WAMC/School list help, 510 MCAT

[thev3lv3tunderground]

GPA: ~3.8

sGPA: ~3.65

Major(s): Double major, one is a STEM degree and one is a Liberal Arts ... from an R1 school

MCAT: 510 (125/129/126/130)

Lives: In the Midwest

ORM/URM: white, female

Clinical Experience: ~ 1000 hours working with adults with disabilities, post-grad job working in a clinic BTS in the lab as well as with patients

Volunteering: 150ish hours on a Crisis Line

Shadowing: 20 hrs with a local specialist, 10 at work in the OR

Research: 400ish hours over 3 yrs, 1 paper pub + 1 supplemental pub

Other activities: 2 years with creating and then facilitating a "club" about my Liberal Arts major, 3 semesters as a TA (2x with one class, 1x with another class), 2 years of being part of an outreach group for my specific college, employed in the same lab as I was in undergrad, 1 semester + this summer of working on a student-ran project related to my Liberal Arts major, a few different leadership positions (nothing that ran for too long)

LORs: PI, 2 sci prof, 1 liberal arts prof (2 if needed), unsure about a shadowing LOR

Also, I haven't done CASPER or PreView but I can do those if need be.

School List (MD)

OUWB Michigan

Medical College of WI

Morehouse

UW Madison

UMN- TC

Tulane

Drexel

Loyola

Rosalind Franklin

Larner

Tufts

George Washington

Quinnipiac

VCU

Wake Forest

Temple

SKMC

Central MI U

Hackensack

Albany

Emory

Rutgers

Vtech

NYMC

TCU

Jacobs

Miller

U of Illinois COM

EVMS

Geisinger

Nova

MI State

UND

Toledo

WVU

This question might be better suited for a different thread, but should I apply DO as well? Any school suggestions for that? Thank you in advance!

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[Mr.Smile12]

State of legal residence???

1000 hours working with adults with disabilities, post-grad job working in a clinic BTS in the lab as well as with patients

Give me more details about this. Are you working alongside PT's or other therapists as well?

Faculty I have talked with are mixed on BTS as "clinical" or "nonclinical", so I defer to the other faculty experts on this.

That said, crisis hotline work is okay... but more face-to-face non-clinical service orientation activities would really help you. You need 150 hours before submitting your application to avoid getting screened out at many schools.

Get to 50 hours of shadowing and keep a balance of primary care and specialty observation.

Have you shadowed a DO? DO would be a backup, but I don't think that your metrics suggest that you need to apply to a DO program. How does it affect your ability to fulfill your purpose as a physician?

 

[Faha]

Where is your state of residence ?

 

[candbgirl]

Unless you are an ILlinois resident forget U of I. The tuition for OOS is rediculously high. Might be the highest in the US.

 

[thev3lv3tunderground]

Where is your state of residence ?

Minnesota

 

[thev3lv3tunderground]

State of legal residence???


Give me more details about this. Are you working alongside PT's or other therapists as well?

Faculty I have talked with are mixed on BTS as "clinical" or "nonclinical", so I defer to the other faculty experts on this.

That said, crisis hotline work is okay... but more face-to-face non-clinical service orientation activities would really help you. You need 150 hours before submitting your application to avoid getting screened out at many schools.

Get to 50 hours of shadowing and keep a balance of primary care and specialty observation.

Have you shadowed a DO? DO would be a backup, but I don't think that your metrics suggest that you need to apply to a DO program. How does it affect your ability to fulfill your purpose as a physician?

I am from Minnesota. I work with individuals in their homes, it has a lot of different duties like helping people cook and clean and providing personal cares as well, but also med admin and taking vitals. I feel like the meds and vitals part make it clinical? I sure hope so at least because I have been doing it for a long time thinking it was!
I didn't know about the 150 hours thing, thanks for the heads up!
I have not shadowed a DO, and I honestly don't know all that much about it other than it is another route to being a physician. I have seen people advise others with my same MCAT score that applying DO is really necessary as well, so I am confused on if I should or not.
Thank you for your reply!

 

[thev3lv3tunderground]

Unless you are an ILlinois resident forget U of I. The tuition for OOS is rediculously high. Might be the highest in the US.

I just looked it up - yikes! Those loans would h u r t.

 

[Faha]

You have several state public schools on your list that admit few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state.
I suggest these schools with your stats:
Minnesota
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Creighton
TCU
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Hackensack
NYMC
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Also apply to DO schools and I suggest these:
DMU-COM
MU-COM
CCOM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
TUNCOM
AZCOM
LECOM
PCOM
CUSOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY

 

[thev3lv3tunderground]

You have several state public schools on your list that admit few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state.
I suggest these schools with your stats:
Minnesota
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Creighton
TCU
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Hackensack
NYMC
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Also apply to DO schools and I suggest these:
DMU-COM
MU-COM
CCOM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
TUNCOM
AZCOM
LECOM
PCOM
CUSOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY

Thank you!!