California Applicant, my stats and school list so far.

[NotWayneBrady]

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Hey everyone! I posted my stats previously in this forum, but I have a decent school list put together now so I am looking for some pointers. To reiterate my stats with a few updates:

-3.88c/s GPA in Biological Sciences

-39 MCAT

-Clinical Care Extender Volunteer internship since last August, currently working in the ER and will have 200+ hours by the time I apply.

-Shadowed:

• An interventional cardiologist for 4-5 hours through 3 surgical procedures.
• Briefly shadowed an internist at my volunteer site for ~2hrs.
• Just got set up to shadow my company's medical director, he is a family medicine DO.
• Interviewing to shadow another primary care doctor this Thursday, hopefully going to make this a once a week gig.

-15 months volunteer undergrad research experience in a lab studying renal disease.

• I received a $750 research grant from my school, had to present findings in poster format at a research colloquium.
• Also received a full-time paid 3 month summer research fellowship to continue my work after graduation.

-Currently work full-time at a managed care office, working closely with health plans and case management staff.

-Minimal leadership experience aside from leading informal study groups in college, currently working on getting into leadership team at the CCE internship.

Here is my school list so far, as a note there are a bunch of schools I can't apply to such as UCLA because they have hard requirements for a full year of Math and English not satisfied by AP (I only took 2 quarters of each in college... and one quarter of calculus the entire class got a "no credit")

California Schools:
UCSF
Stanford
UC Irvine
USC Keck
UC San Diego
UC Davis

Everywhere else:
Johns Hopkins
Yale
U of Michigan
Dartmouth
Mayo Medical School
Cornell
New York MC
Baylor
University of Virginia
Ohio State
Tulane
Tufts

I would love to know if I'm missing anywhere I should be applying! I'm looking to expand this list a bit and also cut out anything that I definitely won't be able to get into. Thanks everyone! 🙂

Edit 1. Removed U of Washington following advice from gyngyn.

 

[gyngyn]

Hey everyone! I posted my stats previously in this forum, but I have a decent school list put together now so I am looking for some pointers. To reiterate my stats with a few updates:

-3.88c/s GPA in Biological Sciences

-39 MCAT

-Clinical Care Extender Volunteer internship since last August, currently working in the ER and will have 200+ hours by the time I apply.

-Shadowed:

• An interventional cardiologist for 4-5 hours through 3 surgical procedures.
• Briefly shadowed an internist at my volunteer site for ~2hrs.
• Just got set up to shadow my company's medical director, he is a family medicine DO.
• Interviewing to shadow another primary care doctor this Thursday, hopefully going to make this a once a week gig.

-15 months volunteer undergrad research experience in a lab studying renal disease.

• I received a $750 research grant from my school, had to present findings in poster format at a research colloquium.
• Also received a full-time paid 3 month summer research fellowship to continue my work after graduation.

-Currently work full-time at a managed care office, working closely with health plans and case management staff.

-Minimal leadership experience aside from leading informal study groups in college, currently working on getting into leadership team at the CCE internship.

Here is my school list so far, as a note there are a bunch of schools I can't apply to such as UCLA because they have hard requirements for a full year of Math and English not satisfied by AP (I only took 2 quarters of each in college... and one quarter of calculus the entire class got a "no credit")

California Schools:
UCSF
Stanford
UC Irvine
USC Keck
UC San Diego
UC Davis

Everywhere else:
Johns Hopkins
Yale
U of Michigan
U of Washington
Dartmouth
Mayo Medical School
Cornell
New York MC
Baylor
University of Virginia
Ohio State
Tulane
Tufts

I would love to know if I'm missing anywhere I should be applying! I'm looking to expand this list a bit and also cut out anything that I definitely won't be able to get into. Thanks everyone! 🙂

You are not WWAMI so delete UW.

 

[WedgeDawg]

Looks great! You could consider adding Harvard, Columbia, Mt. Sinai, NYU, and Duke (though check their admissions requirements - even if you don't meet them perfectly, some schools will be flexible - call them if you're not sure).

 

[Vain Brother]

keep in mind that many schools will allow you to complete required courses AFTER they accept you (i.e., summer before school starts). many won't even look to make sure you've fulfilled requirements until after the interview. call schools like UCLA to clarify their positions on this!

 

[TheSummit]

Just curious, why nymc? they receive 10k+ apps a year. Is it a safety? Then also consider albany (if you are looking for ny schools).
Why Tufts? how about harvard and/or bu?

 

[Doug Underhill]

You might get yield protected at NYMC. Dartmouth heavily prefers non-trads. Consider the following as a replacement:

Miami
Emory
Duke
Boston
Penn State
Vermont

 

[Goro]

You're golden. Aim high. I suggest:

UCSF
Stanford
UC Irvine
USC Keck
UC San Diego
UC Davis
Johns Hopkins
Yale
Wash U
U of Michigan
Mayo Medical School
Cornell
Baylor
University of Virginia
Ohio State
Tulane
The two NYC area SUNYs
U AZ (both)
U VA
Cornell
Harvard
Vandy
Pitt
Loyola
U Miami
Einstein
Hofstra
Emory
Duke
BU
NYU
Mt Sinai
Columbia

 

[NotWayneBrady]

Alright ladies and gents of SDN. I think I have it, my final list of schools.

Harvard
Stanford
Johns Hopkins
UCSF
U of Pennsylvania
Washington University
Yale
Duke
Columbia
U of Chicago
U of Michigan
UCLA
NYU
UC San Diego
Vanderbilt
U of Pittsburgh
Cornell
Mt Sinai
Baylor
U of Virginia
USC Keck
UC Davis
UC Irvine

Currently twenty-two schools, I'm looking for my last round of feedback. Too many schools? Too top-heavy? Any obvious red flags?

Updates to my qualifications above:
-I got a spot on the leadership team with the CCE program in April, I'm currently the department coordinator for volunteers on the intensive care unit at one of our hospitals.
- I started a volunteer rotation in the operating room, I've seen some cool procedures like total hip/knee ortho stuff so far. Looking to observe some open heart stuff after I make friends with a few anesthesiologists.
-I've been taking 4-5 months of formal Korean classes at the los angeles korean cultural center. ~48 hours so far.

Edit: Forgot to include UCLA from my original spreadsheet.

 

[WedgeDawg]

I would remove Baylor and add a couple (2-3) mid/upper-mid tiers (Einstein, Rochester, Emory, Case Western)

Other than that looks very solid.

 

[NotWayneBrady]

Thanks WedgeDawg, you're my hero.

I've always kind of been considering dropping Baylor anyway simply because it's in Texas, and I could never really see myself doing well there.

 

[NotWayneBrady]

Got into CWRU.

Thanks @WedgeDawg @Goro @gyngyn for all your help, can't even begin to describe how much I appreciate you all.

 

[Goro]

Super!!!