3.89 GPA 515 MCAT

[Turtle0223]

Hi,

CA resident
Asian/male

cGPA- 3.89
sGPA-3.98
MCAT- 515 (130,124,130,131)
I know I have a low CARS score, but I am a non-native speaker (lived in USA for 9 years)

EC
Volunteer at nursing school (20 hrs during high school senior yr)
Volunteer at hospital (100 hrs in ER /120 hrs in cardiovascular)
Community Service (50 hrs)
Research (~1000hours/ expecting to publish a paper in summer)
TA for a upper div bio (a quarter)
Grader for a chem class ( 10 hrs)
Paid employment- repacking items (100 hrs during breaks)
Attending some seminars on enivornmental issues (25 hrs)
Phi Beta Kappa
Some trivial undergraduate awards
trivial hobbies

My EC was so weak that I had to add trivial stuffs.

4 LOE

School list:
Albany
Boston
Brown
Case Western
Columbia
Cornell
Creighton
Dartmouth
Drexel
Emory
George Washington
Georgetown
Icahn
Loyola
Miami
NYMC
NYU
Northwestern
Ohio State
Rochester
Rosalind Franklin
Stanford
Tufts
UCDavis
UCI
UCSD
UCSF
UCLA Geffen
USC
Wake Forest

I have listed 30 schools I am considering.
Please help me which schools I should add to or delete from the list.
I want to apply total 30 schools.
Thank you!

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[Turtle0223]

@gyngyn @Goro @WedgeDawg Please help!
Am I applying broad enough?

 

[rhlehgusl]

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[confidentandgood]

You can't include volunteer hours from high school. Do you have any shadowing?

 

[gyngyn]

You should get several interviews with that list, if that is your only MCAT score..

 

[GrapesofRath]

Here are some swaps some schools I might consider deleting:
Brown Drexel NYMC GW Gtown RFU

Here are some schools I would consider swapping them for:
Saint Louis Medical College of Wisconsin UIC Oakland Cincinnati W Michigan and both Arizona schools.

You have probably around 9 schools you can go in calling targets and say you have a reasonable shot at getting a II at. Making some swaps like the ones above would get that number to a more comfortable range. Adding the first 3 schools I listed in particular I think would help you.

Feel free to swap any top 20 reaches for some "targets" instead of the ones I listed. I havent kept track of this but if this upcoming cycle is the year Ichan starts incorporating half their class from FlexMed that's the first one I'd consider deleting.

 

[Turtle0223]

You can't include volunteer hours from high school. Do you have any shadowing?

Unfortunately, I do not have any shadowing experience. Will it be helpful if I shadow this summer?

 

[Turtle0223]

You should get several interviews with that list, if that is your only MCAT score..

That is my only MCAT score.. I recently got my score back.

 

[confidentandgood]

Unfortunately, I do not have any shadowing experience. Will it be helpful if I shadow this summer?

Get started as soon as possible. Having the stats is one thing but having no exposure to the field is a red flag on your application.

Shadow a variety of doctors if you can.

 

[Goro]

I suggest:

I suggest the following. Nothing wrong with aiming high; the ones I have in bold are schools where your MCAT score is 2-3 points below their avg, and your GPA is ~ the same as the school avg. Thus, proceed with caution on these, but I feel you're in striking distance for some.

UCLA
UCI
UCD
UCR IF you're from the Inland Empire

U VM

U Toledo (maybe)

Miami

St. Louis

Albany

Albert Einstein

Rochester

Rush (note: very service/experience oriented with a 150hr service requirement. Avg student has 800 hours of community service, and >1800 hours of health care exposure.)

Rosy Franklin

NYMC

EVMS

Wake Forest

Jefferson

Temple

Drexel

Creighton

Tulane

USC/Keck

Dartmouth

MCW

Loyola

USF Morsani

Emory

BU

Mayo

Duke

Case

Baylor (heavily favors IS)

JHU

Pitt

Northwestern

NYU

Vanderbilt

Columbia

Any new MD school, especially Hofstra. Skip Central MI and the three new FL schools. I can't recommend CNU.

Hi,

CA resident

 

[Turtle0223]

Thank you so much!

 

[rhlehgusl]

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