Ca Resident WAMC MD (also MD/PhD)

[Woop37]

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Hi all. Would appreciate some help with my school list. Right now would just like to get opinions for MD, but I will likely also be applying MD/PhD. Thanks in advance.

Ca Resident
Neurobiology major w/ honors @ top 5 public school
cGPA: 3.90 sGPA: 3.87
MCAT: 516
6+ solid LORs (at least 3 are top quality)
2 year gap working as full time assistant research scientist
4 years undergraduate research w/ independent project
- 1 pub in the works
- 3 undergraduate conference 1st author poster presentations
- 1 professional conference 1st author poster presentation w/ best undergraduate poster award & undergraduate travel award
- University funded conference travel award
- 3 awards supporting my research in junior and senior year
1 year paid intern doing rehabilitation for patients w/ neurological disabilities (clinical setting)
Author w/ undergraduate science journal
3 leadership positions
~150 hours volunteer work (nonclinical) ~half helping individuals with neuro based movement disabilities
Study abroad in India: observed public health systems and shadowed physicians and nurses through hospitals
~70 hours shadowing 3 separate neurosurgeons (plan on bumping up this number and shadowing other fields during gap years)

Here's my current list:
UCD
UCSD
UCI
UCSF
UCLA
USC
UW (primarily as MSTP)
OHSU
U Colorado Denver
Northwestern
U Chicago
Vadnerbilt
U Michigan
Boston U
Harvard
NYU
Icahn
Alber Einstein
Mayo (both)
Baylor
Georgetown
Yale
Columbia
Case Western
Stanford
Cornell
Tulane
Hofstra

 

[Goro]

Suggest skipping Baylor, as it's really hard for OOS to get into there. Add Pitt instead, U AZ, SUNY SB, Hopkins, and U Miami. You're a rock star otherwise.

Hi
Here's my current list:
UCD
UCSD
UCI
UCSF
UCLA
USC
UW (primarily as MSTP)
OHSU
U Colorado Denver
Northwestern
U Chicago
Vadnerbilt
U Michigan
Boston U
Harvard
NYU
Icahn
Alber Einstein
Mayo (both)
Baylor
Georgetown
Yale
Columbia
Case Western
Stanford
Cornell
Tulane
Hofstra

 

[Woop37]

Suggest skipping Baylor, as it's really hard for OOS to get into there. Add Pitt instead, U AZ, SUNY SB, Hopkins, and U Miami.

Good to know on Baylor and thanks for the other suggestions!

 

[billowthehusky]

Good to know on Baylor and thanks for the other suggestions!

If you're applying MD PhD to Baylor, Goro's comment likely does not apply.