MD & DO cGPA: 3.70, sGPA: 3.55, 32 MCAT, CA resident

[tynandaly]

CA resident, Utah undergrad, non-trad

Research: 450 hrs biochemistry lab with 2 posters
--170 hrs clinical
Volunteering: 70 hrs clinical
--170 hrs non-clinical
Shadowing: 105 hrs
Employment: Worked in a winery lab in California for 2 harvests, and had a 5 month winemaking internship in Chile.
--Currently managing catering events for weddings, dinners, etc.
--Just starting to work as a scribe in the emergency department

List:
UC Davis
UC Irvine
Keck
UCLA
U. of Utah (undergrad)
U. of Arizona-Phoenix (dad lives there, is this a good enough tie?)
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
NYMC
Albany
U. of Rochester
Virginia Commonwealth
Medical College of Wisconsin
St. Louis
Wake Forest
Temple
Creighton
Toldeo
Drexel
Tulane
Miami

DO schools:
Touro- CA
Pomona

DO schools aren't in MSAR so I'm not sure which schools to pick... but maybe 5 would be a good number?

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[gyngyn]

Really good list.
If you want to save $, delete Rochester, USC and Miami but they are are all realistic reaches so...your call.

 

[Goro]

I suggest


UC Davis
UC Irvine
U. of Utah
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
NYMC
Albany
U. of Rochester
Virginia Commonwealth
Medical College of Wisconsin
St. Louis
BU
hofstra
Wake Forest
Temple
Creighton
Drexel
Tulane
Miami
Oakland-B
Western MI
Netter
EVMS

DO schools:
Touro- CA
Pomona
TUNCOM
AZCOM
SOMA
Western-OR

 

[tynandaly]

Thank you SO much, both of you.

Goro, are you adding BU and Hofstra as reach schools? They have MCAT averages of 35 & 34, which seem a little high for me.