Hi SDN! Totally blown away by my recent (new) MCAT score, so here to get your thoughts on my revised school list.
My stats:
Mostly traditional, graduated college at 20, now applying @ 21 after a 1 year MPH
~3.7 cGPA
~3.5 sGPA
527 MCAT
Top 15 undergrad, graduated in 3 years w/double major and magna cum laude.
MPH from big Ivy
Maryland resident, ORM
EC's:
GI research 5 years: 4 pubs (1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th author) with 2 more in the works. 4 poster presentations (all national/international level conferences)
ortho clinical research: 1 year, no pubs
shadowing: 150 hours ortho spine (50 in the OR), 100 hours IM; 250 total
shock trauma med assistant: 100 hours
athletic trainer+sports med intern: 500+ hours-worked for school (DI) athletic department
lifeguard and swim instructor (paid job): 5 years
SAT/AP tutor (paid job): 3 years
sports coach (volunteer): 4 years, ~500 hours
school news editor
peer reviewer for 3 undergrad journals, head of review for home institution journal
various paid articles for newspapers
school-organized service organization (3 years), ~200 hours
student hospital volunteer/clerk: 1 year, ~75-100 hours
campus tour guide: 2 years
Catholic service with church: about 200 hours total
Misc:
Mensa
FIDA ranked chess player
HS 2 sport All-American (injured in college)
Guildhall certified concert pianist
Fluent in Mandarin and Spanish
School list (going super top heavy, I know....is it too much?):
Harvard
Hopkins
Stanford
Perelman@ Penn
Columbia
Yale
Duke
Pritzker @ UChicago
Weill Cornell
Northwestern
Vandy
Icahn @ Mt. Sinai
Mayo
Geisel @ Dartmouth
Alpert @ Brown
Maryland (IS, almost all clinical/research there, mom is doc there)
Georgetown
GW
Virginia
Iowa (lived there a while, born there, decent OOS %)
=20 schools so far. Looking to apply to about 25-30. Any add suggestions? I realize my GPAs could be an issue at many schools of this caliber.
Edit: Will be applying MD/MBA, where applicable.
Thanks guys and be kind if I violated any newbie posting rules!
) EDIT: I don't have one; I'm not particularly good.
