3.97 GPA 511 MCAT School List review, please

[Amar Cheema]

Academic record: 2021 Graduation from UCD

Cumulative GPA: 3.98 overall (took dual enrollment courses and did some prereqs at CC but most of my science prereqs were at my 4-year college. )

Science GPA: 3.97

MCAT Scores: 511

Country/state of residence: US citizen, CA born/raised(NorCal)

Social background: Mixed male, first-gen, FAP applicant since low SES

My hours listed below include hours that are projected into future, so what I listed around:

Research: 2 research internships for 1000 hours. Clinical Pub Submission, 2 research posters

Volunteering (clinical): 700 hours between 3 different clinics/hospice

Physician shadowing: 150 hours of surgical shadowing

Non-clinical volunteering: 300 hours as board community service-based club

Employment history: Liquor Store Clerk lol(300 hours)

Immediate family members in medicine?: Some family is CNA/LVN

Interest in rural health (y/n): Y

Schools to which I am applying: I am trying to have a wide reach but hoping to have time to write secondaries almost full time(saved up money for this app cycle). Please freely cut any if needed and if possible would really appreciate if someone could let me know some of the low yield schools on my list for my stats, as I am free to cut a decent number of schools, but hoping to still have around atleast 50-55.

1	Albany College of Medicine
2	Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
3	California University of Science and Medicine-School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
4	Central Michigan University College of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
5	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
6	California Northstate University College of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
7	Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University	Neither	No notes added by user
8	Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science	Neither	No notes added by user
9	Cooper Medical School of Rowan University	Neither	No notes added by user
10	Creighton University School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
11	Drexel University College of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
12	Eastern Virginia Medical School	Neither	No notes added by user
13	Emory University School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
14	Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
15	Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University	Neither	No notes added by user
16	Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
17	George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences	Neither	No notes added by user
18	Georgetown University School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
19	Howard University College of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
20	Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University	Neither	No notes added by user
21	Loma Linda University School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
22	Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
23	Medical College of Wisconsin	Neither	No notes added by user
24	Meharry Medical College	Neither	No notes added by user
25	Michigan State University College of Human Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
26	Morehouse School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
27	New York Medical College	Neither	No notes added by user
28	Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
29	Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
30	Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
31	Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
32	University of Vermont College of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
33	Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center	Neither	No notes added by user
34	Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School	Neither	No notes added by user
35	Saint Louis University School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
36	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Neither	No notes added by user
37	State University of New York Upstate Medical University	Neither	No notes added by user
38	TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
39	The University of Toledo College of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
40	Tufts University School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
41	Tulane University School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
42	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
43	University of Arizona College of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
44	University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix	Neither	No notes added by user
45	University of California, Davis, School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
46	University of Central Florida College of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
47	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
48	University of Connecticut School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
49	University of Illinois College of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
50	University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
51	University of Louisville School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
52	University of Maryland School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
53	University of Massachusetts Medical School	Neither	No notes added by user
54	University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
55	University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences	Neither	No notes added by user
56	University of South Carolina School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
57	University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville	Neither	No notes added by user
58	University of Utah School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
59	University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health	Neither	No notes added by user
60	Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
61	Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center	Neither	No notes added by user
62	Wayne State University School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
63	Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
64	Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California	Neither	No notes added by user
65	University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
66	University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
67	University of California, San Diego School of Medicine	Neither	No notes added by user
68	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

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[Faha]

You have many state public schools that accept few non residents with your MCAT of 511 and no connection to the state. I suggest these schools from your list:
Albany
Kaiser
California University
Albert Einstein
Florida Atlantic
Rosalind Franklin
Creighton
Drexel
Eastern Virginia
Florida International
Quinnipiac
George Washington
Georgetown
Temple
Loma Linda (do you fit their mission)
Loyola
Medical College Wisconsin
New York Medical College
NOVA MD
Oakland Beaumont
Penn State
Vermont
Rush
St. Louis
Jefferson
TCU-UNT
Tufts
Tulane
Central Florida
UC Davis
U Colorado
U Illinois
U Iowa
Miami
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
Wayne State
USC Keck
UCLA
UCSD
UCSF
UC Irvine

 

[Amar Cheema]

You have many state public schools that accept few non residents with your MCAT of 511 and no connection to the state. I suggest these schools from your list:
Albany
Kaiser
California University
Albert Einstein
Florida Atlantic
Rosalind Franklin
Creighton
Drexel
Eastern Virginia
Florida International
Quinnipiac
George Washington
Georgetown
Temple
Loma Linda (do you fit their mission)
Loyola
Medical College Wisconsin
New York Medical College
NOVA MD
Oakland Beaumont
Penn State
Vermont
Rush
St. Louis
Jefferson
TCU-UNT
Tufts
Tulane
Central Florida
UC Davis
U Colorado
U Illinois
U Iowa
Miami
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
Wayne State
USC Keck
UCLA
UCSD
UCSF
UC Irvine

Oh okay thank you very much for the reply. Also do you know the general rule of thumb to decide whether a school has an instate bias like you were suggesting from MSAR. Because I believe that all the schools I had in the original list were all schools with atleast 20%+ of their class being OOS in according with MSAR matriculation data. Thank you again for being very thoughtful and kind enough to help me in this process as being first in my family to pursue medicine I value all the guidance I can receive.

 

[Faha]

You should look at the percentage of OOS applicants interviewed. For example, U Arizona Tucson interviews only 2.9% of non residents. You should also be aware that many non residents interviewed have connections to the school or state. They attended undergraduate school in the state, are legacies, former residents, URM that the school is seeking, veterans etc. .