3.62/3.45, CA resident, URM, MD only, School List Help

[Osteoth]

Hi,

No MCAT yet, will take it in April, before hopefully applying in June.
Black applicant

Extra Curriculars: (bold = most significant)
Clinical Volunteering – 320 hours total
· 40 hours ED Volunteer
· 280 hours Clinical Care Extender

o ICU, IMC, PACU, Radiology​

Shadowing – 70 hours total
· Emergency medicine, radiology, pathology, anesthesiology, internal medicine, neurology

Research
· 6 months basic neurology research

o 1 poster​

· 1.5 years clinical research

o No publications​

Letters of Recommendation
· Non-science = strong
· Science 1 = strong
· Science 2 = moderate
· Physician = strong
· Research = moderate to strong

Leadership
· Fraternity

o 3 office positions
​

Would like to apply to MD/MBA programs, so my school list is mainly made up of

• CA schools
• MD/MBA schools
• Historical Black Universities (HBU)
• NY Schools (strong state ties)
• Other schools I have heard were kind to CA residents.

I would like to trim my list down to 30 schools.

CA Schools (6)

1. UC San Diego (alma mater)
2. UCLA (MD/MBA)
3. UC Riverside (MD/MBA, New school)
4. USC (MD/MBA)
5. UC Irvine (MD/MBA)
6. UC Davis (MD/MBA)

Historic Black Universities (HBU) (3)

1. Howard (MD/MBA)
2. Meharry
3. Morehouse

NY Schools (6)

1. Albany Medical School
2. Albert Einstein
3. State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo
4. SUNY Downstate
5. SUNY Stony Brook
6. SUNY Upstate

Total = 16

Other schools (30)

1. Arizona - Phoenix
2. Arizona -Tuscon
3. Boston University
4. Cincinnati (OH)
5. Drexel
6. Eastern Virginia
7. Emory
8. George Washington
9. Georgetown
10. Hofstra
11. Jefferson
12. Loyola U of Chicago
13. Louisville
14. Medical College of Wisconsin
15. NY Medical College
16. Oakland University Beaumont
17. Rosalind Franklin University
18. Rush
19. Temple
20. Toledo
21. Tufts
22. Tulane
23. U of Connecticut
24. U of Vermont
25. Virginia Commonwealth
26. Virginia Tech
27. Wake Forest
28. Wright State
29. U of Illinois
30. NJ Medical School

So, in an ideal world I would cut my list of "other schools" down from 30 to 15, but I am not really sure how to go about picking schools to take off, considering my CA residency, URM status, as well as my below-average stats.

If anyone could help me either eliminate, or add other good schools, I would appreciate it.

Thanks,

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[gyngyn]

It will depend on your MCAT score.

 

[Anicetus]

Score a 27 or above if you are URM.

 

[Osteoth]

Score a 27 or above if you are URM.

But then which schools would I cut out?

 

[gyngyn]

But then which schools would I cut out?

Come back with a score and we'll all work on it.

 

[MedWonk]

Your MCAT will determine which schools to apply to. Just by knee-jerk reaction, I would pick NYMC, Tulane, Temple, and Drexel. Kinda depends on where you want to live and what you're looking for in a school, though. Also MCAT.