3.82, 35S, sub-par clinical exposure. Critique my list!

[FloridaMed09]

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Hey all, figured I´d go ahead and post one of these for myself to see what you guys think.

I´m a chemical engineering student with a 3.82 GPA and a balanced MCAT (35S: v 11 p 12 b 12)

ECs:

2 years or so of research on and off (no pubs, on and off because it was interrupted by semesters abroad)
1 semester of full time research in Japan (abstract, 2 presentations)
1 semester in south korea on a student exchange program
1 semester resident assistant
1 year hospital volunteering

Those are the big ones. Florida resident as well. Here´s the school list:

UF
USF
UM
UCF
Baylor
Vandy
NYU
Sinai
NYMC
Columbia
Cornell
Einstein
Penn
Jefferson

I think one of my major concerns was that it´s a bit top heavy. I know my stats are pretty good but I went in to an advisor and he said that my clinical exposure was minimal and kind of spooked me out a bit about my chances (this was before my MCAT score, but he said even with a 35 I might have trouble even getting interviews...). I was just wondering what you all thought, should I add a few more safeties or leave it as is? Thanks a lot for looking

 

[WinterLights]

Hey all, figured I´d go ahead and post one of these for myself to see what you guys think.

I´m a chemical engineering student with a 3.82 GPA and a balanced MCAT (35S: v 11 p 12 b 12)

ECs:

2 years or so of research on and off (no pubs, on and off because it was interrupted by semesters abroad)
1 semester of full time research in Japan (abstract, 2 presentations)
1 semester in south korea on a student exchange program
1 semester resident assistant
1 year hospital volunteering

Those are the big ones. Florida resident as well. Here´s the school list:

UF
USF
UM
UCF
Baylor
Vandy
NYU
Sinai
NYMC
Columbia
Cornell
Einstein
Penn
Jefferson

I think one of my major concerns was that it´s a bit top heavy. I know my stats are pretty good but I went in to an advisor and he said that my clinical exposure was minimal and kind of spooked me out a bit about my chances (this was before my MCAT score, but he said even with a 35 I might have trouble even getting interviews...). I was just wondering what you all thought, should I add a few more safeties or leave it as is? Thanks a lot for looking

Your list looks good to me. Maybe one or two more middle tier schools might help your chances; but if you have your heart set on these schools and nowhere else than just apply with this list.

 

[jult24er]

Is that really sub-par? I'd say par, especailly for Jefferson and NYMC and with all your research ... but I guess you have to be able to spin it into a good compellign story in your PS / interviews to get into those upper-tier ones. I'd add some more non-super competitive schools. Are there any other Florida public? i'd do all of those .. but I bet you'll get in somewhere even with this list ...

 

[FloridaMed09]

well i said subpar purely because of what an advisor had told me. There are 2 other publics in florida but I´m not particularly interested in either (one is FIU which is set to open 09, the other FSU which I simply don´t have much of an interest in due to the strong commitment to primary care and rural medicine). As far as the list goes, its largely geographically based. If I were to add say 2 more mid tier schools what would you all suggest?