Hi everyone,
I'm trying to come up with a realistic list of schools that I have decent chances of being accepted to.
MCAT breakdown: P14 V11 B12 R
Extra curriculars (of recent history..I have held leadership positions in most every group I participate in, but to be concise):
Vice President of my sorority
President of one of the six "big-deal" groups at my university
Medical History Society
Research: I've been working in the same lab since the summer of my sophomore year, starting as a volunteer intern to now, on payroll. Poster presentation at Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago. Secondary author on a paper, to be submitted for review by the end of summer (*fingers crossed*).
Volunteer/Shadowing: clinical volunteering (in which I got to shadow) in the neurological surgery department for two semesters, continuing with volunteering this summer and senior year.
I'm a resident of PA, so I'm definitely going to apply to all six of the in-state schools. I'm also thinking (in no particular order at the moment):
Vanderbilt
Duke
UVA
Harvard
Columbia
NYU
Cornell
Georgetown
Northwestern
Chicago
Stanford
Wake Forest
Is this aiming too high or too heavily stacked towards the upper-tier schools? I do prefer schools that are in bigger cities, but places like Duke and UVA really attract me as well. I would love your objective input! Thanks
I'm trying to come up with a realistic list of schools that I have decent chances of being accepted to.
MCAT breakdown: P14 V11 B12 R
Extra curriculars (of recent history..I have held leadership positions in most every group I participate in, but to be concise):
Vice President of my sorority
President of one of the six "big-deal" groups at my university
Medical History Society
Research: I've been working in the same lab since the summer of my sophomore year, starting as a volunteer intern to now, on payroll. Poster presentation at Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago. Secondary author on a paper, to be submitted for review by the end of summer (*fingers crossed*).
Volunteer/Shadowing: clinical volunteering (in which I got to shadow) in the neurological surgery department for two semesters, continuing with volunteering this summer and senior year.
I'm a resident of PA, so I'm definitely going to apply to all six of the in-state schools. I'm also thinking (in no particular order at the moment):
Vanderbilt
Duke
UVA
Harvard
Columbia
NYU
Cornell
Georgetown
Northwestern
Chicago
Stanford
Wake Forest
Is this aiming too high or too heavily stacked towards the upper-tier schools? I do prefer schools that are in bigger cities, but places like Duke and UVA really attract me as well. I would love your objective input! Thanks