514 MCAT & 3.96 GPA Please help!

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medmatin17

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Hello, thanks for taking the time to help me out! Here are my stats:

1. cGPA: 3.96; sGPA: 3.93 (according to AMCAS)
2. MCAT: 514
Chem/Phys: 127​
CARS: 128​
Bio: 130​
Psyc/Soc: 129​
3. State of Residence: NJ; Ethnicity: Filipina (Asian) woman
4. Double Major: Biology and Public Health
5. Clinical volunteering: ~100+ hours of hospital/free clinic volunteer work
6. Research: Cancer chemoprevention using medicinal herbs (studying antimutagenicity & modulation of apoptosis in glioblastoma cells); Accepted abstracts for 4 conferences, presentations at 2 conferences; ~200+ hours
7. Shadowing: Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine; Total ~30 hours (Was supposed to shadow anesthesiology and orthopedics as well, but not able to anymore due to COVID)
8. Nonclinical volunteering: Lots of involvement in community outreach programs (health expositions) in church; musical involvements; lead screenings in underserved communities
9. Leadership: Biology Lab TA; Club officer; Original musical for club - writer, director, producer; program director for campus ministries
10. Awards: Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, TriBeta Biological Honor Society; Biology Scholarship; Public Health Scholarship
11. Expecting letters of rec to be strong (committee letter from my school); mostly worried that I don't have enough shadowing hours. I have an associate's degree in Liberal Arts from a dual enrollment program that I did in high school.

List of Schools (in no particular order):
Stanford
UCLA
Kaiser Permanente
NYU (Long Island)
Duke
Brown
University of Michigan
Dartmouth
University of Massachusetts
Loma Linda
Emory
George Washington University
Georgetown
Rutgers Piscataway
Penn State

Currently struggling with determining if I have too many reach schools, also which schools on my list would be a reasonable target according to my stats. What do you think my chances are for acceptance at these schools? (If there are any schools not on my list that you think I should consider & do more research on, please let me know!)

Thank you in advance. 🙂
 
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Stanford, UCLA, NYU, Brown, U Michigan, Emory and Duke are reaches with your MCAT of 514 and limited clinical exposure. I suggest these schools:
Your 3 NJ state public schools
Seton Hall
Tufts
Quinnipiac
Hofstra
Einstein
Rochester
New York Medical College
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
George Washington
NOVA MD
TCU-UNT
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Pittsburgh
Cincinnat
 
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