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Icahn, Case Western, Northwestern, Duke, U Chicago, NYU, Vanderbilt, UVA, U Michigan are all reaches with your GPA (your GPA is less than their 10th percentile). You could add these schools:
Central Florida
NOVA MD
TCU-UNT
Creighton
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Quinnipiac
Hofstra
Seton Hall
Cubans and Brazilians are not considered URM though language fluency is valued.
Icahn, Case Western, Northwestern, Duke, U Chicago, NYU, Vanderbilt, UVA, U Michigan are all reaches with your GPA (your GPA is less than their 10th percentile). You could add these schools:
Central Florida
NOVA MD
TCU-UNT
Creighton
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Quinnipiac
Hofstra
Seton Hall
Cubans and Brazilians are not considered URM though language fluency is valued.
Do you believe I have too many reaches on my list and/or not enough "safety" schools? I also was hoping my extensive hours of community service and research, upward trend and a higher MCAT score would offset my GPA a bit?
Yes, you have too many reaches. A high MCAT somewhat compensates for a lower GPA. Those top 20 schools have plenty of applicants to choose from with your MCAT, ECs AND a GPA of 3.8+.