School List Help! Non-trad Computer Science (I don't believe in baselines, everything is reach)
Wisconsin Resident
GPA: 3.99
MCAT: 522
Computer Science Degree, solid public university.
Non-traditional
2 Years full time paid Healthcare Software Dev at large insurance company (caregiving apps, insurance data flow)
2 Years full time paid at non-profit (financial management services for low-income families to hire caregivers. I helped clients submit their work claims to be compliant with state gov't requirements, answered questions, reviewed accounts, etc)
255 hours At-home caregiver, paid, basic CNA work
350 hours Emergency department Registrar, paid (in room with patient collecting demographics & insurance, working with EMS arriving patients from ambulance to begin their chart on EPIC board)
250 clinical volunteering, 100 helping elderly patients at risk for dementia/Alzheimer's (music therapy, exercise, feeding assistance) 150 hours assisting ED admits feel more comfortable (socialization, getting missing hygiene items, water, contacting loved ones, etc)
125 non-clinical volunteering, 75 homeless shelter, 50 tutoring middle schoolers
44 hours shadowing. CT surgery, pathology, anesthesiology
1 semester TA'ing intro to electrical engineering course. Office hours, grading, answering forum questions etc.
Weakest part of my application are my research experience, as follows:
~125 Bioinformatics lab research assistant. Debugged/document our labs software, wrote a senior paper for honors and did a poster session. This wasn't really hypothesis driven work. While I can intelligently talk about the lab research, this was more like a programming project.
1 semester of PhD (withdrew, conflicted with medical school goals and family caregiving need). Potential red flag.
ECs: Ran a marathon, fitness geek, orienteering races. Not competitive by any means, just a hobby.
I don't think baselines are an appropriate mindset for med school, everything is a crapshoot.