WAMC (3.9/516/NJ Resident)

[mangostickyrice]

hi everyone! looking for feedback on my school list. i’m not sure if my list is too top heavy. I feel like I have a good amount of reach schools but not as many “target” schools for my stats.

Home State: NJ

Ethnicity: Asian

College: T25

GPA/MCAT: 3.9/516

Clinical: children’s hospital artist (100hrs), cancer hospital clinic runner (100hrs), midwife (250 hrs — super hands on with delivery of babies), refugee clinic (50 hrs)

Research: research assistant (500hr), research intern in reproductive endocrinology (300hr), 1 poster presentation

Shadowing: 70hrs (IM, OB/GYN, Neuroradiology, Bone Marrow Transplant, GI, Endo)

Non-clinical volunteering: refugee school classroom assistant (100hr), nonprofit clinic educator (150hr)

Leadership: RA (not sure hours but a lot), student mentor for other pre health students (200 hr), club exec for various clubs (300ish hrs)

Honors/Awards: dean's list 6 semesters, college women’s center award, senior society award (only given to about top 5% of graduating class)

Current school list:

IN STATE (4)
Hackensack, NJMS, RWJ, Rowan Cooper

OUT OF STATE

Drexel

Temple

GWU

VCU

Wake Forest

Georgetown

UPitt

NYU Long Island

Tufts

UMiami

Thomas Jefferson (Sidney Kimmel)

UMass

New York Medical College

Emory

Albert Einstein

Stony Brook

Boston U

Mt. Sinai

Hofstra

Duke

Cornell

Northwestern

UChicago

NYU

UPenn

Some other schools I was looking at but not officially on my list:

Brown (low chance at interviewing but I liked Providence, attended here for a 3 week program)

UVA
UCLA
Case Western

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

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[Faha]

Remove Stony Brook since they admit few non residents with no connection to the state. You could add Brown and any of these schools:
USF Morsani
Cincinnati
Western Michigan
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Rochester

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Non-clinical volunteering: refugee school classroom assistant (100hr), nonprofit clinic educator (150hr)

Fair warning: you need some face to face service orientation activities where you aren't teaching or tutoring. I don't know what you are teaching as a clinic educator but try to add some hours in humble service to those in distress. Ideally food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation.

 

[mangostickyrice]

Fair warning: you need some face to face service orientation activities where you aren't teaching or tutoring. I don't know what you are teaching as a clinic educator but try to add some hours in humble service to those in distress. Ideally food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation.

thank you! i will think about that. my activities are definitely face to face and my impression was jobs like food distribution are sometimes not. i don’t think i have time to add another volunteer experience before i apply but may be something i do during my gap.