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Hey guys,
So here is my situation:
-I am finishing up the last of my undergraduate work here at USC (also someone please tell me if I should make this more anonymous, everyone seems to do that here). I have 3.5 years of solid Alzheimer's research, 340 hours volunteering in the Cope "Clinical Care Extender" internship, and more pretty good - great EC's overall.
-Oregon resident.
-Strong upward trend after landing a 3.0 my freshman year. However, before I learned to study effectively I received a C+ in both GenBio 1 and 2 and a C in Ochem B.
-As a result, my sGPA is hindered. If I can include the courses taken before undergrad (as dual-credit in high school, I have the college transcript for them), my sGPA will be roughly 3.42 and my cGPA will be around 3.57. This is in large part because they were A's through Portland State University and Portland Community College, which are obviously much less difficult than my undergraduate institution. Any insight regarding the status of these Calculus and Bio courses?
-As a realist/pessimist I like to assume the worst - and without these courses my sGPA is (depending on if research for credit counts and how I do this semester) somewhere between 3.25-3.35 and my cGPA will be the 3.52 listed above!
So given this mass of info, if anyone could help me narrow down the following HUGE list to 35 schools, I would be greatly appreciative.
Wasting My Money:
Stanford
Harvard
UChicago
Mayo
UCSF
Needs Divine Intervention:
UCLA
Einstein
St. Louis
Duke
Loma Linda (at least it fits the header)
Emory
Case
Rochester
Brown
Dartmouth
May Actually Have a Chance Minus Some Crazy OOS Problems:
USC Keck
Drexel
MC Wisconsin
UConn
Creighton
UVermont
Penn State
Utah
UMissouri - Columbia
Ohio State
Temple
Boston U
Jeffeson
Tufts
GWU
Western Michigan
Indiana U
Rush
Florida International
OHSU (in state)
VCU
UMinnesota
Drexel
New York MC
Louisville
Quinnipiac
Rosalind Franklin (Accreditation problems?)
University of Kentucky
Loyola Chicago
Wake Forest
Albany
Georgetown
Tulane
Commonwealth
Virginia Tech
Eastern Virginia
Wright State
D.O.
Western - COMP Northwest (I'm goiiiing home, to the placeee that I beloooong)
Western - Pomona
Others? None?
PLEASE help me cut this monstrosity
So here is my situation:
-I am finishing up the last of my undergraduate work here at USC (also someone please tell me if I should make this more anonymous, everyone seems to do that here). I have 3.5 years of solid Alzheimer's research, 340 hours volunteering in the Cope "Clinical Care Extender" internship, and more pretty good - great EC's overall.
-Oregon resident.
-Strong upward trend after landing a 3.0 my freshman year. However, before I learned to study effectively I received a C+ in both GenBio 1 and 2 and a C in Ochem B.

-As a result, my sGPA is hindered. If I can include the courses taken before undergrad (as dual-credit in high school, I have the college transcript for them), my sGPA will be roughly 3.42 and my cGPA will be around 3.57. This is in large part because they were A's through Portland State University and Portland Community College, which are obviously much less difficult than my undergraduate institution. Any insight regarding the status of these Calculus and Bio courses?
-As a realist/pessimist I like to assume the worst - and without these courses my sGPA is (depending on if research for credit counts and how I do this semester) somewhere between 3.25-3.35 and my cGPA will be the 3.52 listed above!

So given this mass of info, if anyone could help me narrow down the following HUGE list to 35 schools, I would be greatly appreciative.
Wasting My Money:
Stanford
Harvard
UChicago
Mayo
UCSF
Needs Divine Intervention:
UCLA
Einstein
St. Louis
Duke
Loma Linda (at least it fits the header)
Emory
Case
Rochester
Brown
Dartmouth
May Actually Have a Chance Minus Some Crazy OOS Problems:
USC Keck
Drexel
MC Wisconsin
UConn
Creighton
UVermont
Penn State
Utah
UMissouri - Columbia
Ohio State
Temple
Boston U
Jeffeson
Tufts
GWU
Western Michigan
Indiana U
Rush
Florida International
OHSU (in state)
VCU
UMinnesota
Drexel
New York MC
Louisville
Quinnipiac
Rosalind Franklin (Accreditation problems?)
University of Kentucky
Loyola Chicago
Wake Forest
Albany
Georgetown
Tulane
Commonwealth
Virginia Tech
Eastern Virginia
Wright State
D.O.
Western - COMP Northwest (I'm goiiiing home, to the placeee that I beloooong)
Western - Pomona
Others? None?
PLEASE help me cut this monstrosity

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