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I am applying in the 2016 cycle, just wanted to get some feedback on a preliminary school list I have set up.
Stats:
s/cGPA: 3.95
MCAT: 41 (14/12/15) (retake; first score was a 30)
Clinical:
150 hours (+ 4 hours/week through cycle) clinical volunteering, all patient contact
175 hours physician shadowing, mostly office-based
250 hours (+16-24 hours per week through cycle) ER scribe
Non-clinical:
Vice president of student organization for 1 year (member for all 4)
Tutoring for both academic credit and for a private company (working since graduation)
Internship at local biotech company
250 hours volunteering with local nonprofit (feeding needy)
Research:
3 years of research, in two labs (1500 hours); no publications, but LORs from both
School List:
All CA schools (CA resident)
Albany
Albert Einstein
Boston U
Case Western
Columbia
Chicago - Rosalind Franklin
Creighton
Drexel
George Washington
Gerogetown
Harvard
Icahn - Sinai
Johns Hopkins
Medical College of Wisconsin
NYMC
NYU
Northwestern
Penn State
U Penn - Perelman
St. Louis University
Temple
Tufts
Tulane
U Chicago - Pritzker
U Pitt
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Washington University - St. Louis
Cornell
Yale
I realize this list is unrealistically long and includes a large number of top tiers; this is not my finalized list, I was just wondering which schools I should strike off my list, or if there are any I should consider adding. Thanks for reading.
Stats:
s/cGPA: 3.95
MCAT: 41 (14/12/15) (retake; first score was a 30)
Clinical:
150 hours (+ 4 hours/week through cycle) clinical volunteering, all patient contact
175 hours physician shadowing, mostly office-based
250 hours (+16-24 hours per week through cycle) ER scribe
Non-clinical:
Vice president of student organization for 1 year (member for all 4)
Tutoring for both academic credit and for a private company (working since graduation)
Internship at local biotech company
250 hours volunteering with local nonprofit (feeding needy)
Research:
3 years of research, in two labs (1500 hours); no publications, but LORs from both
School List:
All CA schools (CA resident)
Albany
Albert Einstein
Boston U
Case Western
Columbia
Chicago - Rosalind Franklin
Creighton
Drexel
George Washington
Gerogetown
Harvard
Icahn - Sinai
Johns Hopkins
Medical College of Wisconsin
NYMC
NYU
Northwestern
Penn State
U Penn - Perelman
St. Louis University
Temple
Tufts
Tulane
U Chicago - Pritzker
U Pitt
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Washington University - St. Louis
Cornell
Yale
I realize this list is unrealistically long and includes a large number of top tiers; this is not my finalized list, I was just wondering which schools I should strike off my list, or if there are any I should consider adding. Thanks for reading.
