Chance me: GPA: 3.71 sGPA: 3.49 Mcat 514, UPenn Undergrad

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  1. cGPA: 3.71, sGPA: 3.49
  2. MCAT: 514
  3. Originally from New York
  4. Caucasian
  5. Undergrad junior at UPenn
  6. 150 hrs volunteering at hospital
  7. Clinical research in two different areas of medicine, hopefully 1 pub by the summer...no basic science research (although might change this summer)
  8. 50 hrs Cardiology shadowing
  9. Service outside medicine including tutoring, music concerts at healthcare facilities

Applying Summer 2016
Tentative Schools List:

Reaches:
UMich
Baylor
Emory
Vanderbilt
UCLA
USC
Columbia
Penn
NYU

Others (don't know how to classify these):
Albert Einstein
Sinai
Downstate-NYS resident
Stony Brook-NYS resident
Robert Wood
Rochester
U-Miami

Any suggestions on some target schools to add? Thanks!

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No worries...there's a template for what to include in that forum. It'll just help you get the best advice for your circumstances.
 
You'll get in somewhere. Apply broadly

Edit: Add more target schools. You have a low science gpa for top schools and your MCAT is ~33 which is below the 37 average many top schools have. BU, Tufts, Case Western, Buffalo

Basically, you are below the 10th percentile GPA and/or MCAT for most of your reaches and just over the 10th percentile for a lot of your non-reaches. You have a decent shot at your non-reaches, but you add more to cover your bases so you don't end up needing to reapply
 
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For target schools apply to all 4 SUNY's, Hofstra, Albany, New York Medical College, Einstein, Drexel, Temple and Jefferson. Add any reaches you wish.
 
Forget the reaches and take your parents to dinner instead. The schools don't need the donations in the form of your app fees.

I suggest:

U VM
Miami
St. Louis
Albany
Rochester
Rush (note: very service/experience oriented with a 150hr service requirement. Avg student has 800 hours of community service, and >1800 hours of health care exposure.)
Rosy Franklin
MCW
Hofstra
NYMC
VCU
EVMS
Wake Forest
Jefferson
Temple
Drexel
Creighton
George Washington
Emory
Tulane
Loyola
Any new MD school. Skip Central MI and the three new FL schools. I can't recommend CNU.
All SUNYs
Any DO program, starting with PCOM, NYITCOM, UNECOM and Touro-NY
 
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