MD 3.85/517 confused on what schools to choose

[Bayern789]

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Just need help with my school list and if what I should add or cut out

• State/Country of Residence: VA
• Ties to other States/Regions: From New York, not much else
• URM?: No
• Year in School: Junior
• Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Kinesiology
• Graduate Degrees (if applicable): N/A
• Cumulative GPA: 3.85
• Science GPA: 3.86
• MCAT Score(s): 517 (128,128,130,131)
• Research Experience: 2250 in one Materials Engineering lab over 3 years
• Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. First author, second author, etc.): Nope, covid pushed us back
• Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer):
  • 520 hrs at an urgent care over 4 years
  • 100 hrs in a hospice over 9 months- 300 committed over the next year so will project that
• Physician Shadowing: 85 hrs in total between 4 specialties (Ophthalmology, ENT, orthopedics, primary care) over 3 years
• Non-Clinical Volunteering:
  • 750 hrs as a volunteer tutor(private with two kids and also one with a school program helping lower income students in the area) over 2 years for the school program and 4.5 years for the private tutoring
  • 50 hrs on crisis text line- committed 200 hrs so I’ll project that
• Other Extracurricular Activities:
  • 3 Years of Social Fraternity Leadership including a year of being president
  • 2 years on conduct council,
  • 4 year at-home research project with a provisional patent and filing for a patent, pretty cool and can write a lot about it, just me and a partner but has taken up a lot of time and effort lol
• Hobbies:
  • Fantasy Football manager for a few dynasty leagues for 2 years
  • Weight lifting for 3 years
• Other Employment History: Restaurant Host and Food runner
• Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): Y
• Specialty of Interest (if applicable): Orthopedics, but I'd be open to others
• Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): N
• Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): N
• Medical School List:

	Schools
Reach:
	Northwestern
	Mayo
	Duke
	Mt.Sinai
	Cornell
	Stanford
Match
	Case Western Reserve
	UVA
	U of Pittsburgh
	Einstein
	Georgetown
	George Washington
	emory
	UMD
	Tufts
	Penn state
	Hofstra
	Keck
	Virginia tech
	VCU
	EVMS
	Temple
	Sidney Kimmel
	Vermont

Should I add more schools in the higher range or lower range, idk

 

[Banco]

Your app and list look good.

If you want to add a couple more look into: Miami, Wake Forest, Rochester, OSU, Cincinnati, USF, BU.

 

[Faha]

You could add these schools:
Carle Illinois
Rochester
Cincinnati
Miami

 

[Bayern789]

Your app and list look good.

If you want to add a couple more look into: Miami, Wake Forest, Rochester, OSU, Cincinnati, USF, BU.

Thank you for the response! Also would UCF, Iowa and UMich be good adds?

 

[Bayern789]

You could add these schools:
Carle Illinois
Rochester
Cincinnati
Miami

Thanks for the response! I didn't think about carle illinois, I'll check them out. Also would UCF, Iowa and UMich be good adds?

 

[Faha]

Thanks for the response! I didn't think about carle illinois, I'll check them out. Also would UCF, Iowa and UMich be good adds?

Yes, you could add those 3 schools.