MD 3.98c, 3.92s, 520 MCAT

[mdhopeful2555]

ORM
Major: Psychology
Attended a state school in Florida

Clinical Volunteering: 400+ hours with 2 different experiences (pediatric clinic and NICU @ large hospital), both for 2 years

Shadowing: 200 hours of shadowing in various specialties

Non-clinical volunteering:
~300 hours with organization on campus doing various community outreach projects
~200 hours with Habitat for Humanity

Research: 2 years working in a psych lab (~1000 hrs), no pubs

Other ECs/leadership:
leadership position (assistant director) in one organization (involved for 3 years)
leadership position on school's intramural debate team (involved 2 years)
chair for a committee in another small club (involved 3 years)
elementary school mentor (1 year)

School List: Don't really know what to do. I feel like my stats are good but my ECs are too lackluster for schools in which my GPA and MCAT fall within the 10th and 90th percentile.

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[Goro]

You're golden, aim high.
I suggest:

Harvard
Wash U
Yale
Stanford
U Chicago
U Penn
U VA
U MI
U AZ
U VM
U WI
Ohio State
Jefferson
U IA
UCSF
UCLA,
U Cincy
Albert Einstein
Tulane
Loyola
Emory
BU
USC/Keck
JHU
Mayo
Pitt
Northwestern
NYU
Vanderbilt
Columbia
Sinai
Cornell
Duke
Case
Hofstra
ALL FL schools.

ORM
Major: Psychology
Attended a state school in Florida

Clinical Volunteering: 400+ hours with 2 different experiences (pediatric clinic and NICU @ large hospital), both for 2 years

Shadowing: 200 hours of shadowing in various specialties

Non-clinical volunteering:
~300 hours with organization on campus doing various community outreach projects
~200 hours with Habitat for Humanity

Research: 2 years working in a psych lab (~1000 hrs), no pubs

Other ECs/leadership:
leadership position (assistant director) in one organization (involved for 3 years)
leadership position on school's intramural debate team (involved 2 years)
chair for a committee in another small club (involved 3 years)
elementary school mentor (1 year)

School List: Don't really know what to do. I feel like my stats are good but my ECs are too lackluster for schools in which my GPA and MCAT fall within the 10th and 90th percentile.

 

[mdhopeful2555]

You're golden, aim high.
I suggest:

Harvard
Wash U
Yale
Stanford
U Chicago
U Penn
U VA
U MI
U AZ
U VM
U WI
Ohio State
Jefferson
U IA
UCSF
UCLA,
U Cincy
Albert Einstein
Tulane
Loyola
Emory
BU
USC/Keck
JHU
Mayo
Pitt
Northwestern
NYU
Vanderbilt
Columbia
Sinai
Cornell
Duke
Case
Hofstra
ALL FL schools.

Thank you so much. I'm mainly worried about my research. I could definitely talk about my research and what I've gained from it in an interview, but is it okay that I don't have poster presentations or pubs?

 

[Goro]

Thank you so much. I'm mainly worried about my research. I could definitely talk about my research and what I've gained from it in an interview, but is it okay that I don't have poster presentations or pubs?

Very OK