I have way too many schools and I need help whittling it down to a more reasonable number.
Info: 25 yo ORM, applying disadvantaged, reapp from MA, 3.67 GPA, 31 and 35 MCAT, BS biology from low-ranked liberal arts school. The strength of my app is research: 3 years full-time employment at a top 10 medical school lab, 2 pubs in 10+ impact factor journals, 10 abstracts. Other ECs: 500 clinical hours (ED volunteering, underserved clinic volunteering, physician shadowing), Big Brother Big Sister mentoring (will start in 1 month), tutoring for disadvantaged students (will start in 1 month), misc hobbies nothing remarkable.
Decent chance:
Umass
Vermont
Jefferson
NYMC
Temple
SUNY
Hit or miss chance:
Einstein
BU
Case
Dartmouth
Tufts
U Wisconsin
Rochester
Ohio State
Reach:
Baylor
Duke
Emory
Brown
Pitt
Stanford
Harvard
UVA
NYU
Cornell
Mayo (screen)
UCLA (screen)
UCSD (screen)
UCSF (screen)
UNC (screen)
Vandy (screen)
What REALLY concerns me is that I feel obliged to apply to a lot of high-ranked research schools because my research experience is exemplary, but I feel that I will likely get screened out due to my GPA coming from a weak school. At the same time, the schools that are likely more in my stat range prefer service-oriented activities, which I simply don't have... I'm pretty sure that this is why I got rejected from UMass last app cycle. I am starting tutoring and Big Brother Big Sister in about a month - both of which are huge longitudinal commitments - but schools will probably just assume I'm doing it for the sake of padding my application. I really feel doomed at this point.
Last app cycle I was complete at schools from Sept 10-October 15. Trying to be complete everywhere by July this year.
TY all for any help.
Info: 25 yo ORM, applying disadvantaged, reapp from MA, 3.67 GPA, 31 and 35 MCAT, BS biology from low-ranked liberal arts school. The strength of my app is research: 3 years full-time employment at a top 10 medical school lab, 2 pubs in 10+ impact factor journals, 10 abstracts. Other ECs: 500 clinical hours (ED volunteering, underserved clinic volunteering, physician shadowing), Big Brother Big Sister mentoring (will start in 1 month), tutoring for disadvantaged students (will start in 1 month), misc hobbies nothing remarkable.
Decent chance:
Umass
Vermont
Jefferson
NYMC
Temple
SUNY
Hit or miss chance:
Einstein
BU
Case
Dartmouth
Tufts
U Wisconsin
Rochester
Ohio State
Reach:
Baylor
Duke
Emory
Brown
Pitt
Stanford
Harvard
UVA
NYU
Cornell
Mayo (screen)
UCLA (screen)
UCSD (screen)
UCSF (screen)
UNC (screen)
Vandy (screen)
What REALLY concerns me is that I feel obliged to apply to a lot of high-ranked research schools because my research experience is exemplary, but I feel that I will likely get screened out due to my GPA coming from a weak school. At the same time, the schools that are likely more in my stat range prefer service-oriented activities, which I simply don't have... I'm pretty sure that this is why I got rejected from UMass last app cycle. I am starting tutoring and Big Brother Big Sister in about a month - both of which are huge longitudinal commitments - but schools will probably just assume I'm doing it for the sake of padding my application. I really feel doomed at this point.
Last app cycle I was complete at schools from Sept 10-October 15. Trying to be complete everywhere by July this year.
TY all for any help.
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