MD 513 MCAT and 3.85 GPA, help with finalizing list?

[arrianym]

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Hi, I would appreciate any input on my list of schools. I currently have 30 schools and am trying to shorten it to 25. I am applying this cycle, and therefore will be taking a gap year.

Stats: MCAT: 513
GPA: 3.85 for cumulative and around the same, maybe a few 0.01's lower, for science GPA

Current List of Schools:
- california northstate
- albany
- UCLA (super reach)
- virginia tech carilion
- wake forest
- washington state university elson S. Floyd
- saint louis university
- rosalind franklin
- university of rochester
- georgetown
- GW
- geisinger commonwealth
- quinnipiac
- penn state
- university of miami leonard M. Miller
- NY medical college
- UC Irvine
- Drexel
- sidney kimmel at Jefferson university
- loyola
- temple
- oakland
- robert larner college of medicine at university of vermont
- west Virginia
- east Virginia
- cooper med school of rowan university
- tufts
- tulane
- UC Davis
- UC Riverside

 

[Faha]

You can remove schools such as Washington State (matriculated only 3 non residents), Cooper Rowan, Virginia Tech since they strongly prefer their own residents.

 

[arrianym]

You can remove schools such as Washington State (matriculated only 3 non residents), Cooper Rowan, Virginia Tech since they strongly prefer their own residents.

Ok I see your point with Cooper Rowan and Virginia Tech. I put washington down because although only 3 OOS matriculated, there weren't very many OOS applying, and they interviewed 20% of OOS students and overall accepted around 2%...so those percentages seemed appealing because usually i see around 1% OOS accepted and 5-8% interviewed.

also would you say that its okay to mostly apply to schools in which my mcat score and/or my GPA is within the 50-75 percentiles or should i be applying to schools with lower stats? i feel that most of the OOS friendly schools are pretty competitive and i don't have stats good enough to give me "safety" options.

 

[Goro]

Hi, I would appreciate any input on my list of schools. I currently have 30 schools and am trying to shorten it to 25. I am a California resident, attended undergrad on the east coast. I am applying this cycle, and therefore will be taking a gap year in which I will be working as a scribe and part-time tutor.

Stats: MCAT: 513 (129/130/129/125) - idk what happened on the psych/soc 🙁
GPA: 3.85 for cumulative and around the same, maybe a few 0.01's lower, for science GPA

EC's:
- EMT for my university's EMS (volunteer): 720 hours
- shadowing general surgeons: 270 hours
- academic service tutor for organic chemistry course: 75 hours
- volunteer emergency first aid responser for Magen David Ambulances in Tel Aviv: 112 hours
- volunteer EMT at the Boston Marathon: 12 hours
- volunteer tutor for local high schoolers in chemistry and biology: 115 hours
- global medical brigades member (volunteer): 2 years, 360 hours
- undergraduate researcher, middle author on publication in process: 900 hours
- member of university orchestra for first 2 years and then member of chamber group for next 2 years

Current List of Schools:
- california northstate
- albany
- UCLA (super reach)
- virginia tech carilion
- wake forest
- washington state university elson S. Floyd
- saint louis university
- rosalind franklin
- university of rochester
- georgetown
- GW
- geisinger commonwealth
- quinnipiac
- penn state
- university of miami leonard M. Miller
- NY medical college
- UC Irvine
- Drexel
- sidney kimmel at Jefferson university
- loyola
- temple
- oakland
- robert larner college of medicine at university of vermont
- west Virginia
- east Virginia
- cooper med school of rowan university
- tufts
- eastern virginia
- tulane
- UC Davis
- UC Riverside

I suggest the following:
Duke (maybe)
BU (maybe)
UCF (maybe)
Ohio State (maybe)
Hofstra
U Toledo
U IA
U VM
Pitt
Miami
St. Louis
Albany
Albert Einstein
Rochester
Rush
Rosy Franklin
MCW
NYMC
VCU
EVMS
Wake Forest
Jefferson
Temple
Tufts
Drexel
Creighton
George Washington
Georgetown
Emory
Tulane
Dartmouth
Loyola
Netter
Oakland-B
Western MI
Seton Hall
Nova MD
CUSM
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
UCI
UCD
UCR ONLY if you're from the Inland Empire
UCSD
Any DO program. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova, Wm Carey, LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide.

 

[Faha]

You have a good list, other than the schools I mentioned, so you should receive several interviews.