I would appreciate any and all advice, the more realistic the better, especially on the school list. Not applying DO because I don't have any LoR from doctors.
School List:
OSU
UCinci
Wright State
Toledo
Northeast Ohio
Albany Medical College
Drexel
Netter SoM at Quinnipiac
GWU
Lewis Katz
Medical College of Wisconsin
Meharry Medical College
Larner CoM at Vermont
Rush
Tufts
Tulane
Virginia Tech
Eastern Virginia
New York Medical College
NOVA Southeastern
Oakland
Penn State
Sidney Kimmel (Jefferson)
Virginia Commonwealth
Wayne State
WVU
Miami Leonard
- cGPA: 3.81and sGPA of 3.587 (non-STEM major, lowest science grade is a B in calc 3, without the B, sGPA 3.64)
- MCAT: 510, 78th percentile (128/127/127/128)
- Ohio Resident
- Indian (born here)
- Ohio State UG - Business Major
- Clinical Experience: 1200+ as a PCA/Client Advocate (lead of PCA team)
- Clinical Volunteering: 300+ hours, all in the preop/postop area of a hospital, actually helping patients get ready and recover from procedures
- Student Research Assistant: Clinical research with genetic heart disease for about 1 year, (800 hours)
- I will be promoted to clinical research assistant after graduation in May 2022, will be doing that throughout my gap year full time (roughly 1700 hours)
- Also have a paper + presentation (not published) in a program I did, not related to my clinical research at all, an entirely separate program altogether
- Shadowing: 100 hours in person, 75 virtual
- Non-clinical volunteering:
- 300+ volunteer youth coach
- 200 in a club to make kits for the homeless
- 40 in a club to make a premed booklet
- Private Tutor: 545 hours total (no longer doing)
- Other extracurricular activities: treasurer for 2 clubs, shadowing/meeting experiences with hospital executives, 200+ hours of specific cooking niche
School List:
OSU
UCinci
Wright State
Toledo
Northeast Ohio
Albany Medical College
Drexel
Netter SoM at Quinnipiac
GWU
Lewis Katz
Medical College of Wisconsin
Meharry Medical College
Larner CoM at Vermont
Rush
Tufts
Tulane
Virginia Tech
Eastern Virginia
New York Medical College
NOVA Southeastern
Oakland
Penn State
Sidney Kimmel (Jefferson)
Virginia Commonwealth
Wayne State
WVU
Miami Leonard