WAMC( 3.82 GPA/ 519 MCAT) + need help with school list

[Raynstorm]

Hello!

I am planning on applying to med school this cycle but I'm having a bit of a hard time building a school list. I'm not entirely sure how to determine if a school is a reach school, target school, or safety school. I would love any advice thank you.

Stats:
1. Gpa: 3.82 cumulative with an upward trend, 3.74 science
2. MCAT: 519- 130/129/130/130
3. State of residency- Pennsylvania
4. Undergrad institution- University of Pittsburgh. I completed my bachelor's in 3 years and will be taking a gap year while I apply, is this a red flag?
5. Ethnicity- Asian
6. Clinical experiences- hospital volunteer- 200 hours, job shadowing 50 hours
7. Nonclinical expereinces- Tutoring refugees with BCAP- 120 hours, girl up- sewing menstrual pads for places with period poverty 30 hours, volunteer work at Cumberland trail, TN 40 hours, tutoring at a local high school 20 hours
8. Research- 580 hours, 1 publication. I will be doing a post-bacc IRTA at NIH during my gap year
9. Leadership: officer of cords for a cause club, Pitt honor mentor- 2 years
10. UTA: physics UTA 1 year
11. Hobbies: creative writing, drawing, baking

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[Mr.Smile12]

Have you tried the LizzyM and WARS surveys?

 

[Faha]

Do you have any physician shadowing hours ?

 

[Raynstorm]

Have you tried the LizzyM and WARS surveys?

What's the WARS survey?

 

[Raynstorm]

Do you have any physician shadowing hours ?

I have about 40 hours shadowing physicians from cardiology, neurology and internal medicine, I have 10 hours shadowing an oral maxillofacial surgeon

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Commonwealth Geisinger
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
New York Medical College
Albany
Hackensack
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Yale
Tufts
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Duke
USF Morsani
Miami
Cincinnati
Ohio State
Western Michigan
U Michigan
Washington University (in St. Louis)
Kaiser