Roast/Feedback my app and school list

[marobb]

Demos​

29 Male (Caucasian) Non-Traditional
Colorado Resident

Undergrad (graduated 2018) sGPA:2.76 uGPA:3.03
40 credit Post BAC with majority of BCPM Requirements: 4.0 GPA
Projected sGPA:3.34 uGPA:3.34
Clinical: 5000 Hours as EMT in busy Trauma Center (IVs, EKG, Splinting, Strokes, MI's)
MCAT: 514 (130,128,129,127).
Research: Cardio-metabolic Research Lab at Medical School as Student Assistant (projected 400 hours)
Volunteering: guiding rock climbing for people with disabilities (100 hours) Hobby?
Starting Volunteering at Clinic for underserved as EMT (projected 200 hrs)
Volunteered to teach EMT's in training didactic coursework and skills based scenario training (200 hours)
Leadership: Elected as the President of Local EMS Club (Education & Resources for EMT’S) 2020-2021 (200 hours)
Rock climbing instructor (1000 hours)
Awards: Presidents Honor Academic Achievement Award for Highest GPA at EMT School
Shadowing: 200 Hours ER Physicians
8 Hours IM Oncology
Fluent in medical Spanish self taught.

Reach​

1. Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
2. Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
3. Rush
4. University of Wisconsin
5. West Virginia University School of Medicine
6. Temple
7. Hofstra
8. Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
9. Penn State
10. UCLA
11. Dartmouth
12. Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
13. University of Connecticut School of Medicine
14. University of Maryland
15. University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix

Target​

1. University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
2. Creighton
3. George Washington
4. Georgetown
5. Quinnipiac Medical School
6. Tufts
7. Tulane
8. Emory
9. Wake Forest
10. Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
11. Western Michigan-Stryker
12. Albany Medical College
13. Saint Louis University School of Medicine
14. Oakland Beaumont
15. Eastern Virginia
16. Hackensack
17. Medical College of Wisconsin
18. New York Medical College
19. Wayne State
20. Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
21. Drexel
22. Vermont
23. Virginia Commonwealth
24. University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Safeties​

1. Belmont
2. NOVA MD

Will apply DO after AMCAS

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[Faha]

You have several schools on your list that admit few non residents with your GPA and no connection to the state or region.
I suggest these schools with your stats:
Colorado
Creighton
Arizona-Phoenix
St. Louis
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Rush
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Wayne State
Oakland Beaumont
TCU
Belmont
Tulane
NOVA MD
Miami
Wake Forest
Eastern Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth
George Washington
Georgetown
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Hackensack
Hofstra
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Dartmouth
Tufts
Alice Walton (when it opens)
Roseman (when it opens)

 

[marobb]

You have several schools on your list that admit few non residents with your GPA and no connection to the state or region.
I suggest these schools with your stats:
Colorado
Creighton
Arizona-Phoenix
St. Louis
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Rush
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Wayne State
Oakland Beaumont
TCU
Belmont
Tulane
NOVA MD
Miami
Wake Forest
Eastern Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth
George Washington
Georgetown
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Hackensack
Hofstra
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Dartmouth
Tufts
Alice Walton (when it opens)
Roseman (when it opens)

My targets are OOS friendly correct? At Least according to the MSAR?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Good luck. If you get no bites, ask us for DO options.

That's all I can roast for now.

 

[wysdoc]

My targets are OOS friendly correct? At Least according to the MSAR?

Compare your list to @Faha ’s list - the ones who aren’t so friendly to applicants from your particular state of residence will have been removed

 

[Faha]

My targets are OOS friendly correct? At Least according to the MSAR?

Except for Emory. They have some instate and URM preference.

 

[marobb]

Compare your list to @Faha ’s list - the ones who aren’t so friendly to applicants from your particular state of residence will have been removed

Sorry typed that out hastily, let me rephrase. I feel pretty good about my target list, it feels reasonable. Schools on my reach list state wise are pretty in-line with my targets schools but are less OOS friendly (except Dartmouth). My question is if my reaches are not worthwhile.

 

[marobb]

Except for Emory. They have some instate and URM preference.

What about University of Illinois SOM?

 

[Faha]

What about University of Illinois SOM?

They admit 50 to 60 non residents yearly but some of those are applicants who attended undergraduate school in Illinois, former residents, legacies, etc.

 

[KaiBuzz]

I would recommend removing UA PHX as they are looking for OOS applicants with higher stats.

 

[marobb]

I would recommend removing UA PHX as they are looking for OOS applicants with higher stats.

Yeah I didn't realize how big the jump was last year. 514 to 518. 519 for OOS