MD & DO Any red flags in my school list that I missed (strong IS bias, mission, etc.)?

[kenykj49]

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cGPA: 3.27 (significant upward trend of ~90 credits @ 3.95)
AMCAS sGPA: 3.03
AACOMAS sGPA: 3.33

MCAT: 514 (129/126/128/131)

NY Resident w/ strong ties to CA

Activity	Total Hours
Paid Clinical (ED Chief Scribe, ED Tech, Onc/Heme Scribe)	~2400
Clinical Volunteering (Patient Advocacy, Red Cross Disaster Services EMT)	130
Non-Clinical Volunteering (Crisis Text Line, TEFL, Tutoring)	230
Paid Non-Clinical (Orgo Instructor, Serving, etc.)	Few thousand

MD List:

1. Albany Medical College
2. NYMC
3. Tulane
4. EVMS
5. Drexel
6. MCW
7. Oakland Beaumont
8. NOVA MD
9. Toledo
10. Vermont
11. Wayne
12. Temple
13. Loyola
14. SUNY Buffalo
15. Rosalind Franklin
16. SUNY Upstate
17. SUNY Downstate
18. Quinnipiac
19. Saint Louis
20. Jefferson
21. UCF
22. Miami
23. Wake
24. Virginia Commonwealth
25. Tufts
26. Einstein
27. Stony Brook
28. Dartmouth
29. Western Michigan
30. UCSF
31. Hofstra
32. Pitt
33. Mayo
34. Mt. Sinai
35. Colorado

DO List:

1. ATSU-KCOM
2. DMU-COM
3. CCOM
4. KCU-COM
5. PCOM
6. UNECOM
7. NYIT-CIM
8. LECOM
9. MUCOM
10. AZCOM
11. CUSOM
12. VCOM
13. ACOM

 

[account4premed]

you should put your stats and stuff

 

[kenykj49]

you should put your stats and stuff

I'm not looking for school suggestions. As mentioned in the post, I just want to make sure my list doesn't contain schools with strong IS/regional bias, very specific missions, etc.)

 

[JimKimSlim]

Almost looks identical to the list I had this application cycle.

Personally, I thought it was a waste of money to apply to those high volume, low-yield schools like NYMC, Drexel, Dartmouth, etc. Also, I know this is N = 1, but Virginia Commonwealth was not professional when handling my application, from improperly processing the secondary fee to confusing my ID with another applicant's - withdrew instantly when I got an A from my top choice.

 

[Putkernerinthehall]

University of IL is absurdly expensive for OOS. Rush favors applicants with lots and lots of volunteer hours. Tulane, Drexel, and Loyola are exceptionally high volume / low yield.

 

[kenykj49]

University of IL is absurdly expensive for OOS. Rush favors applicants with lots and lots of volunteer hours. Tulane, Drexel, and Loyola are exceptionally high volume / low yield.

This is exactly the info I was looking for. I need to go through my list and choose a few low-yields I want to keep and get rid of the rest.

What is considered a lot for Rush?

 

[spottedcory]

You got a fair number of low yields like Tulane, Drexel, Jeff, Temple, Rosalind, Loyola (I think?), which honestly is fine since your list is quite large

 

[Goro]

NY resident.

Not looking for critiques on my list, just want to make sure I'm not applying to pointless schools.

MD List:

1. Albany Medical College
2. NYMC
3. Tulane
4. EVMS
5. Drexel
6. MCW
7. Oakland Beaumont
8. NOVA MD
9. Toledo
10. Vermont
11. Wayne
12. Temple
13. Loyola
14. SUNY Buffalo
15. Rosalind Franklin
16. SUNY Upstate
17. SUNY Downstate
18. Quinnipiac
19. Saint Louis
20. Jefferson
21. UCF
22. U Illinois
23. Miami
24. Wake
25. Rush
26. Virginia Commonwealth
27. NYU LI
28. Tufts
29. Einstein
30. Stony Brook
31. Dartmouth
32. Western Michigan
33. UCSF
34. Hofstra
35. Pitt
36. Mayo
37. Mt. Sinai

DO List:

1. ATSU-KCOM
2. DMU-COM
3. CCOM
4. KCU-COM
5. PCOM
6. UNECOM
7. NYIT-CIM
8. LECOM
9. MUCOM
10. AZCOM
11. CUSOM
12. VCOM
13. ACOM

Impossible to answer without knowing your stats and ECs.

 

[candbgirl]

I'm not looking for school suggestions. As mentioned in the post, I just want to make sure my list doesn't contain schools with strong IS/regional bias, very specific missions, etc.)

If we don’t know what your interests, ECs and stats are, it’s impossible to advise you. We don’t even know where you are from.

 

[candbgirl]

This is exactly the info I was looking for. I need to go through my list and choose a few low-yields I want to keep and get rid of the rest.

What is considered a lot for Rush?

Hundreds if not thousands of service hours.
You have lots of schools on your list that are public OOS, schools that receive thousands of applications each cycle (like 12k+) and several that are focused on specific missions . Do what @Faha said and go through your list using the MSAR.

 

[kenykj49]

Impossible to answer without knowing your stats and ECs.

Updated with stats

 

[kenykj49]

Hundreds if not thousands of service hours.
You have lots of schools on your list that are public OOS, schools that receive thousands of applications each cycle (like 12k+) and several that are focused on specific missions . Do what @Faha said and go through your list using the MSAR.

What specific missions are you referring to?

 

[Goro]

What specific missions are you referring to?

Service to others in need

 

[Goro]

cGPA: 3.27 (significant upward trend of ~90 credits @ 3.95)
AMCAS sGPA: 3.03
AACOMAS sGPA: 3.33

MCAT: 514 (129/126/128/131)

NY Resident w/ strong ties to CA

Activity	Total Hours
Paid Clinical (ED Chief Scribe, ED Tech, Onc/Heme Scribe)	~2400
Clinical Volunteering (Patient Advocacy, Red Cross Disaster Services EMT)	130
Non-Clinical Volunteering (Crisis Text Line, TEFL, Tutoring)	230
Paid Non-Clinical (Orgo Instructor, Serving, etc.)	Few thousand

MD List:

1. Albany Medical College
2. NYMC
3. Tulane
4. EVMS
5. Drexel
6. MCW
7. NOVA MD
8. Wayne
9. Loyola
10. SUNY Buffalo
11. Rosalind Franklin
12. SUNY Upstate
13. SUNY Downstate
14. Quinnipiac
15. Saint Louis
16. Miami
17. Wake
18. Tufts
19. Dartmouth
20. Western MI
21. UCSF
22. Hofstra
23. Pitt
24. Mayo
25. Mt. Sinai

DO List:

1. ATSU-KCOM
2. DMU-COM
3. CCOM
4. KCU-COM
5. PCOM
6. UNECOM
7. NYIT-CIM
8. LECOM
9. MUCOM
10. AZCOM
11. CUSOM
12. VCOM
13. ACOM

Add all SUNYs if you're from NY

 

[Faha]

You are competitive for all DO schools with your stats. Some of the MD schools are unrealistic with your sGPA and some have a strong instate or regional bias. Remove these schools:

1. Toledo
2. Rosalind Franklin
3. UCF
4. Tufts
5. Dartmouth
6. UCSF
7. Pitt
8. Mayo
9. Mt. Sinai
10. Colorado