3.8 GPA 515, OH URM (no research!) WAMC / help with school list (2024)

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Hi all! Thank for taking the time to read this and give any advice, places like have been really indispensable for me in preparing for med school!

I am wondering what (md/do) schools to apply to as a urm with good enough stats, but no research experience

1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS
   1. 3.8cgpa 3.6sgpa
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts.
   1. 515 (126/129/128/132)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
   1. Ohio, very strong ties to mn and wi
4. Ethnicity and/or race
   1. Urm (black woman)
5. Undergraduate institution or category
   1. Private uni
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
   1. 2000+ hours as a cna in a hospital
   2. 50 hrs volunteering in emergency dept
7. Research experience and productivity
   1. No research (.,u,.) (i was dumb and thought it wasn’t that important until it was too late for me to get it)
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   1. 90 hrs all primary care (two different docs, one do and one md)
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   1. 300 hrs (school district, community center, political)
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    1. 2000hrs in residence life (RA and office admin) 400hrs in a uni tech job, 100hrs as a science ta, 150hrs de&i pres of campus group
11. Relevant honors or awards
    1. Departmental award (a writing competition), ra award
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important
    1. Also I’m first gen and a fafsa/fap recipient (wooo poverty)
    2. Think ps was strong (i would hope the eng major helped),
    3. Letters of rec are from department heads of english and biology, a doctor i shadowed with, res life director, and my manager at the hospital, i believe all are strong! Had great relationships with them

Right now my school list is just the university of minnesota and all ohio schools besides cwru

Faha said:

I suggest these schools with your stats:
Toledo
NEOMED
Wright State
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Case Western
U Michigan
Pittsburgh
Georgetown
Hofstra
Einstein (free tuition)
Mount Sinai
NYU (free tuition)
Columbia
Cornell
Harvard
Dartmouth
Brown
Boston University
Johns Hopkins
U Virginia
Duke
Emory
Miami
Vanderbilt
Washington University (in St. Louis)
Northwestern
U Chicago
Apply in June and submit all your secondaries by July.

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thanks for the list ! I wasn't thinking of applying to any T20s bc of my lack of research experience, did you think it was still worth it to apply?

Leonsmom said:

thanks for the list ! I wasn't thinking of applying to any T20s bc of my lack of research experience, did you think it was still worth it to apply?

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Yes. The Black applicant pool is small and there are only ~100 per year that apply with a MCAT of 513+ AND a GPA of 3.6+. You should receive several interviews from T20 schools.

Faha said:

Yes. The Black applicant pool is small and there are only ~100 per year that apply with a MCAT of 513+ AND a GPA of 3.6+. You should receive several interviews from T20 schools.

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Wow! thats a crazy stat. I honestly was thinking I should stick with safeties for most of my apps since most schools have over 90-95% of matriculants with research on msar. Thanks again for the list and advice