WAMC + School List Help (2024)

1. cGPA: 3.93 and sGPA: 3.85
2. MCAT score: 522 (132/129/129/132)
3. State of residence: PA with ties to TX
4. Ethnicity and/or race: white
5. Undergraduate institution: T15
6. Clinical experience: clinical volunteer at urgent care (100 hours), clinic administrative assistant at nonprofit (400 hours), medical mission volunteer (85 hours, 75 projected), ophthalmic tech (1000 projected...I know this means close to nothing), complex patient navigator at nonprofit hospital (205 hours projected)
7. Research experience and productivity: 450 hours with 3 pubs and 1 presentation
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: 40 hours of EM, cardiology, and opthalmology
9. Non-clinical volunteering: 100 hours as coach and motivational speaker (150 projected hours), 40 hours fundraising for BLM
10. Other extracurricular activities: accomplished D1 athlete (5-time All American, 12-time conference champ, Olympic Trials qualifier, and 5-time school record holder), TA for 5 classes (300 hours), team captain and SAAC rep (100 hours)
11. Relevant honors or awards: over 50 athletic awards including very special NCAA award, top award for my major in undergrad, and 3 post-graduate scholarships
12. I got a career ending sickness (I am fine now but it took me out for 1.5 years) and it is pretty integral to my narrative and also is responsible for my decreased number of hours

Would really appreciate any help regarding my application. Be brutally honest.
School List:
Harvard
NYU
UPenn
Stanford
Baylor
Duke
Case Western
Hofstra
Hopkins
USC
WashU
Vanderbuilt
Mayo Clinic
Northwestern
UChicago
UVA
USF
Brown
UCSF
Emory
Colorado
University of Michigan
Pitt
Dell
WSU
UW
Wake Forest
Oregon
Ohio State
Dartmouth
Georgetown
McGovern
Temple
Geisenger
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Texas Tech - Lubbock
UT - Galveston
UT - Southwestern
UT - San Antonio
Jefferson
Penn State
Drexel
TCU Med School

@Goro @Faha @Mr.Smile12

Your lack of non clinical volunteering will limit your chances for interviews at top tier schools I suggest these schools from your list:

Harvard
NYU
UPenn
Stanford
Baylor
Duke
Case Western
Hofstra
Hopkins
USC
WashU
Vanderbilt
Mayo Clinic
Northwestern
UChicago
UVA
USF
Brown
UCSF
Emory
Colorado
University of Michigan
Pitt
Dell
UW
Ohio State
Dartmouth
McGovern
Temple
Geisenger
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Texas Tech - Lubbock
UT - Galveston
UT - Southwestern
UT - San Antonio
Jefferson
Penn State
Drexel
TCU Med School
You could add any of these schools:
Tufts
UMass
Einstein (free tuition)
Mount Sinai
Cincinnati
Iowa

Faha said:

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Your lack of non clinical volunteering will limit your chances for interviews at top tier schools I suggest these schools from your list:

Harvard
NYU
UPenn
Stanford
Baylor
Duke
Case Western
Hofstra
Hopkins
USC
WashU
Vanderbilt
Mayo Clinic
Northwestern
UChicago
UVA
USF
Brown
UCSF
Emory
Colorado
University of Michigan
Pitt
Dell
UW
Ohio State
Dartmouth
McGovern
Temple
Geisenger
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Texas Tech - Lubbock
UT - Galveston
UT - Southwestern
UT - San Antonio
Jefferson
Penn State
Drexel
TCU Med School
You could add any of these schools:
Tufts
UMass
Einstein (free tuition)
Mount Sinai
Cincinnati
Iowa

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Could being the team rep, team captain, TA, and SAAC member count as nonclinical volunteering?

murphyschmurphy said:

Could being the team rep, team captain, TA, and SAAC member count as nonclinical volunteering?

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Leadership and tutoring/teaching as appropriate. They are not service orientation activities.

murphyschmurphy said:

@Goro @Faha @Mr.Smile12

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What exactly are your ties to TX?

murphyschmurphy said:

Could being the team rep, team captain, TA, and SAAC member count as nonclinical volunteering?

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Schools are looking for non clinical volunteering such as food bank, homeless shelter, etc. At top tier schools you will be competing with applicants with similar MCAT score and GPA and hundreds or thousands of hours of non clinical volunteering.

Goro said:

What exactly are your ties to TX?

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I went to school in Houston and have in family there.

Faha said:

Schools are looking for non clinical volunteering such as food bank, homeless shelter, etc. At top tier schools you will be competing with applicants with similar MCAT score and GPA and hundreds or thousands of hours of non clinical volunteering.

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That makes sense. Thanks for the help.

murphyschmurphy said:

I went to school in Houston and have in family there.

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Should help. List to follow.

murphyschmurphy said:

1. cGPA: 3.93 and sGPA: 3.85
2. MCAT score: 522 (132/129/129/132)
3. State of residence: PA with ties to TX
4. Ethnicity and/or race: white
5. Undergraduate institution: T15
6. Clinical experience: clinical volunteer at urgent care (100 hours), clinic administrative assistant at nonprofit (400 hours), medical mission volunteer (85 hours, 75 projected), ophthalmic tech (1000 projected...I know this means close to nothing), complex patient navigator at nonprofit hospital (205 hours projected)
7. Research experience and productivity: 450 hours with 3 pubs and 1 presentation
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: 40 hours of EM, cardiology, and opthalmology
9. Non-clinical volunteering: 100 hours as coach and motivational speaker (150 projected hours), 40 hours fundraising for BLM
10. Other extracurricular activities: accomplished D1 athlete (5-time All American, 12-time conference champ, Olympic Trials qualifier, and 5-time school record holder), TA for 5 classes (300 hours), team captain and SAAC rep (100 hours)
11. Relevant honors or awards: over 50 athletic awards including very special NCAA award, top award for my major in undergrad, and 3 post-graduate scholarships
12. I got a career ending sickness (I am fine now but it took me out for 1.5 years) and it is pretty integral to my narrative and also is responsible for my decreased number of hours

Would really appreciate any help regarding my application. Be brutally honest.
School List:
Harvard
NYU
UPenn
Stanford
Baylor
Duke
Case Western
Hofstra
Hopkins
USC
WashU
Vanderbuilt
Mayo Clinic
Northwestern
UChicago
UVA
USF
Brown
UCSF
Emory
Colorado
University of Michigan
Pitt
Dell
WSU
UW
Wake Forest
Oregon
Ohio State
Dartmouth
Georgetown
McGovern
Temple
Geisenger
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Texas Tech - Lubbock
UT - Galveston
UT - Southwestern
UT - San Antonio
Jefferson
Penn State
Drexel
TCU Med School

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I suggest:
Columbia
Cornell
Duke
Harvard
JHU
Mayo
Northwestern
NYU
U Chicago
U Penn
U VA
Vanderbilt
WashU
Yale
Case
Hofstra
Stanford
Baylor
BU
Pitt
Sinai
U MI
USF Morsani
UTSW
UTx-H
Brown
Kaiser (only 50 seats!)
Rochester
SUNY-SB
USC/Keck
Albert Einstein
Dartmouth
Emory
NYMC
Ohio State
U Cincy
U IA
U MA
UCSF
Creighton
Gtown
Hackensack Meridian
Jefferson
Miami
NYU-LI
SLU
Tufts
U CO
U VM
UCF
UCLA [likes disadvantaged]
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
VCU
Western MI
Yes, it's a long list. Your job is to cull it down, based upon your needs/interests.

Goro said:

I suggest:
Columbia
Cornell
Duke
Harvard
JHU
Mayo
Northwestern
NYU
U Chicago
U Penn
U VA
Vanderbilt
WashU
Yale
Case
Hofstra
Stanford
Baylor
BU
Pitt
Sinai
U MI
USF Morsani
UTSW
UTx-H
Brown
Kaiser (only 50 seats!)
Rochester
SUNY-SB
USC/Keck
Albert Einstein
Dartmouth
Emory
NYMC
Ohio State
U Cincy
U IA
U MA
UCSF
Creighton
Gtown
Hackensack Meridian
Jefferson
Miami
NYU-LI
SLU
Tufts
U CO
U VM
UCF
UCLA [likes disadvantaged]
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
VCU
Western MI
Yes, it's a long list. Your job is to cull it down, based upon your needs/interests.

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I really appreciate you taking the time to help me. I will make sure to use these suggestions, and again thank you so much.