MD Do I have a good chance at T20 schools?

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lil_engine

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  1. cGPA: 3.88 sGPA:3.84
  2. MCAT: 524 (130/131/131/132)
  3. State of residence: VA
  4. Ethnicity: ORM
  5. Undergraduate institution: top 30
  6. Clinical experience: about 600 hrs as EMT
  7. Research experience: over 1000 hrs over 2 years, 1 funding award, no pubs
  8. Shadowing experience: around 70 hrs (neurology, neurosurgery, pathology, internal medicine)
  9. Non-clinical volunteering: about 200 hrs tutoring/teaching disadvantaged groups
 
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Yup.

I suggest:
NYU
Vanderbilt
WashU
Yale
JHU
Northwestern
U Chicago
U Penn
Columbia
Duke
Harvard
Sinai
Cornell
Stanford
U MI
BU
Case
Mayo
Pitt
UCSD
UCSF
Hofstra
Ohio State
U Cincy
USC/Keck
USF Morsani
Albert Einstein
Dartmouth
Emory
Rochester
Jefferson
Miami
U IA
U VM
Western MI
Your state schools
 
  1. cGPA: 3.88 sGPA:3.84
  2. MCAT: 524 (130/131/131/132)
  3. State of residence: VA
  4. Ethnicity: ORM
  5. Undergraduate institution: top 30
  6. Clinical experience: about 600 hrs as EMT
  7. Research experience: over 1000 hrs over 2 years, 1 funding award, no pubs
  8. Shadowing experience: around 70 hrs (neurology, neurosurgery, pathology, internal medicine)
  9. Non-clinical volunteering: about 200 hrs tutoring/teaching disadvantaged groups
  10. Other extracurricular activities: national level taekwondo competitor, 1 leadership position in student org, 4 years of work as tutor/teacher, including full time director position at test prep company
  11. Relevant honors or awards: Phi Beta Kappa, $15,000 scholarship from school awarded to undergrads for "outstanding service and academic achievement"
You, sir or madam, are a rock star. Congratulations.

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