Yeah, I applied to every single FL school as early as possible, i.e. July/early August...and no luck so far except with FIU. I added Wash U, Columbia a bit later just for the chance. I sent primaries to Pritzker and Emory and decided not to submit secondaries, which was probably a good idea. Honestly, getting into ANY U.S. allopathic school would be a dream come true...and I have no complex in terms of what school I end up at. With that said, I realllly did not want to go to the Caribbean and I want to practice globally, so DO was something I didn't think about too much (although I did read extensively about DO history and was pretty impressed with it).
Anyway, I'm frantically adding random (it seems) schools now, because FL is being just as harsh this cycle as it was last cycle...I really have no clue what they want from me.
Man, you should be more careful in choosing your schools. Mdapps stalk some people over a cycle, and see what schools want. Let me break down some of your list for you, for example:
Harvard -- There isn't an infinitesimally small chance, it's just a 0. You don't get into Harvard without either connections or standout EC's. Even a 4.0 40 won't get you much past possibly the interview level. Similarly for Columbia, albeit on a smaller level. Also a high preference for Ivy students like all other Ivy schools.
Case/CCLCM -- Heavy on research, especially CCLCM, and you don't seem to have much of it. Bad fit. Case should be as high of a reach school as you should apply to, forget about Columbia and Harvard level schools. Also, CCLCM has like 1000+ applicants for like 30-40 seats, highly competitive.
WashU/NYU -- Heavy emphasis on GPA(for WashU, heavy emphasis on all stats), not a good fit for your profile.
Emory -- Heavy emphasis on special talents, like singing or athletics or whatever else special talent you may have.
Michigan -- Really don't know why you applied there, they're not that OOS friendly. If anything, apply to OSU.
All of those schools, except perhaps Case, you should not have applied to, because you either have a 0% chance or very close to that to even receive an interview. Case and Vandy are probably the highest reach schools you should have attempted.
What schools you should've applied to:
1)The other new york schools, like NYMC, Albany, the 3 SUNY's, and as high up as probably Yeshiva and Rochester. NYU and Columbia are the absolute worst fits for you out of that state, even Mount Sinai is a much better fit. I don't think it's too late to correct this, though, as quite a few of those schools interview all the way to April(you'll need to check their pages). However, do make sure to stress your desire to move to and STAY in NYC with any chance that you get. It's very important to those schools.
2)The other ones: Toledo and OSU would've been good choices out of the state of Ohio. Penn State wouldn't have been bad, but it might be a bit late now. Jefferson and Tufts are decent choices as well. Maybe you wanna try your luck at GW or Georgetown, but I think it's a crapshoot for those two schools. Maybe you should've given schools like Tulane and Loyola a look as well. Vermont probably isn't a bad choice either, but you'll have to really write countless number of intent/interest letters to them even if you're offered an interview, because I think they waitlist pretty much all OOS'ers.
