Chances/Help Picking Schools

[jsr52]

Hey Guys here are my stats

School - Cornell University

Overall GPA 3.52

Science GPA 3.4

MCAT - Taking in August - assume 30

I have 200+hrs volunteering in a hospital at school and a children's hospital at home.

I have numerous leadership positions within my fraternity, including vice president

I am the president of a organization on campus called Students for Organ Donation

I have shadowing experience in most fields of medicine

I am the captain of my intramural basketball and softball teams.

I have worked at a daycamp for the past 5 years. Working with five year old boys.


Here are the schools I'm applying to (i am a NY State Resident)

Can you please help me narrow down my list or suggest any schools. I am pretty much aiming for a mid tier school.

Also how much does it help if my grandfather donates to a medical school and has a scholarship in his name? It is a mid-tier school.

Albany Medical College Regular M.D. No
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Regular M.D. No
Drexel University College of Medicine Regular M.D. No
George Washington University Sch of Med & Hlth Sci Regular M.D. No
Jefferson Medical Coll. of Thomas Jefferson Univ. Regular M.D. No
Mount Sinai School of Medicine Regular M.D. No
New York Medical College Regular M.D. No
New York University Regular M.D. No
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Regular M.D. No
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Scien Regular M.D. No
SUNY Upstate Medical University Regular M.D. No
SUNY at Buffalo Medical School Regular M.D. No
State University of New York Downstate Medical Cen Regular M.D. No
Stony Brook University - School of Medicine Regular M.D. No
Temple University School of Medicine Regular M.D. No
The University of Vermont College of Medicine Regular M.D. No
Tulane University School of Medicine Regular M.D. No
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School Regular M.D. No
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Regular M.D. No
University of Maryland School of Medicine Regular M.D. No
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Den

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[skydancing]

Hey - everything looks good! We have similar stats (3.6 overall/3.4 sci/31Q MCAT). Why not Dartmouth? I see you have Vermont on there, so it must not be because of the cold weather! Might as well apply and see how it goes!

Also, I would skip out on Maryland and New Jersey - too few spots for OOSers.

If you want to cut out more, I would do so in this order: 1. GWU 2. Albany 3. Tulane

 

[jsr52]

thanks for your advice. I can't cut out GWU though. My grandfather graduated from GWU and he donates there!

 

[jsr52]

also Dartmouth is not on my list because that would probably be a reach.

 

[perutz]

also Dartmouth is not on my list because that would probably be a reach.

Any chance you'll do better than 30 on the MCAT? Like say a mid 30? If you do, I'd say you have a shot. I know a non-URM from my school (also an Ivy) who had a 3.5 but ended up at Harvard.