Approve my final school list!

[owlsandturtles]

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Hey guys, I'm applying this cycle and would appreciate some feedback on my final school list so I can go ahead and start pre-writing secondaries! I'm looking to cap at 40 schools.

Stats:
MCAT: 516 (126/132/129/129)
cGPA: 3.75
sGPA: 3.67
IL Resident
Traditional Applicant, ORM

Research: about 1200 hrs in college research labs, 2 summer research internships, one abstract presentation

Clinical Volunteering: 150 hrs at local hospital
Shadowing: 40 hrs surgery, 30 hrs Family medicine, 40 hrs ER
Non-clinical volunteering: President/Founder of healthcare/volunteer related college org (200 hrs), UNICEF (100 hrs), food bank (60 hrs)
Extracurricular activities: Some basic leadership positions in college orgs, Freshman mentor
Employment history: College magazine, tutor, some paid research internships

Targets:

University of IL
Rosalind Franklin
Quinnipiac
Albany
Loyola
Virginia CWU
Beaumont - MI
W Michigan U
Medical college of WI
U of Wisconsin
Ohio State
Creighton
Indiana
Emory
U Pittsburgh
Penn State
Dartmouth
Hofstra
U of Maryland
SUNY Downstate
U of Miami
NYMC
Drexel
Geisinger Commonwealth PA
E Virginia
USF Health Morsani
Tulane
Jefferson


Reaches:

Case Western
U of Michigan
U of Cincinnati
U Virginia
Einstein
St. Louis U
Duke
Boston U
Mayo
UPenn
UChicago

 

[DrDwayneJohnson]

SLU isn't a reach my dude lol your list looks fine, though. The real question is if you truly want to apply to 39 schools as an Illinois resident with seemingly good stats and ECs.... You could definitely narrow that down to ~25 and be fine.

Edit: Here is the SDN Med School App Cost Calculator. You might want to consider giving it a try to see how much this would cost you.

 

[Goro]

ADD SIU IF you're from southern ILL.
ECs are rather meh. I suspect that the service loving schools will shoot you down. Of your list, keep:



University of IL
Rosalind Franklin
Albany
Virginia CWU
Beaumont - MI
W Michigan U
Medical college of WI
Emory
U Pittsburgh
Dartmouth
Hofstra
U of Miami
NYMC
Drexel
E Virginia
USF Health Morsani
Tulane
Jefferson



Case Western
U Virginia
Einstein
Duke
Mayo

 

[ChicagoBear]

Since you are from Illinois, I have a couple suggestions for you:

I would suggest that you keep SLU and Creighton on your list. Illinois students are well represented in both schools and your stats are competitive. While you are not going to be confused with Mother Theresa, you should be able to sell your charitable/community service in your essays. The other advantage of applying to both of these schools is there is (or at least was two cycles ago) substantial overlap regarding the essays - the questions are coming out of the same "hymnal".

Given your research, I would also suggest that you consider including Iowa. Your overall GPA is just about the class average and your MCAT is several points above average. While you are OOS and all of the typical OOS rules apply, Iowa is very friendly to students from adjoining states. Illinois and Minnesota account for a good number of the OOS students. It makes sense for Iowa to favor the neighboring Midwest states given the coastal biases so many applicants have.

 

[WedgeDawg]

Moving to wamc