MD 3.62 cGPA 3.66 sGPA 511MCAT

[Terrencerulez]

Hellooo guys. I need help cutting down this really long list of MD schools. I have taken 2 gap years and plan to apply this cycle. Any advice is appreciated.

First MCAT (May 2017): 506- 128/127/125/126
Second MCAT (January 2018) 511- 130/123/128/130

State: CA

Race: Filipino

Undergrad: State school

Clinical experience: Health scholar (450 hours, 3 years), Direct Support Professional (600 hours, 1 year), current job as a Behavior Instructor (150 hours, 7 months), currently Admin/ CEO of two homes for developmentally disabled (80 hours, 1 month)

Research experience:Research assistant in a behavioral lab (1.5 years, 150 hours) 1 pub expected (3rd or 4th author)

Shadowing: Behavior pediatrician (10 hours), Surgeons (20 hours), Family Med (10 hours)

Non-clinical volunteering: Cart-driver in a hospital (250 hours, 2.5 years)

Other ECs: Tutor (160 hours, 9 months), President of a fraternity (300 hours, 1 year), Vice-President of a Greek Council (100 hours, 1 year), Recruitment and Training Coordinator (235 hours, 2 years)

Relevant honors or awards: Psychology Outstanding Senior (graduated top 5% of the psychology class)

School List:
Albany
Brown
Boston
CA Northstate
Central Michigan
Rosalind
Cooper
Creighton
Drexel
Duke
Emory
Herbert Wertheim
Netter
Dartmouth
Geisinger Commonwealth
George Washington
Howard
Indiana
USC
Lewis Katz
Loma Linda
Loyola
MC Wisconson
Michigan State
NYMC
Oakland
Ohio State
Pennsylvania State
Rush
Rutgers
St. Louis
Thomas Jefferson
NY Downstate
Stony Brook
Toledo
Tufts
Tulane
Alabama
Arizona
Arizona-Pheonix
UCD
UCI
UCLA
UCR
Central Florida
U of Cincinnati
U of Colorado
U of IllInois
U of Kentucky
U of Louisville
U of Miami
U of North Carolina
U of South Carolina
U of Utah
U of Wisconsin
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
Wayne
Wright

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[Faha]

These schools on your list are state public schools that accept few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state so you can remove them.
Central Michigan
Cooper
Geisinger Commonwealth
Indiana
Michigan State
Ohio State
Rutgers
NY Downstate
Stony Brook
Toledo
Alabama
U of Colorado
U of Illinois
U of Kentucky
U of Louisville
U of North Carolina
U of South Carolina
U of Utah
U of Wisconsin
Wayne
Wright
Howard accepts mainly URM. Emory and Duke are reaches.
I suggest adding these schools to your list instead:
Vermont
Georgetown
Western Michigan
Seton Hall
NOVA MD
California University
any new schools that may open for 2019 (Kaiser, Roseman)

 

[Terrencerulez]

These schools on your list are state public schools that accept few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state so you can remove them.
Central Michigan
Cooper
Geisinger Commonwealth
Indiana
Michigan State
Ohio State
Rutgers
NY Downstate
Stony Brook
Toledo
Alabama
U of Colorado
U of Illinois
U of Kentucky
U of Louisville
U of North Carolina
U of South Carolina
U of Utah
U of Wisconsin
Wayne
Wright
Howard accepts mainly URM. Emory and Duke are reaches.
I suggest adding these schools to your list instead:
Vermont
Georgetown
Western Michigan
Seton Hall
NOVA MD
California University
any new schools that may open for 2019 (Kaiser, Roseman)

These schools on your list are state public schools that accept few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state so you can remove them.
Central Michigan
Cooper
Geisinger Commonwealth
Indiana
Michigan State
Ohio State
Rutgers
NY Downstate
Stony Brook
Toledo
Alabama
U of Colorado
U of Illinois
U of Kentucky
U of Louisville
U of North Carolina
U of South Carolina
U of Utah
U of Wisconsin
Wayne
Wright
Howard accepts mainly URM. Emory and Duke are reaches.
I suggest adding these schools to your list instead:
Vermont
Georgetown
Western Michigan
Seton Hall
NOVA MD
California University
any new schools that may open for 2019 (Kaiser, Roseman)

Alright thank you @Faha

 

[Goro]

Hellooo guys. I need help cutting down this really long list of MD schools. I have taken 2 gap years and plan to apply this cycle. Any advice is appreciated.

First MCAT (May 2017): 506- 128/127/125/126
Second MCAT (January 2018) 511- 130/123/128/130

State: CA

Race: Filipino

Undergrad: State school

Clinical experience: Health scholar (450 hours, 3 years), Direct Support Professional (600 hours, 1 year), current job as a Behavior Instructor (150 hours, 7 months), currently Admin/ CEO of two homes for developmentally disabled (80 hours, 1 month)

Research experience:Research assistant in a behavioral lab (1.5 years, 150 hours) 1 pub expected (3rd or 4th author)

Shadowing: Behavior pediatrician (10 hours), Surgeons (20 hours), Family Med (10 hours)

Non-clinical volunteering: Cart-driver in a hospital (250 hours, 2.5 years)

Other ECs: Tutor (160 hours, 9 months), President of a fraternity (300 hours, 1 year), Vice-President of a Greek Council (100 hours, 1 year), Recruitment and Training Coordinator (235 hours, 2 years)

Relevant honors or awards: Psychology Outstanding Senior (graduated top 5% of the psychology class)

School List:
Albany
Brown
Boston
CA Northstate
Central Michigan
Rosalind
Cooper
Creighton
Drexel
Duke
Emory
Herbert Wertheim
Netter
Dartmouth
Geisinger Commonwealth
George Washington
Howard
Indiana
USC
Lewis Katz
Loma Linda
Loyola
MC Wisconson
Michigan State
NYMC
Oakland
Ohio State
Pennsylvania State
Rush
Rutgers
St. Louis
Thomas Jefferson
NY Downstate
Stony Brook
Toledo
Tufts
Tulane
Alabama
Arizona
Arizona-Pheonix
UCD
UCI
UCLA
UCR
Central Florida
U of Cincinnati
U of Colorado
U of IllInois
U of Kentucky
U of Louisville
U of Miami
U of North Carolina
U of South Carolina
U of Utah
U of Wisconsin
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
Wayne
Wright

Here's a more realistic list:

U VM
Rush
NYMC
Creighton
Albany
Rosy Franklin
Drexel
Temple
MCW
SLU
WVU
Jefferson
Tulane
Loyola
Wake Forest
Loma Linda (only if you are SDA or a very devout Christian)
VCU
Netter
EVMS
Oakland-B
Gtown
GWU
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Any DO school. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova or LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM is suspect given the details of the Larry Nassar case.
YUCI
UCD
UCR IF you're from the Inland Empire

 

[insaiyanpredent]

These schools on your list are state public schools that accept few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state so you can remove them.
Central Michigan
Cooper
Geisinger Commonwealth
Indiana
Michigan State
Ohio State
Rutgers
NY Downstate
Stony Brook
Toledo
Alabama
U of Colorado
U of Illinois
U of Kentucky
U of Louisville
U of North Carolina
U of South Carolina
U of Utah
U of Wisconsin
Wayne
Wright
Howard accepts mainly URM. Emory and Duke are reaches.
I suggest adding these schools to your list instead:
Vermont
Georgetown
Western Michigan
Seton Hall
NOVA MD
California University
any new schools that may open for 2019 (Kaiser, Roseman)

Don't understand why I've seen you tell people to add the new MD schools to their list. I've heard from adcoms that they aren't lenient on applicants just because they're "new".

 

[Faha]

Don't understand why I've seen you tell people to add the new MD schools to their list. I've heard from adcoms that they aren't lenient on applicants just because they're "new".

Because new schools have fewer applicants so the odds of an acceptance are higher.