514 MCAT & 4.0 GPA | Help with School List!

[tuna_no_crust]

Hi Everyone,

I just finished my Junior year and I am applying to MD programs this cycle (2019). I would appreciate some help cutting down my school list. My list is currently at about 39 schools and I'm aiming to apply to about 25-30. I am an Arizona resident studying at a large public university in Arizona, and I don't have a preference of staying in state or going out of state. I don't have many ties to other states, other than that I used to live in SoCal for a year when I was a child and have many family friends there. I'm interested in a school with a focus on research and public service, with strong ties to its community. I'm also interested in an MPH dual-degree program. I would appreciate any advice! Thank you!!

Ethnicity: Asian
Sex: Male
State of Residence: Arizona
cGPA: 4.00
sGPA: 4.00
MCAT: 514 (C/P: 128, CARS: 128, Bio: 130, P/S: 128)
ECs:
1300+ hours clinical volunteering with underserved populations (various leadership roles)
2500+ hours of wet lab research (completed honors thesis)
1200+ hours non-clinical volunteering (various leadership roles)
150+ hours paid tutor
90+ hours shadowing
Multiple presentations and posters

School List (roughly from safety --> reach):

University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
Creighton University School of Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of Vermont
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Rutgers RWJ
University of Wisconsin
Tufts University School of Medicine
St. Louis University
Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College
SUNY Downstate
Emory University
Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine
USC Keck School of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Hofstra/Northwell Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
University of Pittsburgh
USF Morsani
UCSD
Baylor College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
UCLA Geffen
Duke University School of Medicine
Boston University
University of Michigan
UCSF
Icahn at Mt Sinai
Cornell
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine - Arizona
Stanford
Northwestern
U Penn
NYU
Kaiser Permanente


Thank you again!

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[Faha]

You could remove the schools that strongly prefer their own residents including U Wisconsin, Rutgers, SUNY Downstate, Stony Brook, UCLA, UCSF, UCSD. Also the reaches such as Stanford, Northwestern, U Penn, Cornell and NYU

 

[tuna_no_crust]

Thank you for the advice!!