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Non-Trad School List Feedback Request Howdy y’all, looking for some feedback on my school list. Happy to answer questions, open to all suggestions. **Demographics/Stats:** 30 YOM, Texas resident, raised in Michigan, ORM Undergrad in the humanities; 3.45 cGPA (3.80 last 60 hours), 3.89 sGPA, 515 MCAT (estimated based off 3 points below FL average, waiting on actual score) **Experiences/Employment:** 23,000+ clinical hours (paramedic for over a decade, 911 and critical care) Adjunct Professor (EMS program at local college) (2 years) Director of Market Research for med-tech startup (4 years) \~100 hours shadowing \~1000 hours service (wide range of stuff, mainly nature related; about half through a service leadership org) **Academic:** \~500 research (humanities, not medicine related at all. Hours are from senior thesis + summer fellowship) **Leadership:** Community paramedicine program coordinator: developed + run agency-wide program Philosophy Club (founder/president – pretty old experience but still happened) Political Philosophy Club (vice president – similar to above) Arts Journal (Editor) **Target MD Schools:** 1. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine 2. Wayne State University School of Medicine 3. Robert Larner College of Medicine at the Univ. of Vermont 4. Tulane University School of Medicine 5. Albany Medical College 6. Drexel University College of Medicine 7. Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine 8. Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine 9. Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine 10. Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 11. Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University 12. The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences 13. Medical College of Wisconsin 14. Wake Forest University School of Medicine 15. Old Dominion Eastern Virginia Medical School 16. Creighton University School of Medicine **Stretch MD Schools:** 1. University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 2. University of Minnesota School of Medicine 3. Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine 4. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 5. University of Michigan College of Medicine (real Hail Mary here) **Target DO Schools:** 1. Michigan State University COM 2. Philadelphia COM 3. Kansas City University COM 4. New York Institute of Technology COM 5. Rowan-Virtua COM 6. University of New England COM 7. University of Pikeville–Kentucky COM 8. West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine **Texas:** 1. Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio 2. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston 3. Texas A&M University College of Medicine 4. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine 5. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine 6. Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston 7. UT Tyler School of Medicine 8. University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) John Sealy School of Medicine 9. Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine 10. Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at UNTHSC 11. Baylor College of Medicine

Everything she couldn’t be As I watched my Mom take her last breath on Earth in the plain hospital bed, I couldn’t help but be humbled. The way that I studied every square inch of her face in her last hours, like she was my newborn, was surreal. I unabashedly called her Mommy and let her know she could rest and that she did good. There were no words left that would express my love and gratitude for her effort Our inside jokes were gone. Thank you for sharing what you could Mom. Thank you for telling me I was braver than you could have ever been. We love you

Houston OBGYN advice First pregnancy and new to the area! Currently looking into obgyn options and narrowed it down to 3 groups: 1. Women’s specialist of Houston (TCH) 2. Baylor OBGYN (TCH) 3. UT health (Memorial Hermann memorial city) Does anyone have recommendations/preferences between the 3 groups? Or hospital even? Leaning towards one @ TCH but I’m hearing it’s hard to get an appointment for new patients. Has anyone scheduled lately? If so, how far along do they usually see you? 8-10weeks? Any help appreciated! TIA!

Looking for areas to move around/right outside houston that fit my needs I plan on moving near houston within a few years and i need advice on towns to move too with my needs and wants (i have already googled it’s really not much help i’d like to hear from people who actually live in the area) My top things i want when moving are : \-Close to hospitals/children’s hospitals (for work) I am a respiratory therapist \-Not in the city but close enough to travel for work maybe 40 minutes out \-I want a bit of land ( not a lot just enough to not have neighbors 50 ft away from me) so i can have a garden and a nice backyard I also really love marsh, wet, swampy areas which i think are in eastern tx but obviously i don’t absolutely need that i just prefer lol. I think that covers it all, i’m really not trying to be super picky but i plan on making it my forever home so i guess being a little picky about that is ok. Any advice on what areas to look at would be super amazing! Side note if there’s any SNF with vent care in that area i’d love to know about it cause that’s my specialty!!

WAMC? (TX, ORM, 3.72/3.68 cGPA/sGPA, 526 MCAT, major downward trend final pre-app semester) Hi, I am applying in a couple days and was looking for feedback before I submit. Mainly, I want to know how badly my last semester likely messed up my application, and if I have any chance this cycle. **Stats** * cGPA \~3.72, sGPA \~3.68 (was 3.85/3.76 pre-Spring 26) * MCAT 526 (132/132/131/131) * Major: Data Science * Trajectory: 3.95 → 3.75 → 4.0 (Fall 24) → WI Spring 25 (medical) → Fall 25 gap working FT → Spring 26: A in biochem, C's in upper division math courses My story is pretty complicated, which I feel is off putting in certain ways. However, its worse to not mention it, so I'm struggling to make it work in a way that explains but doesn't stress the struggles, so the spotlight is taken off of it. I know my MCAT is a strong point, but also, that I have multiple red flags. Firstly I was hospitalized Spring 25 (psych ward, though I won't mention it specifically), which lead to financial and financial aid issues. Had to work 50–60 hr/wk fall 2026 to fund my return to school. It wasn't enough, so I came back Spring 26 working FT as ER tech and taking full time classes, though I knew how difficult it would be (I didn't have a choice). The courses I was taking were extremely hard and work was hard on top of prewriting for the application, but I was barely holding on with a b+ average. Then, last 3 weeks, mom got sick and I had to take care of her on top of everything else, which broke my balance in the final \~3 weeks. Ended up with an A in biochem, and Cs in my math classes. I was trying to get incomplete grades in them, but wasn't able to. I understand that I really dropped the ball and messed up, but in all honesty, if I don't apply and get in this cycle, I'll probably just give up. I'm exhausted and tired. **Schools (all TMDSAS schools)** Baylor, UTSW, McGovern, UTMB, UTRGV, Long, Dell, UH, UTyler, TAMU, Tech-Lubbock, Tech-El Paso, SHSU, TCOM **ECs** * **Clinical paid:** 911 EMT (1,260 hrs), ER Tech (1,300+ ongoing), Lead PCT on neuro (600 hrs), IFT EMT (576 hrs) * **Research:** RA at NICU lab since (700-800hrs), first-author abstract published as part of conference proceedings (not sure how to frame this in app), 2 first author oral presentations at the main peds conferences * **Shadowing:** \~32 hrs (EM, NICU, Peds) * **Non-clinical:** Working with developmentally delayed children (200 hrs), homeless recovery shelter (60 hrs) * **Awards:** Trainee Award (selected from pool of PhD, Med, and Undergrad students for abstract at conference), minor work awards (2xCPR Save recognitions at 911 EMS) **Demographics** TX resident, ORM (South Asian), first-gen immigrant (came in kindergarten), SNAP/free lunch growing up, trilingual (English, Native language, Intermediate Spanish - translate in ER) **LOR** A physician at work (good), a charge nurse I'm really close to (good to great), and genetics prof (probably mid). Didn't reach out to my PI for LOR because I had to quit due to the issues last spring. My main question is, how do I even frame this? Do I have a chance given my bad performance the semester before application? Grades just came out, so I am feeling pretty devastated. Has anyone had anything similar happen? Is there a way to wrangle the mess into something cohesive?