Low GPA, Good MCAT - Help with School List!?

[Jumb0]

Massachusetts Resident

3.21 uGPA (upward trend)
3.13 usGPA
4.00 post-bacc GPA (academic record enhancer)
3.40 cGPA
3.48 csGPA

34 MCAT (11/11/12)

Average EC's
Good LOR's
Top 30 Undergrad
Immigrant, Bi-lingual
First generation college student
Socioeconomically disadvantaged (not URM though)

I need to reduce this list to ~30 schools:

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Tulane University School of Medicine
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Albany Medical College
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
New York Medical College
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
The Commonwealth Medical College
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
University of Vermont College of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Tufts University
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Temple University School of Medicine
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
University at Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Creighton University School of Medicine
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
University of Virgina School of Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University
Hofstra North Shore - LIJ School of Medicine
State University of New York Upstate Medical University


THANK YOU!

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[DaMedDude]

I'd delete the following right of the bat

Loma Linda (unless you are very Christian)
Case Western
Houston
Penn State
BU
IU
Keck
UNC
Louisville
UK

I just read through the list once. There's a lot of schools I know little about on there that probably should be removed.

 

[Jumb0]

I'd delete the following right of the bat

Loma Linda (unless you are very Christian)
Case Western
Houston
Penn State
BU
IU
Keck
UNC
Louisville
UK

I just read through the list once. There's a lot of schools I know little about on there that probably should be removed.

Thank you. They have been deleted!

 

[Omppu27]

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Tulane University School of Medicine
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Albany Medical College
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
University of South Caroline School of Medicine
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
New York Medical College
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
The Commonwealth Medical College
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Greenville
University of Utah School of Medicine
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
The University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
University of Vermont College of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Tufts University
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Temple University School of Medicine
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Wayne State University School of Medicine
University at Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Creighton University School of Medicine
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
University of Virgina School of Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University
Sanford School of Medicine The University of South Dakota
Hofstra North Shore - LIJ School of Medicine
State University of New York Upstate Medical University


THANK YOU!

I think the odds would be stacked against you at the bolded schools mainly due to in state preference/very high out of state attendance. However, I also only read through that once. Read more into each school and see if you would really "fit" there (eg. some schools have a very big emphasis on serving the underserved, primary care, etc). Also, some of those school that I didn't bold might also have very low out of state acceptance (the florida schools?) but I wasn't 100% sure.

 

[ProudMD]

Agree with everyone above.

Your MCAT is excellent, and your GPAs are acceptable. Apply broadly (which you are definitely planning to) and you should be fine.

 

[Goro]

Goro suggests

U MA
Case
Duke
Vanderbilt
BU
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Tulane University School of Medicine
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Albany Medical College
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
New York Medical College
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
The Commonwealth Medical College
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Tufts University
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Temple University School of Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Creighton University School of Medicine
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
Hofstra North Shore - LIJ School of Medicine