Chance me please 3.7, 520, HYP

[pton2017er]

Hi all,

I'm applying in the current cycle (2016-2017), and am an undergraduate at Princeton. I have 3.7 science and cumulative GPA, and a 520 MCAT. My extracurriculars are below, as are the schools I will apply to. Does it seem like these are mostly reach schools- should I add in some more mid tier schools? Thanks for the input!

ECs:
- 3 yrs research in lab, publication pending; i will be a 3rd author
- clinical experience volunteering at 2 different hospitals- one very wealthy, one inner-city and severely underfunded
- independent research experience in intelligence and counterterrorism, publication pending
- internship at US Military Academy thinktank where I analyzed terrorist groups' documents in Urdu and Persian Farsi
- member of club archery team
- fashion design and sewing are a hobby/artistic endeavor
- ~20 hours/week job in library
- provides translation services for gov't agencies, language tutor for foreign service officer in training
- 5-6 more activities, but you get the jist

Schools:

Columbia School of Physicians and Surgeons
Brown- Alpert School of medicine
University of Illinois Medical School
Weill Cornell Medical School
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
NYU School of Medicine
Stanford School of Medicine
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Boston University
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Duke University Medical School
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Emory Medical School
University of Michigan Medical School
GW School of Medicine
Yale Medical School
Georgetown School of Medicine

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[OrangeTub]

The list looks pretty good IMO. Boston/Einstein/Georgetown/Darthmouth/Illinois seem like enough mid-tier schools, so I wouldn't worry about that. Are you an Illinois resident?

Good luck on your application!

 

[Goro]

You're golden: aim high.

I suggest:


Harvard

Wash U

Yale

Stanford

U Chicago

U Penn

U VA

U MI
U VM

U WI
Ohio State

Jefferson
U IA
UCSF

UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCR (IF you’re from the Inland Empire)
U Cincy
Miami
Albert Einstein
Tulane
Loyola
Emory
BU
USC/Keck
Baylor
JHU
Mayo
Pitt
Northwestern
NYU
Vanderbilt
Columbia
Sinai
Cornell
Duke
Case
Hofstra

Your state school

Hi all,

I'm applying in the current cycle (2016-2017), and am an undergraduate at Princeton. I have 3.7 science and cumulative GPA, and a 520 MCAT. My extracurriculars are below, as are the schools I will apply to. Does it seem like these are mostly reach schools- should I add in some more mid tier schools? Thanks for the input!

ECs:
- 3 yrs research in lab, publication pending; i will be a 3rd author
- clinical experience volunteering at 2 different hospitals- one very wealthy, one inner-city and severely underfunded
- independent research experience in intelligence and counterterrorism, publication pending
- internship at US Military Academy thinktank where I analyzed terrorist groups' documents in Urdu and Persian Farsi
- member of club archery team
- fashion design and sewing are a hobby/artistic endeavor
- ~20 hours/week job in library
- provides translation services for gov't agencies, language tutor for foreign service officer in training
- 5-6 more activities, but you get the jist

Schools:

Columbia School of Physicians and Surgeons
Brown- Alpert School of medicine
University of Illinois Medical School
Weill Cornell Medical School
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
NYU School of Medicine
Stanford School of Medicine
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Boston University
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Duke University Medical School
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Emory Medical School
University of Michigan Medical School
GW School of Medicine
Yale Medical School
Georgetown School of Medicine

 

[Chasing Never Land]

Holy cow your ECs are so cool!!!!! can we be friends?


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