MD School list feedback: ORM, IL, 526, c3.92, s3.88, Traditional

[alisonbechdel]

1. cGPA: 3.92, sGPA: 3.88
2. 526: 132/131/131/132
3. Illinois resident
4. ORM (Indian)
5. Private Jesuit
6. Clinical: 500 hours (1000 projected) FM/OB-GYN/Peds MA at FQHC (clinical LOR from MD here)
   650 hours Peds MA at FQHC
7. Research: 400 hours hematology/oncology wet lab, 1 presentation no pubs (LOR from PI here)
   200h r&d at medical device company (900 projected)
8. Shadowing: 40h hospitalist, 60h orthopedic surgery
9. Volunteering: 200h volunteer leadership with university -leading a small group of volunteers from the school at various community partner sites, 110h food pantry (150 more projected)
10. 250h president of university lgbt+ org, 400h swimming (hobby), 200h knitting, 10h (600h projected)-- MCAT tutor
11. personal statement has community service + underserved patients focus, used AP for calc, gen bio, gen chem, physics lecture

Current list:
northwestern
nyu
uchicago
vanderbilt
penn
washu
umich
pitt
emory
drexel
mt sinai
albert einstein
uva
indiana
wake forest
georgetown
uic
southern illinois
loyola
rush
rosalind franklin
mcw
brown
tufts
slu

maybes:
johns hopkins
mayo
ucsf
hackensack
vermont
osu
iowa
uw-madison
colorado
evms
quinnipiac


what to add, what to take off? Looking to apply to around 30 schools in total, mostly in midwest + east coast

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[chilly_md]

You will have to see whether each school will take your AP credit for pre-reqs like gen chem and bio. Upper level courses in these subjects can be sometimes substituted, and the higher stat schools are moving away from pre-reqs in general.

SIU is meant for IL residents south of I-80 and/or from rural parts of the state. Schools like Drexel or Georgetown know you will not attend their school over other options.

I suggest:

northwestern
nyu
uchicago
vanderbilt
penn
washu
umich
pitt
emory
mt sinai
albert einstein
uva
uic
brown
tufts
slu
johns hopkins
mayo
ucsf
osu
Cincinnati
Case
iowa
uw-madison
colorado
WUSTL
Hofstra
Rochester
Dartmouth
Boston

 

[alisonbechdel]

thank you so much!! unfortunately i don't meet the prereqs for hofstra or rochester --any suggestions for schools to substitute for them?

 

[chilly_md]

Try Jefferson and Miami

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Have you checked with the Medical Student Pride Alliance?

 

[LeaveNoTrace]

You're a rock star. Start with Harvard. Or Hopkins. Your call.

 

[alisonbechdel]

Have you checked with the Medical Student Pride Alliance?

no, thanks for telling me about it! i was using the section in MSAR to gauge what specific resources schools have for LGBT+ students

 

[alisonbechdel]

You're a rock star. Start with Harvard. Or Hopkins. Your call.

thank you