WAMC/School List: (trans, 515, 3.82) IL Resident

[apple dog]

Stats
cGPA: 3.8
sGPA: 3.6 ish
Public Health Major, Arts Minor
Big state school (known for grade deflation lol)
MCAT: 515 (128/128/130/129)
not URM, IL Resident
“Theme” of my app is gender-affirming care (I am trans and want to specialize in it)

Extracurriculars:

• Clinical experience:
  • CNA (450 Hours)
  • Medical Scribe For Street Medicine (50 hours)
• Research:
  • Wet Lab (1,080 Hours) (1,820 Projected) (3,000 total)
    • 1st author manuscript in progress almost ready to be published
    • hired as a full time lab tech for after graduation
  • Independent Public Health Research (300 Hours)
    • 1st author manuscript in progress almost ready to be published
    • Gender health related
  • State Research Fellow (100 Hours)
    • Funding to complete independent research project
    • gender health related
  • Honors Thesis (50 Hours)
    • 1st author manuscript in progress almost ready to be published
  • Wet lab summer internship (320 Hours)
• Extracurriculars:
  • Intern at community clinic for trans patients helping w insurance / specialty care (300 hours)
  • President, Student Dance Company (400 hours)
  • LGBTQ+ intern for school planned like lgbtq programs/events for my school (250 Hours)
  • Dance Department Concerts (480 Hours)
  • TA (50 Hours)
  • Crisis text line volunteer (LGBTQ+ specific) (100 Hours)
  • Food Pantry Volunteer (120 Hours)
• Shadowing
  • 20 hrs LGBTQ+ care (primary and surgical), 8hrs dance/sports medicine physicians, 16 hrs infectious disease
• Posters
  • 4 posters at undergraduate institution’s symposiums
  • 1(maybe 2) national conference
• Awards
  • 2 research scholarships
  • 1 leadership scholarship
  • Dean’s List
  • Departmental Honors

Need help narrowing list

Dream/Reach
Brown (LGBTQ+ health pathway)
Northwestern (awesome LGBTQ+ health institute and close to family/in IL)
U Chicago
UCSF
U Washington (LGBTQ+ health pathway)
Columbia (would love to be in NY)
NYU (Why not throw my hat in for chance of free med school lol)
UCLA
KECK
Boston University
Michigan
Pitt
Stanford

Target/goal
Rush
U Illinois Chicago
Loyola
UW Madison
Indiana
Temple
OHSU
Penn State
Vermont
Tulane
Drexel
GW
Minnesota
Georgetown
Tufts
Colorado

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[Mr.Smile12]

Welcome to the forums.

Have you registered for this weekend's Medical Student Pride Alliance virtual conference this weekend (we are exhibiting)? It may help you connect with current medical students and residents who are willing to help other LGBTQA+ applicants find out about schools where they are attending. They may also give you insights into managing your application including interviews.

 

[mike-sheree]

FWIW, I cannot envision you NOT getting accepted to U of Ill Chicago.
(Retired physician U of I Chicago class of 1977).

 

[AJS59]

Your application is solid. If you want to strengthen it further, you could try to do more food pantry hours, but not strictly necessary.

As for your list: The difficult schools I think you might deal with are Washington, OHSU, Minnesota and Indiana (unless you have ties to Minnesota, Indiana, Oregon or 1 of the 5 states Washington covers). Because of the LGBTQ+ pathway at Washington, you probably have a better chance than the average OOS applicant there, but just worth considering.