WAMC/School List 3.96GPA//521 MCAT unusual course history

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[deleted987519]

@Goro Tell me the TRUTH

 

[Goro]

Aim higher:
NYU
Vanderbilt
WashU
Yale
JHU
U Chicago
U Penn
Northwestern
Columbia
Harvard
Stanford
Mayo
Cornell
Sinai
BU
U VA
Duke
Baylor
Case
ALL UCs (only for CA residents), UCR (IF you’re from the Inland Empire)
U MI
Albert Einstein
Hofstra
Ohio State
Pitt
U Cincy
USF Morsani
Dartmouth
Rochester
USC/Keck
Western MI
Emory
Jefferson
Miami
SLU
Tufts
U IA
U VM

 

[deleted987519]

Aim higher:
NYU
Vanderbilt
WashU
Yale
JHU
U Chicago
U Penn
Northwestern
Columbia
Harvard
Stanford
Mayo
Cornell
Sinai
BU
U VA
Duke
Baylor
Case
ALL UCs (only for CA residents), UCR (IF you’re from the Inland Empire)
U MI
Albert Einstein
Hofstra
Ohio State
Pitt
U Cincy
USF Morsani
Dartmouth
Rochester
USC/Keck
Western MI
Emory
Jefferson
Miami
SLU
Tufts
U IA
U VM

Thanks for the reply,
I'm sure it depends on the school, but is the biochemistry course NOT being through the biology department a big deal?

 

[Goro]

Thanks for the reply,
I'm sure it depends on the school, but is the biochemistry course NOT being through the biology department a big deal?

I don't see why it should.

 

[deleted987519]

@Goro

Thanks for your time, do you think it is worth mentioning in secondaries the odd sequence of one semester OCHEM -> biochemistry -> two semesters OCHEM?

 

[deleted987519]

@Goro

Thanks for your time, do you think it is worth mentioning in secondaries the odd sequence of one semester OCHEM -> biochemistry -> two semesters OCHEM?

@Faha I'd appreciate any advice from you too!

 

[Goro]

@Goro

Thanks for your time, do you think it is worth mentioning in secondaries the odd sequence of one semester OCHEM -> biochemistry -> two semesters OCHEM?

No. Never bring your judgement into question.

 

[LizzyM]

• LizzyM
• Jul 22, 2018

Please don't ask WAMC questions or ask me to formulate a school list for you. That's not my forte.

 

[Faha]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews. You could add Jefferson. You could remove Albany and NYMC since they will be low yield for you due to your high stats.

 

[907914]

PA Resident, Non-URM;

3.96 undergrad GPA...wasn't set on medicine, took a one semester ORGO course to satisify pre-req for a biochemistry course through health&sciences department.
3.96 post-bacc GPA completing OCHEM and Physics.
521 MCAT (132/126/132/131)

ECs:

Clinical volunteering: 200 hrs EMT
Non-clinical volunteering: 150 hrs. @ food pantry; ~30 hrs. educating underserved community about nutrition.
Paid Clinical: Personal Care Attendant 200 hrs

Research:
~700 hours, basic research, one publication (not first or second author)
- leading project where I will be lead author, aiming to submit late summer/early fall.

Leadership:
Coaching ~ 300 hrs.

Teaching/Mentoring
Tutor ~ 700 hours gen chem.
TA ~ 160 hours biology.

Shadowing:
Family medicine 25 hrs.
GI ~ 25 hrs.

Awards:
-Dean's List all semesters

School List:
Penn
Pitt
Temple
Drexel
Penn State
Geisinger Commonwealth
Case Western
Ohio State
Cincinatti
Toledo
NYU
Columbia
Albert Einstein
Albany
NYMC
Rochester
Cornell
Boston
Tufts
Virginia
Wake Forest
West Virginia
Georgetown
George Washington
Stanford

All input is welcome...thanks for reading.

You have room to apply A LOT higher.

Remove the red and add in schools off of Goro's list.

 

[Walter Raleigh]

No. Never bring your judgement into question.

This. Also, OP has a 3.96. Nobody cares what sequences you took your courses in if you have a 3.96.

 

[deleted987519]

This. Also, OP has a 3.96. Nobody cares what sequences you took your courses in if you have a 3.96.

Yeah hopefully it isn't anyhting to worry about. Thanks everyone.

 

[deleted966008]

Yeah hopefully it isn't anyhting to worry about. Thanks everyone.

If it makes you feel any better I took a summer biochem course before any orgo and was never asked about it in interviews. I don’t think your transcript will be scrutinized to that extent.

 

[Walter Raleigh]

Yeah hopefully it isn't anyhting to worry about. Thanks everyone.

Hopefully? Hopefully? You aced pretty much everything, nobody cares if you threw darts at a course catalog to decide what to take next. It means absolutely nothing.

 

[907914]

Hopefully? Hopefully? You aced pretty much everything, nobody cares if you threw darts at a course catalog to decide what to take next. It means absolutely nothing.

Gonna have to agree with Walt here....so long as you take all the prerequisite courses in a manner that reflects difficulty, it doesn't matter what order you take them in or what other classes you take as long as you get good grades.

 

[deleted987519]

@Walter Raleigh @MemeLord Thanks guys, good luck with your applications.