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Hi all, I just got my score back (506- 125/125/128/128) -this was my third attempt with the other 2 being a 498 and a 499

I'm hoping I can get some help building my list, here are my stats:

cGPA: 3.56, sGPA: 3.24 with a steep upward trend- 4.0 in last 3 semesters

Major: Biology

Residence:
Chicago

Ethnicity + Gender:
White Female

Clinical Experience:
Medical Scribe for 1 year (1000 hours)
Medical Assistant for 1 year (1000 hours)
Pathology Shadowing (20 hours)

Work Experience:
Biology + Chemistry tutor at my undergrad (300 hours)

Volunteer Experience:
Community Pantry Volunteer for 1 year (500 hours)
Crisis Text Line Counselor (100 hours)
Bridging the Gap Program (200 hours) (Program to help integrate incarcerated individuals back into society)
Hospice Card Making Volunteer (100 hours)- Carried out a leadership project with a scholarship to set up workshops for other students to get involved and create cards as well!


Research Experience:
Research Assistant for around 1 year at my undergrad (started as a summer internship)
Summer internship focused on an international research collaboration with microbiology students from Columbia
3 poster presentations, 1 at the Illinois State Academy of Science


Other Experiences:
Irish dancer for 15+ years
Club Leader of a chapter of Active Minds at my undergrad
Patent pending product: deals with ankle stabilization specifically for Irish dancers


Anything Else:
I love baking!

School List:
Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Rush University
University of Illinois College of Medicine

I'd really appreciate some help with building my list! I'm not really sure where to start, but I know that I want to apply to as many schools as possible that are within reason-considering my stats.

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I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
Illinois
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Rush
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Creighton
Belmont
Alice Walton (when it opens)
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Penn State
Hackensack
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
For DO schools I suggest these:
CCOM
DMU-COM
MU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
TUNCOM
AZCOM
ACOM
CUSOM
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
PCOM (all schools)
LECOM (all schools)
Touro-NY
NYITCOM
 
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I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
Illinois
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Rush
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Creighton
Belmont
Alice Walton (when it opens)
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Penn State
Hackensack
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
For DO schools I suggest these:
CCOM
DMU-COM
MU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
TUNCOM
AZCOM
ACOM
CUSOM
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
PCOM (all schools)
LECOM (all schools)
Touro-NY
NYITCOM

This is extremely helpful, thank you!
 
On hours:
1) Shadowing. It would help you to have other shadowing experiences. Maybe some of your scribing/MA work could apply to shadowing depending on your responsibilities.

2) Community service: keep building hours with your pantry and incarcerated re-entry programs.

3) Understand some schools will average your MCAT scores for screening. Check the MSAR and confirm with the schools on how they will approach your 3 MCATs.

3) Your purpose as a physician must clearly align with schools on your list: both MD and DO. You may want to have a coffee conversation with a few DO's.
 
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