sGPA: 3.5 cGPA: 3.7 MCAT: 32, are these schools appropriate?

[tynandaly]

MCAT: 32 (9 VR, 11 BS, 12 PS, scored below my AAMC average)

Physician Shadowing: 90 hours in 7 different specialties

Research: 1 year biochemistry lab working on a potential new Alzheimer's drug -450 hrs
6 months clinical research on Nurse and MA health -40 hrs
1 year clinical research in Pediatric ED -145 hrs

Clinical Experience: 1 semester at Veterans Nursing Home -25 hrs
1 year doing research on patients in Pediatric ED (can I count this twice?)

Volunteer: 3 semesters helping children with intellectual disabilities develop motor skills -100 hrs (Leadership role)
1 semester recycling during college football games!
1 semester research in Human Performance Lab

Also: TA for upper division DNA Lab


According to this chart below 72.7% of applicants in my MCAT/GPA range were accepted.
https://www.aamc.org/download/321518/data/2012factstable25-4.pdf

Went to school in Utah, but am now a California resident, so i'll be applying to most CA schools plus a dozen or so OOS

UCLA
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Riverside
U of Arizona (have ties)
Florida Atlantic
U of Central Florida
U of Florida
USF Health Morsani College
U of Kansas
U of Oklahoma
U of Nebraska
U of Illinois
Creighton
Indiana University
LSU
Louisville
NOT UTAH

Reaches (are these even worth applying to??)
Brown
Wake Forest
University of Rochester
UC San Francisco
UC San Diego
Keck School of Medicine

What do you think?

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[Velma Dinkley]

You stand a good chance, your stats are those of an average matriculant nationwide.

 

[whatbout2morrow]

I'd add a few safeties like NYMC, Jefferson, Drexel, etc just because your OOS schools are mostly state schools which show in-state preference.

 

[pachewisc]

UCLA
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Riverside
U of Arizona (have ties)
Florida Atlantic
U of Central Florida
U of Florida
USF Health Morsani College
U of Kansas
U of Oklahoma
U of Nebraska
U of Illinois
Creighton
Indiana University
LSU
Louisville

Reaches (are these even worth applying to??)
Brown
Wake Forest
University of Rochester
UC San Francisco
UC San Diego
Keck School of Medicine

What do you think?

Don't bother with any of the OOS public schools. You're not a resident, and your MCAT/GPA aren't high enough to beat out the other OOS applicants. You'll need to replace them with privates. There are tons of private schools in the midwest and east coast to consider.

Also, drop Brown. A good portion of their students come through their BS/MD program.

 

[Goro]

Your numbers are within striking distance for some, but overall you're below avg for the very competitive UC system. The imbalanced MCAT will also hurt, too.
twice?)


You have to take those numbers with a big grain of salt, and look at each school you're applying to, not the national collective.


According to this chart below 72.7% of applicants in my MCAT/GPA range were accepted.
https://www.aamc.org/download/321518/data/2012factstable25-4.pdf


State school favor the home team, so you have to be above avg in order to get into those.


My list:

Florida Atlantic
U of Central Florida
USF Health Morsani College
Creighton
Loyola
Louisville (maybe)
Wake Forest
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Rush
GWU
Georgetown
Rosy Franklin
NYMC
Albany
Einstein
SLU
MCW
ALL new programs in NY, VA, AZ (maybe), MI and CT

You're fine for any DO program.

 

[gyngyn]

Your numbers are within striking distance for some, but overall you're below avg for the very competitive UC system. The imbalanced MCAT will also hurt, too.
twice?)


You have to take those numbers with a big grain of salt, and look at each school you're applying to, not the national collective.



My list:

Florida Atlantic
U of Central Florida
USF Health Morsani College
Creighton
Loyola
Louisville (maybe)
Wake Forest
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Rush
GWU
Georgetown
Rosy Franklin
NYMC
Albany
Einstein
SLU
MCW
ALL new programs in NY, VA, AZ (maybe), MI and CT

You're fine for any DO program.

This is a way better list.

 

[medguy13]

You're almost like my twin. I had the exact same breakdown for the MCAT, live in California, and my ECs are fairly similar to yours. My GPA is a bit higher at 3.8 cGPA and sGPA. I'd suggest following the other posters' advice to not apply to OOS public schools.

Here's my list if you want to compare with a similar applicant:
UCLA
USC
UC Irvine
UC Davis
UCSD
Loma Linda
NYMC
MCW
Creighton
Case Western
Dartmouth
Indiana
Loyola (Stritch)
SLU
Tufts
Uniformed Services
West Virginia (only b/c I have state ties)

I've already submitted but I think I should add a few more safety schools, especially ones with easy secondaries like Drexel and Jefferson.

If you haven't submitted your primary yet, DO IT NOW!! I can't stress this enough, since I'm a re-applicant from last year...I only had 1 interview and no acceptances all because I applied late (submitted my primary in August). Don't make that mistake.

Good luck!