Rate my app, I've been tweaking since score release
Hello, I am applying to this year's match and I've been eyeing PM&R my entire medical school career. This is my entire app, I'm not shy to share, and I definitely might be overreacting. I am at a DO school.
Preclinicals: Finished in 1st quartile. Labeled as "Outstanding" candidate for postgrad education on MSPE (not really sure the significance of this).
Volunteer: medical trip to panama. worked at local boys and girls club, crisis nursery. founder of community volleyball group (running for 4-5 years; consists of 200+ members). created comprehensive study guides since we were an inaugural class and those guides have continuously been used in subsequent classes and has spread to our sister campuses as well.
Leadership: Delegate for our AMA-MSS chapter, PR for asian pacific american medical student association, finance chair for our medical trip to panama. peer tutor for anatomy my first year, then became a TA for the class our second year.
Work: Did work as patient transport/department lead for 5 years, my last 1.5 years there occured while I was in medical school
Research (very weak): 3 poster presentations at our school's research day, and won first or second for all 3. One of those was also orally presented at the research day as well. I have 0 publications. Have worked on 2 case reports that will be submitted, but might not be published before submission
Boards: never failed an exam. passed comlex 1, did not take step 1. comlex 2: 515; step 2: 241.
Rotations: High passed IM, elective, FM, Surgery. Only honored FM. Never failed, received IM LoR. In regards to aways, I got one at a regenerative/pain clinic LoR secured there, UPenn SLOE secured here, Sinai baltimore, Northwestern Marianjoy, Rutgers, and Case Western Geauga.
What kind of applicant am I? Am I competitive? Can I swing for top programs or no?