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Hey everyone

As you probably figured out, I'm wondering what my chances are to get into an American medical school. Please let me know what your thoughts are!

Academic Background:
cGPA - 3.8
sGPA - 3.78

MCAT - 516
MCAT Breakdown:
Psych - 127
CARS - 128
Bio - 129
Chem - 132

Completing a Bachelors at the University of Toronto (Co-op Neuroscience program)

Citizenship and Race:

Canadian Citizen
No US Visa
Not Minority/Latin/White

Experience:

Strong Research Background (+2000hrs in 3 different labs with publication currently in press <--As you can imagine I'm interested in the MD/PhD programs)
Leadership (Helped found 1 organization on campus, expanding branches to other universities)
Clinical (+100hrs in 2 clinics)
Shadowing (8hrs with General Pediatrics Practitioners)
Athletics (Soccer and Snowboarding)
Awards (Entrance Scholarship, Dean's List and Scholar Cerificate)
Other (Published photographer, journalist and writer)

My List?
From what I know, the only Canadian friendly ones are listed below, do I have a chance with these schools? Am I missing any other Canadian friendly schools (or did I make a mistake on which one is Canadian friendly)?

- Case Western
- Mt. Sinai
- Both Mayo campuses
- Harvard
- Yale (Not accepting Canadians for MD/PhD but still applying for their MD program)
- Stanford (Not accepting Canadians for MD/PhD but still applying for their MD program)
- Jefferson Medical College
- Wayne State
- Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin
- University of Chicago
- Northwestern
- SUNY Upstate
- Vanderbilt
- Dartmouth
- Columbia
- Johns Hopkins
- Boston U
- AECOM
- SLU
- U Kentucky
- NYMC
- NYU

If you do not know what my chances would be for their MD/PhD program then please let me know what you think my chances are for getting into their MD program.

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You are the median MD PhD applicant, I would apply accordingly. Some of these programs are reaches for you. For instance you might be a feasible Harvard MD applicant (maybe could use stronger ECs), but the MD PhD students at Harvard/MIT are incredible. Some for places like hopkins and others.
 
You are the median MD PhD applicant, I would apply accordingly. Some of these programs are reaches for you. For instance you might be a feasible Harvard MD applicant (maybe could use stronger ECs), but the MD PhD students at Harvard/MIT are incredible. Some for places like hopkins and others.
Thank you for the response! Yeah a lot of the schools are reaches for me but I thought that I might as well try my luck (rather than always wonder "what if").

But I really want to make sure I have some schools on the list to compensate for all the top-tier schools I'm applying to. In your opinion which schools on the list do you think I have a high chance in?
 
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