Help with school list

[HITR696]

Incoming applicant (2023-2024)
IL resident, not URM
3.78 cgpa, 3.54 sgpa, 512 mcat
375 hours clinical volunteering, ~250 hours non-clinical volunteering
2 semesters research, no pubs
50 hours shadowing
2 years leadership position including 1 year as vp of large medical organization on campus

I created this list using MSAR, please let me know if any of these schools are unrealistic or if there are any schools that I should add.

TCU
Drexel
George Washington
Howard
Temple
MCW
Loyola
University of Illinois (Chicago)
Rush
Wake Forest
University of Wisconsin
University of Louisville
Rosalind Franklin
Buffalo
Indiana University
Georgetown
SUNY Downstate
Albert Einstein
New York Medical College
Thomas Jefferson
University of Iowa
Tufts
Vermont
Wayne State
UCLA
USC
Minnesota
Albany
Miami Leonard
Northwestern (huge reach)
University of Chicago (huge reach)

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[gyngyn]

Delete Howard, USC and UCLA.

 

[HITR696]

Delete Howard, USC and UCLA.

UCLA seemed within range for my stats, is it because they prefer stronger research experience?

 

[gyngyn]

UCLA seemed within range for my stats, is it because they prefer stronger research experience?

Candidates with your stats (esp. OOS) need to have some compelling factor that adds something special to the class.
Do you have that?

 

[HITR696]

Candidates with your stats (esp. OOS) need to have some compelling factor that adds something special to the class.
Do you have that?

I don't really have an X factor so probably not.

 

[Faha]

What is the nature of your clinical and non clinical volunteering hours ? Do you have any in person physician shadowing hours ?

 

[HITR696]

What is the nature of your clinical and non clinical volunteering hours ? Do you have any in person physician shadowing hours ?

250 of my clinical hours are as an MA, about 50 are hospital volunteering, and the remaining 75 are from doing community screenings.

Non-clinical is a mix of volunteering at boys and girls club and volunteering as a chemistry tutor.

Also, I forgot to mention shadowing. I shadowed a pediatric cardiologist for 50 hours.

 

[Faha]

Rush expects many more hours of clinical and non clinical hours than you have. Here is a more realistic list:
U Illinois
Southern Illinois
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Indian
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Creighton
TCU
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Georgetown
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Hackensack
Einstein
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Belmont (when it opens)

 

[HITR696]

Rush expects many more hours of clinical and non clinical hours than you have. Here is a more realistic list:
U Illinois
Southern Illinois
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Indian
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Creighton
TCU
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Georgetown
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Hackensack
Einstein
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Belmont (when it opens)

Sounds good, it looks like Belmont might not be opening until fall of 2025 though.