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Hi everyone,
I am hoping to recieve some advice for my MD school list (I already applied and submitted secondaries to 13 DO schools, with already one interview, so no point in listing those). This is my first cycle applying.
1. GPA according to AMCAS: sGPA 3.29, cGPA 3.61, Postbac sGPA 3.56
2. MCAT 509 (129/124/127/129)
3. Arizona resident, but majority of life and experiences have been in California
4. Ethnicity/Race: Indian Asian
5. Undergrad: UC Riverside (nonscience major), Postbac: Loyola Marymount University
6. Clinical experience:
Current scribe for the last 7 months (300 hours).
Current volunteer at Mayo Clinic (75 hours)
Volunteered at UCLA hospital (180 hours)
COVID 19 contact tracing (120 hours)
7. Research: Did a semester of research in a microbiology lab during post-bacc
8. Shadowing: Family Med (DO) in CA for 80 hours (LOR)
9. Non-clinical volunteering: Homeless shelter and food pantry (120 hours)
10. Leadership: Served on an advisory board to chancellor at my undergrad for 2 years
11. Honors: Chancellor's Dean Honors List for final year (deans list for 3 quarters in a row)
12. LORs: Committee letter including postbac advisor, 2 science, 1 nonscience, 2 doctors (DO and MD), and homeless shelter coordinator
13. Miscellaneous: First gen, finished college 1 year early.
Current school list:
University of California, Riverside
University of California, Davis
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Irvine
University of California, San Diego
Kaiser (only takes 50 people)
California University of Science and Med
USC Keck
Loma Linda
UofA Phoenix
Tulane
Albany Medical College
Drexel
Creighton
Temple
Loyola Stritch
Mayo Alix
Warren Alpert (reach but have personal connection to RI)
George Washington
Wake Forest
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Oakland University William Beaumont
Robert Larner Vermont
University of Iowa
Virginia Commonwealth
Wayne State
St Louis University of Med
Medical College of Wisconsin
Thanks in advance
I am hoping to recieve some advice for my MD school list (I already applied and submitted secondaries to 13 DO schools, with already one interview, so no point in listing those). This is my first cycle applying.
1. GPA according to AMCAS: sGPA 3.29, cGPA 3.61, Postbac sGPA 3.56
2. MCAT 509 (129/124/127/129)
3. Arizona resident, but majority of life and experiences have been in California
4. Ethnicity/Race: Indian Asian
5. Undergrad: UC Riverside (nonscience major), Postbac: Loyola Marymount University
6. Clinical experience:
Current scribe for the last 7 months (300 hours).
Current volunteer at Mayo Clinic (75 hours)
Volunteered at UCLA hospital (180 hours)
COVID 19 contact tracing (120 hours)
7. Research: Did a semester of research in a microbiology lab during post-bacc
8. Shadowing: Family Med (DO) in CA for 80 hours (LOR)
9. Non-clinical volunteering: Homeless shelter and food pantry (120 hours)
10. Leadership: Served on an advisory board to chancellor at my undergrad for 2 years
11. Honors: Chancellor's Dean Honors List for final year (deans list for 3 quarters in a row)
12. LORs: Committee letter including postbac advisor, 2 science, 1 nonscience, 2 doctors (DO and MD), and homeless shelter coordinator
13. Miscellaneous: First gen, finished college 1 year early.
Current school list:
University of California, Riverside
University of California, Davis
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Irvine
University of California, San Diego
Kaiser (only takes 50 people)
California University of Science and Med
USC Keck
Loma Linda
UofA Phoenix
Tulane
Albany Medical College
Drexel
Creighton
Temple
Loyola Stritch
Mayo Alix
Warren Alpert (reach but have personal connection to RI)
George Washington
Wake Forest
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Oakland University William Beaumont
Robert Larner Vermont
University of Iowa
Virginia Commonwealth
Wayne State
St Louis University of Med
Medical College of Wisconsin
Thanks in advance