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Remove U Washington since they accept less than 1% of applicants who are not from states in the Northwest (and the majority of those few appear to be MD-PhD applicants). You could add any of these schools:
Vermont
Boston University
Hofstra
Rochester
Pittsburgh
New York Medical College
Seton Hall
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Cincinnati
Case Western
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
TCU-UNT
 
Hofstra (Zucker) would also be a great fit given your EMT experience, and even though in NY on interview day they emphasize how they have CA students well-represented since there is a shortage of med schools there and Hofstra is a new school and enables them to match back.
 
I like Seattle a lot, that's all. Not holding my breath.

Going to apply to Hofstra based on input here. Hadn't looked at Oakland or Seton Hall, will see about those. Thanks.
 
Would be interested in anyone else's further input on initial question, but do you think I was well-advised to apply to all the Ivies first?

I trust the relevant knowledge of person who advised me to do this, however there is a bit of a possible ulterior motive in that they would be able to reference my receiving an acceptance to their benefit, were this to occur.

Of course, no single applicant is likely to receive an acceptance, but what I mean to say is, does the information provided point to my receiving a secondary from, let's say the majority of Ivies, a reasonable proposition? This would factor in frankly that I"m white and not low SES. Thanks.
 
I would consider removing some of the top tier programs (Penn, H, and JHU) due to the lower MCAT and lack of research background. I agree with faha that UW is a donation as you don’t meet their requirements for OOS (URM and extensive history of service).

I also would not apply to 40 programs
 
GreenDuck12 said:
I would consider removing some of the top tier programs (Penn, H, and JHU) due to the lower MCAT and lack of research background. I agree with faha that UW is a donation as you don’t meet their requirements for OOS (URM and extensive history of service).

I also would not apply to 40 programs
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I do have a research background, 2.5 years with a letter. I suppose you may mean that I don't have a publication, but without getting into specifics, the research I have participated in would likely be judged to strongest component of my application, as it relates to ongoing vaccine trials.

Not to be defensive or anything, just clarifying.
 
Here is a list of schools that I was looking at applying to based upon my own regional preferences and cursory assessments of plausibility of admission (in case of public OOS). I've removed schools overlapping with list Faha provided above, which were mostly PA schools+BU.

- Oregon
- Wisconsin
- Maryland
- Eastern Virginia
- Medical University of South Carolina
- University of South Carolina
- Florida public/private schools?
- could significant regional ties (Arkansas/Tennessee) help me at any publics in the region?


As you can see from the schools at the top of this list, I have a preference for out of state public schools if I am not to have a shot at a top tier school or in-state public. It's not a must, but I've only ever attended public schools myself and I find schools with characteristics similar to those listed generally appealing (this is why I was interested in UW as well). Are these public OOSs plausible? Any suggestions for OOS public schools that would be plausible for me with similar characteristics to these? Thanks
 
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I do have a research background, 2.5 years with a letter. I suppose you may mean that I don't have a publication, but without getting into specifics, the research I have participated in would likely be judged to strongest component of my application, as it relates to ongoing vaccine trials.

Not to be defensive or anything, just clarifying.
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Ah, I missed the 2.5 years of research. I still think penn, Harvard and JHU are reaches with your gpa and MCAT combo but it’s ok to have them.

I would definitely not apply to OHSU due to their IS preference. For OOS admissions, in many cases, private schools will have less expensive to tuition and fees so you may want to re-examine this mindset. You could look in TX at a few programs but they also are low yield. 25 programs with well written secondaries should be sufficient.
 
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