WAMC FL Reapplicant, need help with school list

[tenmalover]

Currently on 3 WLs now and trying to get suggestions for a school list. Any help is much appreciated!

Stats (FL resident ORM):
3.99 GPA, 517 MCAT
600 hrs tutoring, 100 hrs peer leading
150 hrs research assistant (no pubs or posters)
50 hrs shadowing (internal med)
400 hrs scribing (family med)
150 hrs volunteering in vaccine clinic (FEMA)
100 hrs H4H (hearts for the homeless) volunteering (over a year commitment, eboard position)

New activity on this cycle: 500 hrs medical assistant (home health visits for underserved/bedbound patients)

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[Mr.Smile12]

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What is your school list (with decisions) with your pending 3 WL's? Where did you grow up in Florida, or did you grow up elsewhere? Can you tell us what specialties you worked as a scribe and an MA? Where are the 500 hours in your calculations above (since only tutoring is over 500 hours)? What are your responsibilities for the Hearts for the Homeless organization? What other community service have you done, especially over this past application year?

 

[tenmalover]

1. cGPA: 3.99, sGPA: 4.0
2. MCAT: 517 (130/127/130/130)
3. Florida resident
4. Race: Asian
5. Education: State School
6. Clinical experience: 150 hrs volunteering in vaccine clinic (FEMA), 500 hrs medical assistant internal med (home health visits for underserved/bedbound patients, new activity for reapp), 400 hours scribing in family med clinic
7. Research experience: 150 hours research assistant
8. Shadowing experience: 50 hours internal med
9. Non-clinical volunteering: 100 hours H4H (natural disasters committee chair + volunteer doing BP and mental health screens)
10. Other extracurricular activities: Volleyball
11. Relevant honors or awards: Summa cum laude, Dean's List 2020-2024
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important: 600 hrs tutoring, 100 hrs peer leading

School List:

Morsani College of Medicine - waitlist

University of Central Florida College of Medicine - pre-II R

Florida State University - pre-II R

Florida International University - pre-II R

University of Florida - pre-II R

Florida Atlantic University - pre-II R

University of Miami - pre-II R

Nova Southeastern - waitlist

Emory University - pre-II R

University of North Carolina - pre-II R

Virginia Commonwealth University - pre-II R

East Virginia Medical School - pre-II R

New York Medical College - pre-II R

University of Rochester - pre-II R

University of Vermont - pre-II R

Hofstra - pre-II R

Hackensack - pre-II R

Rosalind Franklin - pre-II R

Quinnipiac - pre-II R

Kaiser Permanente - pre-II R

West Virginia - pre-II R

Cincinnati - pre-II R

Pennsylvania State - pre-II R

Arizona - pre-II R

Western Michigan - pre-II R

Oakland - waitlist

@Faha @Mr.Smile12 @gyngyn @chilly_md

Any suggestions are much appreciated, I don't know how I should change my list!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Thank you for your list from the last cycle. Good luck with the waitlists.

Why do you think you got so little positive response from other in-state programs? Where did you grow up in Florida?

 

[tenmalover]

Thank you for your list from the last cycle. Good luck with the waitlists.

Why do you think you got so little positive response from other in-state programs? Where did you grow up in Florida?

Thanks! I am not sure, but I grew up in Orlando and Tampa

 

[chilly_md]

You had low service to those less fortunate. Florida has a large number of premeds applying every year, but I am still surprised you did not receive an interview at a few more schools like UF or Miami. Some schools such as UNC and Arizona take few OOS students. Work on interview skills as well.

I suggest:

All FL schools
Wake
Emory
VCU
EVMS
University of Rochester
Einstein
NYU LI
University of Vermont
Hofstra
Dartmouth
Hackensack
Jefferson
Temple
Boston
Tufts
UMass
Iowa
Western Michigan
Oakland
Saint Louis
Creighton
Colorado
Belmont
Alice Walton (if it opens this cycle)

 

[tenmalover]

You had low service to those less fortunate. Florida has a large number of premeds applying every year, but I am still surprised you did not receive an interview at a few more schools like UF or Miami. Some schools such as UNC and Arizona take few OOS students. Work on interview skills as well.

I suggest:

All FL schools
Wake
Emory
VCU
EVMS
University of Rochester
Einstein
NYU LI
University of Vermont
Hofstra
Dartmouth
Hackensack
Jefferson
Temple
Boston
Tufts
UMass
Iowa
Western Michigan
Oakland
Saint Louis
Creighton
Colorado
Belmont
Alice Walton (if it opens this cycle)

Thanks so much for the suggestions and insight. Just one question, would my current MA job not apply as service to those less fortunate?

 

[chilly_md]

Thanks so much for the suggestions and insight. Just one question, would my current MA job not apply as service to those less fortunate?

Depends on the specifics, but the caveat is that you are still getting paid.