3.78/505 - school list help

[jayeyes97]

Hi there! Here are my stats as followed by my current school list-

1. cGPA 3.78, sGPA 3.50
2. 505, 125/125/126/129 (yikes, I know)
3. NY resident (Long Island specifically if that's important?)
4. Caucasian, F
5. UG private research university, also a co-op school - Health Science Major
6. Clinical experience: (2000+ hrs)
   1. hospital volunteer in vascular surgery - helped to spend time with patients, upkeep the floor, make sure charts were appropriately kept
   2. children's hospital volunteer - my second job is a children's entertainment as a clown. A few times a month I donate my time to local children's hospitals and cancer centers
   3. medical scribe - over 2000 hrs across Orthopedics, Pulmonology, Plastic Surgery, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Cardiothoracic, ENT
7. Research experience and productivity (10 hrs)
   1. Studied access to healthcare in an urban area. I know this is a super low number, but I support myself between 2 jobs and could not handle a 3rd. C'est la vie.
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   1. Shadowed in all specialties mentioned above before scribing (~200 hrs)
9. Non-clinical volunteering (~300 hrs)
   1. various community service events through sorority across 3 years
   2. local special olympics volunteer
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    1. Peer mentor for health science students in college
    2. Bio Honor Society member
    3. active member of national sorority for 3 years, Vice President for 1 year (planned all community service events & programming)
    4. worked every weekend for children's entertainment company as a clown/entertainer (2nd job)
    5. worked freelance graphic design throughout UG
11. Anything else not listed you think might be important
    1. I finished my UG coursework in 2.5 years and graduated early. Not sure if this is good or bad?
    2. deans list with a very strong upward trend in coursework
    3. 5 strong LOR, 1 glowing from an MD, 3 from UG professors, and 1 from my clown boss which is very personal and ties everything together nicely.

Here is my current school list, please be as brutal as needed. I am fully self supporting so please tell me if I'm throwing away money by applying to any of these schools. Also suggest anything you think I'm missing!!! Trying to stay close-ish to NY (not a plane ride).

MD:
Albany Medical College
Drexel
Quinnipiac
George Washington
Buffalo
Temple
Loyola
NYMC
Penn State
Stony Brook
Seton Hall
Jefferson
SUNY Upstate
SUNY Downstate
University of Maryland
Tufts
Dartmouth - feeling this may be clinically insane of me and may just be a donation

DO:
Rowan
NYIT
Touro
PCOM

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[Faha]

Dartmouth, Tufts and Maryland are unrealistic reaches with your MCAT. I suggest adding these schools:
Vermont
NOVA MD
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Creighton
TCU-UNT
Loma Linda
Also add more DO schools such as MU-COM, LECOM (all schools), VCOM (all 3 schools).

 

[jayeyes97]

Dartmouth, Tufts and Maryland are unrealistic reaches with your MCAT. I suggest adding these schools:
Vermont
NOVA MD
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Creighton
TCU-UNT
Loma Linda
Also add more DO schools such as MU-COM, LECOM (all schools), VCOM (all 3 schools).

Noted. What do you think about adding Hofstra in? Not sure if there’s an instate/location preference there

 

[Faha]

Your MCAT is far below the 10th percentile for Hofstra.

 

[Dr. Anonymouss]

You need to be realistic with your MD choices, I see way to many "far reaches". Consider Faha's list for a more realistic school list. You should be aiming for all low tier MD schools as that is where your MCAT will give you a chance. Also consider adding DMU and KCU for DO schools, they have very good reputations.