Canadian - What do you think about my school list?

[PeculiarPanda]

Hi fellow SDN folks!

I was hoping you could give me some insight in terms of my chances of getting into a USMD program.

I graduated with a Cell Bio degree and my gpa trend is fairly upward.

1st year: 3.1 GPA

2nd: 3.9 GPA

3rd: 3.95 GPA

4th: 3.81 GPA


I kind of fell off the fourth year but Im hoping the last 3 years are strong enough overall to compensate.

My current mcat score is a 512 (87%): C/P (129), CARS (127), B/B(127), P/S(127)

I don't know if that's competitive or not in US, but I am rewriting it in 1 month since my cars score is too low to be competitive in Canada. Im hoping for a 516, with a cars of 129.

My EC are average:

VP for university club (couple years)

Volunteer at Rescue Shelter

Volunteer at 2 hospitals (patient oriented)

Coach basketball (>1+ year)

Coached soccer (>1+year)

Help manage Soccer Co-Ed Rec league (schedules/scorekeeping)

Just signed up to volunteer in distress center (I guess it wont count towards US app)

Got some research background

Working with people with disabilities

and thousands of hours of work experience (mostly retail)

Here is my school list from MSAR:

Central Michigan University College of Medicine

Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Georgetown University School of Medicine

New York Medical College

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Tulane University School of Medicine

University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Wayne State University School of Medicine

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Its a total of 13 schools.

Now, I was wondering. Although my avg GPA is 3.68 ( D, do you think its fine If I apply to schools with slightly higher averages (3.7-3.8) since my last 3 years are much more competitive? Is it subjective like that or do reviewers objectively just take the avg and move on?


Sorry for the repost but my original post got lost becuase I did not find my schools in time. I will delete that post.

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