WAMC 3.66/520 Ivy

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  • cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS:
    • 3.66 cGPA, 3.52 sGPA (upward trend senior year and courses taken post-grad)
  • MCAT score(s) and breakdown:
    • 520 (132/129/131/128)
  • State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US):
    • MD
  • Ethnicity and/or race:
    • URM
  • Undergraduate institution or category:
    • Ivy
  • Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):
    • Part-time EMT, 1 yr ~800 hours
    • Full-time ER Tech, 1 yr ~2000 hours
  • Research experience and productivity
    • 2 yrs biochemistry research ~2500 hours, 3 pubs (1st author and two middle authorships)
  • Shadowing experience and specialties represented
    • GI 20 hrs
    • Family medicine 45 hrs
    • Pediatrician 10 hrs
  • Non-clinical volunteering
    • Religious organization ~200 hrs, English tutoring ~300 hrs, Food kitchen ~150 hrs, Volunteer college counseling ~100 hrs
  • Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    • Intramural sports captain, Greek Life eboard (not sure if it's appropriate to include but worked to create a safety document)
  • Relevant honors or awards
    • None

Need help with school list. I want to reach for the stars but am unsure if my GPA will bring me down. Is it worth applying to T20 or is it a waste of time?

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I'm Brazilian, so fluent in Portuguese and conversational in Spanish.
Brazilians are not under represented in medicine in the US.

Having conversational fluency in Spanish is a plus though. You could try some of the very competitive schools but make sure your list is broad. I suggest:

UMD
Johns Hopkins
UVA
VCU
Emory
Einstein
Hofstra
Rochester
WUSTL
Vanderbilt
Miami
USF
Jefferson
Temple
Pittsburgh
Dartmouth
Tufts
Mayo
Western Michigan
Vermont
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Iowa
Creighton
Boston
Colorado
Keck
Columbia
Brown
Michigan
 
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