3.97 GPA 33 MCAT Canadian applicant

[mike wang]

Hello, I would like to get some advice on my application.
- Canadian applicant, most secondaries submitted early August-mid August
-3.97 GPA, 3.96 sGPA, 33 MCAT (12 physics 7 verbal 14 bio)

EC's:
Clinical Research (200 hours)
Shadowing physician (200 hours)
Lab research with one pending pub (not first author, 500 hours)
Local poster presentation (first author)
Exec on multiple clubs
Some scholarships


These are the schools I applied to:
1) Boston U
2) NYU
3) Dartmouth
4) Cornell
5) Case Western
6) Yale
7) Columbia
8) Penn State
9) Vanderbilt
10) Mayo
11) Northwestern

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[mike wang]

bump!

 

[gyngyn]

bump!

There are 74 USMD schools that accept international students. You need to sample the stratum in which your MCAT is near the median.

 

[mike wang]

There are 74 USMD schools that accept international students. You need to sample the stratum in which your MCAT is near the median.

My MCAT is slightly lower than the median MCAT average for most of the schools on my list but given the rest of my application, I'm wondering if I stand a chance at these schools, especially with my 7 in verbal

 

[gyngyn]

My MCAT is slightly lower than the median MCAT average for most of the schools on my list but given the rest of my application, I'm wondering if I stand a chance at these schools, especially with my 7 in verbal

The particular schools you have chosen (with one or two exceptions) are among the most selective in the nation and the world, even for overqualified US applicants. If you are to have any real chance, you need to focus on the schools that might interview you.

 

[advair250]

Unbalanced mcat, you should have added more midteirs and low tiers. Wayne state, Oakland, RFU, etc.

You made a poor list choice by only applying to reaches, but you may get some interviews

 

[advair250]

And Virginia commonwealth has interviewed handful of Canadians.