Help with school list? CA Resident.

[drRNA]

• CA: UCSF, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI, USC
• Case
• Boston U
• OSU
• Albert Einstein
• Miami
• Georgetown
• Tufts
• Temple
• MCW
• Drexel
• SLU
• NYMC
• Penn State
• West Virginia University

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[Goro]

Suggest adding:

Emory
Duke
Rochester
Hofstra
Pitt
BU
Keck
Columbia
U Miami
Jefferson
U VM

Hey all, I'm new to the forum and was hoping to get some advice on creating a tentative school list. I'm a CA resident and ORM so creating an appropriate list didn't seem as straightforward to me haha. Currently in my 1st of 2 gap years as a lab tech, and applying next cycle.

cGPA/sGPA: 3.57/3.56 (upward trend, 4.0 last 2 yrs)
MCAT: 518
top 20 UG
ORM, CA Resident
Research: >2000 hrs of basic science, 3 different labs. 1 poster, 1 middle-author
Clinical volunteering: will have ~100 hrs of hospital volunteering
Shadowing: ~40-50 hrs in orthopedics, gen. surgery, anesthesia
Other ECs: on-campus leadership position, biochem tutor, student-org class instructor
Honors: graduated with major honors
Good LORs.

Here's my prospective school list so far:

• CA: UCSF, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI, USC
• Case
• Boston U
• OSU
• Albert Einstein
• Miami
• Georgetown
• Tufts
• Temple
• MCW
• Drexel
• SLU
• NYMC
• Penn State
• West Virginia University

I was thinking of throwing in some more reaches and 'safeties', but not sure which ones would fit cause of my low GPA. I also realize I need to be applying to a lot more schools.

I'd really appreciate any help I can get, greatly prefer research-heavy schools. Thanks in advance!

 

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[drRNA]

Seems like you are in love with research. Are you sure you want to be an MD? I think you'd be better off with PhD or MD-PhD (which I think it kind of a waste of time since you may end up picking either practicing medicine or research down the line).

MD/PhD is only a pipe dream for me since my GPA is too low for the programs I'm interested in.