3.64 34P. What do you think?

[tcln]

Hi folks!
I'm curious about my chances this cycle (2nd time around), with the following stats. I'd also love input about my school list.

GPA: 3.64, MCAT: 34P, sGPA: 3.66 at an engineering school.

RI Native
ECs:
~150 hours of clinical volunteering,
~100 hours of volunteering at a variety of events ( blood drive, shelters, etc).
4 months of medical research

School list:
-Albany
-Boston U
-Brown
-Cornell
-Drexel
-Loyola
-NYMC
-Mount Sinai
-NYU
-Rosalind Franklin
-Thomas Jefferson
-Tufts
-U. Rochester
-UVM
I'm also considering applying to a few DOs schools.

What are my chances? Any recommended changes to the school list?

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[Ironmandoc]

Take off any research heavy schools since you have almost no research experience. Schools like Cornell are going to be a big reach. Also, schools like Loyola and Rosalind Franklin strongly favor applicants with strong service experience. Your mcat is solid, your gpa is a little on the low side for a lot of schools on your list. It shouldn't keep you out of those schools though...your lack of ECs will

 

[tcln]

Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. Well, thanks for the advice. Are there any schools you would recommend that I haven't included in the list?

 

[TheShaker]

I'd like to hear somebody's opinion on his clinical volunteering since mine is pretty much the same. Is it sufficient?

OP - I suggest you add some lower tier schools just for safety purposes. Your list has too many strong schools in my opinion.

 

[tcln]

Yeah, I'll be sure to do that.

 

[PreMedOrDead]

Take off any research heavy schools since you have almost no research experience. Schools like Cornell are going to be a big reach. Also, schools like Loyola and Rosalind Franklin strongly favor applicants with strong service experience. Your mcat is solid, your gpa is a little on the low side for a lot of schools on your list. It shouldn't keep you out of those schools though...your lack of ECs will

4 months of medical research, wouldn't that be enough if he had been working full time and gotten publications? He didn't include that information, so I wouldn't assume anything more than he wrote, but just sayin'.

In my case (my stats are 35+/3.8+) I'm applying to some research schools and I only have two summers of research (~6 months) but they are with programs with full-time research, meaning 40-50+ hours per week. That's up to 1,200 hours in the lab, which is more than double someone that does say 3 hours a week in the lab over 3 years...

Of course the second likely has a higher chance of getting pubs, but that's not the point.

Above all, I think AdComs (as LizzyM said) look at publications more than actual time in the lab or how much you took away from them, sadly, as I think that's pretty backwards. I can count several people who did 3 hours of research a week for a year and got published along with their PI who just happened to be working on a relatively easy, publishable topic. Whereas I've seen people do heavy research for a year (part to full-time) on a difficult project that was unsuccessful and didn't get published until long after they left, leaving them with no accreditation.... kinda back-asswards