had put them as like Hobby or Teaching/Tutoring not under Non-Clinical Volunteering. However it could fall under either category.
Do you know if the people who review the application look at non-clinica hours as anything that's just not clinical volunteering?

I am also trying to get more clinical volutneering hours but the vaccine clinic I work at is decreasing its openings due to shortage of appointments. Also I did clinical research with the ADRC at University of Pittsburgh aorund 60 hours so that would up my clinical volunteering to over 200 hours hopefully, but I don't know if the clinical research would count as clinical volunteering?

 

[Faha]

For non clinical volunteering they are interested in activities helping those who are much less fortunate in society (for example, homeless shelter). The musical outreach at a nursing home is a good non clinical volunteering activity. Any more clinical volunteering hours you can accumulate before you apply will help your application.

 

[c_tompki]

Oka

For non clinical volunteering they are interested in activities helping those who are much less fortunate in society (for example, homeless shelter). The musical outreach at a nursing home is a good non clinical volunteering activity. Any more clinical volunteering hours you can accumulate before you apply will help your application.

Okay thank you. I just worry because I do perform at nursing homes and at churches but like musical outreach covers a ton of different things. Performing for my family as well....is it okay to include all those hours as well? Like practicing and what not?
Also I assume that acting as an instructional assistant (volunteer) basically a TA for a class would more fall under Teacher/Tutor/Teaching Assistant as opposed to non-clinical volunteering.

 

[chzsux]

What's the breakdown of your clinical hours? Is it mostly working at vaccine sites or is it mostly in the clinics? Because I will say that although I believe that COVID-related hours are clinical, some may not, which would further decrease your chances