WAMC -- 3.9x GPA, 518 MCAT -- Applying 1 year early

[doobydodoc]

Currently 2nd-year student looking to apply early. Looking to go to as good of an institution as possible b/c really interested in research. A little uncertain if MCAT will hold me back. Feel that school list is long and top-heavy, would appreciate advice on how to make it more balanced.

1. 3.95 cGPA, 3.98 sGPA
2. Currently 2nd year (graduating in 3 years and applying early)
3. MCAT - 518 (132/127/130/129)
4. State of Residence - TX
5. ORM Male
6. Undergraduate Institution - Private Institution T20
7. Clinical XP
   1. Hospice Volunteering - 100 hours → got a certification in advanced bereavement training from the hospice organization - past 1.5 years
   2. Hospital Volunteering - ER/Surgery - 100 hours - past 1.5 years
   3. Shadowing - 80 hours - across 2 surgical and 2 non-surgical specialities (FM and cards) in both community and private practice settings
8. Research XP
   1. Translational Science Cancer Research - 2000 hrs
      1. 1 poster with honorable mention at national conference
      2. 1 poster at undergraduate research symposium
      3. Summer undergraduate research program at T20 medical school (gave 1 oral presentation at the end)
      4. 3 publications expected at the end of the year from a few parallel projects I'm contributing to but not guaranteed
      5. $1500 grant funding obtained from outside sources
   2. Radiation Oncology Research - 300 hrs
      1. 2 posters being presented at national radiation oncology conferences
   3. Rare disease opthalmology - 100 hrs
      1. 1 publication expected in June (in final stages of completion) - mainly clinical
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   1. VA Medical Center affiliated Organization - Deputy Leader - 150 hours
      1. About 50 hours spent visiting patient at nearby VAMC
      2. Lead team of about 20 people and help coordinate monthly events
   2. Health Information Exchange - 100 hours
      1. Write programming scripts to help promote interoperability of EHR data from various institution in area
10. Other extracurricular Activities
    1. None
11. Relevant Honors/Awards Outside of Mentioned Above
    1. Dean's List for 2 semesters

Tentative School List:

• All schools via TMDSAS
  • Seriously considering
    • Baylor
    • UT Southwestern
    • UT McGovern
    • UT Medical Branch
    • UT Austin
    • UT San Antonio
• Out-of-State Schools
  • Emory
  • Vanderbilt
  • Harvard
  • Stanford
  • UCLA
  • UCSD
  • UCSF
  • Yale
  • Brown
  • Columbia
  • NYU
  • Cornell
  • Duke
  • University of Chicago
  • Wash U
  • Univ. of Washington
  • Mayo
  • Case Western
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • Univ. of Penn.
  • Penn. State
  • Northwestern
  • Johns Hopkins
  • Dartmouth

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[chilly_md]

University of Washington takes almost no OOS students from outside the WWAMI region.

Try to get more community service such as at a homeless shelter, food bank, soup kitchen etc. I would recommend only applying to about 10 schools outside TX that you would seriously consider over the in-state tuition rate. I suggest:

Emory
Harvard
Stanford
UCLA
Yale
Columbia
NYU
Wash U
Mayo
Cleveland Clinic
Johns Hopkins

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Your nonclinical volunteering is very clinic-adjacent. You definitely need traditional community service that was suggested above. You must get out of your comfort zone and see people in need where they are.