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WARS 2026-2027 Medical School List Builder

Expand on the LizzyM system with the more detailed WedgeDawg Rating System (WARS), updated for the 2026-2027 academic year. Goes beyond GPA and MCAT, incorporating work and volunteering experience.

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1. Basic Information

2. Academic Metrics

Academic trajectory, especially later upper-division science performance.

3. MCAT Details (Optional)

If you know your section scores, enter all four for more detailed planning. WARS will calculate the total MCAT from them and check for uneven score patterns.

4. Individual Data

These settings are less critical than the academic and MCAT metrics.

Paid work, military service, caregiving, or other sustained responsibilities.

Enter exact hours or choose a range to set this area automatically.

Scholarly work, posters, abstracts, publications, or sustained lab/clinical research involvement.

Enter exact hours or choose a range to set this area automatically.

Direct patient-facing work or volunteering that shows informed commitment to medicine.

Enter exact hours or choose a range to set this area automatically.

Physician shadowing or comparable exposure to day-to-day physician work.

Enter exact hours or choose a range to set this area automatically.

Service to communities, especially sustained non-clinical service with clear impact.

Enter exact hours or choose a range to set this area automatically.

Roles where others relied on your judgment, instruction, organization, or accountability.

Enter exact hours or choose a range to set this area automatically.

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References

WARS 2026-2027 Medical School List Builder is a school-list planning tool powered by an application strength score. It is not an admissions prediction.

  1. 1. Academic metrics use AAMC GPA/MCAT applicant and acceptee grid context: AAMC Table A-23 MCAT and GPA Grid.
  2. 2. MCAT total and section structure follows AAMC MCAT score reporting: AAMC Summary of MCAT Total and Section Scores.
  3. 3. MD and DO list-building references school-specific admissions data from AAMC MSAR and AACOMAS / Choose DO Explorer.
  4. 4. Application-stage and activity-hour entry concepts align with AMCAS process and Work/Activities guidance: AAMC AMCAS Work and Activities.
  5. 5. Mission and school-fit review should be checked against school-specific profiles: AAMC MSAR FAQ.
  6. 6. Research is mission-dependent and helps demonstrate premed competencies: AAMC Research Experience.
  7. 7. Clinical exposure and shadowing are reviewed for quality, reflection, and physician-role awareness: AAMC Clinical Experiences Survey and AAMC Shadowing Alternatives.
  8. 8. Service, leadership, teamwork, reliability, resilience, and related experience categories map to AAMC premed competencies: AAMC Premed Competencies.
  9. 9. Hour ranges are SDN planning bands, not official admissions cutoffs; AAMC emphasizes significant experiences and quality over quantity: AAMC AMCAS Work and Activities.
  10. 10. WARS 2026-2027 Medical School List Builder is adapted from SDN community planning tools and updated for conservative, non-predictive guidance: WedgeDawg's SDN WARS thread, original JSCalc calculator, and SDN success-rate charts.