dhowell16
New Member
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2019
- Messages
- 7
- Reaction score
- 1
Hey SDN,
I’ve been reading posts for too long so I figured I would pull the trigger and ask you all myself. I am an ORM white male from OR with 3 years of college done. Headed into my fourth. I took the MCAT this summer and got a 507 (129/125/128/125). I’m thrilled to have submitted my application and gotten the MCAT out of the way but I wanted to know what schools might be recommended for my situation. (Additionally, some say 507 is good enough, is it worth a retake?)
Pardon the novel, I wanted to best represent myself.
Year in school: 4th year
State of Residence: OR
Undergraduate College: George Fox University
sGPA: 3.78 cGPA: 3.82
Schools: MD
OHSU
Emory University
Beyond this I could use some help. I made a spreadsheet of a +-2 pt range for schools but it’s a lot more than I care to look at. Plus, I don’t know if I stand a good shot regardless of MCAT score being lower. I know to avoid OOS State schools but other than that I’m lost.
Volunteering:
Clinical:
300 hours Free Clinic Member: reception, interpreting, provider support(developing world conditions, I love it)
60 hours Health Care interpreting (Spanish-English)
180 hours Clinic Member in Kenya (life goal)
Non-clinical:
200 hours Community volunteer
80 hours Peer Advisor
30 hours Medical Teams International
Physician Shadowing:
A mix of quality people that totals to about 60 hours (Surgery, Internal Med, Family Medicine, Physiatry)
Extracurricular Activities:
2000 hours of church involvement (worship band, bible study, youth group leader, choir member)
Powerlifting, consistent 3-4x/wk for the last 6 years but you couldn’t tell by looking at me, I’m a lean boi.
400 hours College Choir, self-teaching piano
Played college baseball freshman year but then chose to focus on studies
Teaching:
400 hours Teacher’s Assistant, Help Session (Org Chem, Chem, Bio, Molecular Bio)
80 hours Science Outreach Teacher (teach homeschooled children about Physics)
Research:
500 hours Protein Research, complete synthesis and isolation (it was pretty neat even if it didn’t ultimately result in a publication)
500 hours Plant Nursery Research Aid
Employment History:
Nonclinical:
50 hours Trader Joe’s Crew Member (woot)
see ‘Research’
Clinical:
150 hours Direct Support Professional (working with children who have cognitive disabilities)
Most else related to volunteering
Immediate Family in Medicine: No
Specialty of interest: Pediatrics or Family Medicine
Graduate Degrees: None
Interested in rural health (y/n): Yes, I am interested in medicine to better serve developing world countries, predominantly in Africa or Latin America. For this reason, rural might serve as a good foundation.
I’ve been reading posts for too long so I figured I would pull the trigger and ask you all myself. I am an ORM white male from OR with 3 years of college done. Headed into my fourth. I took the MCAT this summer and got a 507 (129/125/128/125). I’m thrilled to have submitted my application and gotten the MCAT out of the way but I wanted to know what schools might be recommended for my situation. (Additionally, some say 507 is good enough, is it worth a retake?)
Pardon the novel, I wanted to best represent myself.
Year in school: 4th year
State of Residence: OR
Undergraduate College: George Fox University
sGPA: 3.78 cGPA: 3.82
Schools: MD
OHSU
Emory University
Beyond this I could use some help. I made a spreadsheet of a +-2 pt range for schools but it’s a lot more than I care to look at. Plus, I don’t know if I stand a good shot regardless of MCAT score being lower. I know to avoid OOS State schools but other than that I’m lost.
Volunteering:
Clinical:
300 hours Free Clinic Member: reception, interpreting, provider support(developing world conditions, I love it)
60 hours Health Care interpreting (Spanish-English)
180 hours Clinic Member in Kenya (life goal)
Non-clinical:
200 hours Community volunteer
80 hours Peer Advisor
30 hours Medical Teams International
Physician Shadowing:
A mix of quality people that totals to about 60 hours (Surgery, Internal Med, Family Medicine, Physiatry)
Extracurricular Activities:
2000 hours of church involvement (worship band, bible study, youth group leader, choir member)
Powerlifting, consistent 3-4x/wk for the last 6 years but you couldn’t tell by looking at me, I’m a lean boi.
400 hours College Choir, self-teaching piano
Played college baseball freshman year but then chose to focus on studies
Teaching:
400 hours Teacher’s Assistant, Help Session (Org Chem, Chem, Bio, Molecular Bio)
80 hours Science Outreach Teacher (teach homeschooled children about Physics)
Research:
500 hours Protein Research, complete synthesis and isolation (it was pretty neat even if it didn’t ultimately result in a publication)
500 hours Plant Nursery Research Aid
Employment History:
Nonclinical:
50 hours Trader Joe’s Crew Member (woot)
see ‘Research’
Clinical:
150 hours Direct Support Professional (working with children who have cognitive disabilities)
Most else related to volunteering
Immediate Family in Medicine: No
Specialty of interest: Pediatrics or Family Medicine
Graduate Degrees: None
Interested in rural health (y/n): Yes, I am interested in medicine to better serve developing world countries, predominantly in Africa or Latin America. For this reason, rural might serve as a good foundation.
