WAMC: URM 3.94/521

[thatguygoescrazy]

Need some help thinking of a good school list or just tell me to not apply. I wanted to apply this upcoming cycle to 30-40 schools, but worry I won’t have enough experience.

Hispanic (Mexican-American)
1st gen
Underserved community
SoCal
3rd-year
3.94 overall, 3.98 science, 3.9 nonscience
521 MCAT

1. Clinical Experience: EMT (500hrs), ER Volunteer (600hrs)
2. Nonclinical Volunteering: K-6 Tutor/Mentor (350hrs, anticipate another 350hrs next year), numerous community events around my hometown, (150hrs, anticipate another 150hrs next year), little league coach (230hrs)
3. Research: 1 lab, 600hrs, and will get around the same next year, 1 grant for my current independent project, wrote my proposal and I present after applications
4. Shadowing: 25hrs for 1 physician, 50hrs eShadowing
5. Random: Apart of a community service club, editing videos of gaming moments since high school, love video games and earned some money from tournaments, been lifting since middle school

I have called and emailed like 30 doctor’s offices for shadowing and no response or declines.

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[Mr.Smile12]

Have you networked with any Hispanic medical associations or student leaders with LMSA at the schools you are most interested in? Have you gone to free clinics where medical students and residents rotate or work to ask for help? I would be shocked if no one helped you, especially if your stats are accurate.

One of my favorite groups is the MiMentor team which records webinars and posts them on YouTube. Seriously subscribe to MiMentor.org including all of their social media accounts.

 

[thatguygoescrazy]

Have you networked with any Hispanic medical associations or student leaders with LMSA at the schools you are most interested in? Have you gone to free clinics where medical students and residents rotate or work to ask for help? I would be shocked if no one helped you, especially if your stats are accurate.

One of my favorite groups is the MiMentor team which records webinars and posts them on YouTube. Seriously subscribe to MiMentor.org including all of their social media accounts.

This is the first I heard of LMSA, so that's something Ima look into. As for free clinics, the only ones near me are affiliated with a club at my school so you have to be a member of it to connect with anyone there. I was rejected each time I applied cause they're known for only accepting people they know. Then again, I could just be coping. I'll look into MiMentor though. Thank you for the help.

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
The UCs
USC Keck
Stanford
Kaiser
Mayo (Arizona)
Baylor
Northwestern
U Chicago
Harvard
Boston University
Brown
Yale
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
NYU
Columbia
Cornell
Georgetown
Vanderbilt
Duke
Washington University (in St. Louis)

 

[thatguygoescrazy]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
The UCs
USC Keck
Stanford
Kaiser
Mayo (Arizona)
Baylor
Northwestern
U Chicago
Harvard
Boston University
Brown
Yale
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
NYU
Columbia
Cornell
Georgetown
Vanderbilt
Duke
Washington University (in St. Louis)

I appreciate it, it seems intimidating but ill definitely start looking into them

 

[HappyRabbit]

You are competitive for all schools. Here is the list of all schools that you can pick from. I recommend adding all reach and target schools and picking a healthy list of baseline schools based on where you want to attend as insurance.

Reach
Stanford University School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania (Perelman)
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Duke University School of Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine

Target
University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Baseline
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
Kaiser Permanente (Tyson)
California University of Science and Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Creighton University
Western Michigan University
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
University of Arizona--Phoenix
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Seton Hall - Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

 

[thatguygoescrazy]

You are competitive for all schools. Here is the list of all schools that you can pick from. I recommend adding all reach and target schools and picking a healthy list of baseline schools based on where you want to attend as insurance.

Reach
Stanford University School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania (Perelman)
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Duke University School of Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine

Target
University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Baseline
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
Kaiser Permanente (Tyson)
California University of Science and Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Creighton University
Western Michigan University
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
University of Arizona--Phoenix
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Seton Hall - Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Thank you HappyRabbit, I appreciate the list and the categorization for consideration.