WAMC 4.0/510 URM

1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS 4.0cGPA, 4.0sGPA
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts. 510 (129/123/130/128)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US) VA, ties to NY
4. Ethnicity and/or race AA Male
5. Undergraduate institution or category Top 100
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer) -6000 Hours paid work experience throughout undergrad into my gap year with the homeless/refugees in field hospitals and shelters in leadership roles. Three different experieces here.
   -300 Hours paid work experience as a covid-19 testing site manager during covid. -100 Hours ED Volunteer.
7. Research experience and productivity -1000 hours clinical research assistant (volunteer) running device outcomes research on TAVR/TMVR cardiac procedures. (1 pub, 3rd author)
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented -200 Hours CT Surgery, Interventional Cardiology, Anesthesia, IM
9. Non-clinical volunteering -800 Hours as a Disaster Action Team Responder (volunteer) with the Red Cross. -250 Hours as a wish granter (volunteer) with Make a Wish foundation. - 250 Hours with American Cancer Society (volunteer)
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc) -Intramural Basketball, have played all my life.
11. Relevant honors or awards N/A
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important What schools would be ideal for me?? Are top 20's out of reach?? I think my EC's and GPA are strong enough, however, my MCAT seems to be low relatively speaking. Should I apply DO?? THANKS!!!

Faha said:

No. The AA applicant pool is small and only ~300 apply each year with a GPA greater than 3.6 and a MCAT of 508+. That is only 2 per MD school in the entire country.

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gyngyn said:

If that is your only MCAT score, you are a candidate for just about any MD school and a shoo-in for the HBCU's.

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AJS59 said:

Rock star application here! Good work. Don't sweat the CARS score. You can give T20s a shot (don't expect to get flooded with acceptances) but I think you will get into an MD without too much trouble if you apply early, broadly, and with good essays and LORs.

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