Does this list have too many reaches?

[MCAT or bust]

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AA here from Illinois just here asking you guys if there are too many reaches in general for a avg applicant (or too low oos acceptance rate to apply to)... I more than likely will take 1 of the 2 UC's out b/c of the oos situation

Im applying to:

UIC
UWisconsin
Loyola
Rush
Feinberg
UCLA
UC Davis
OSU
UMiami
Howard

would be tough to apply to more than 10 b/c of money, and I'm just trying to make sure I am being somewhat realistic

also I see low-tier MD school mentioned alot on sdn... what schools would you consider low tier?
thanks!

 

[558363]

Aren't Cali schools really hard to get into even in-state, much less OOS?

 

[MCAT or bust]

Aren't Cali schools really hard to get into even in-state, much less OOS?

I believe so, thats why I was most likely gonna cut the number of UC's I apply to to 1 lol

 

[alpharez]

Out of the UC's, Davis has the most in-state preference too.

 

[sourdoughllama]

I'm pretty sure UC Davis is by far mostly, if not all CA residents

 

[Cambover]

UCLA is pretty bad too. If you want a Cali school then San Diego or San Fran have higher percentages.

 

[LiveLoveLearn]

AA here from Illinois just here asking you guys if there are too many reaches in general for a avg applicant (or too low oos acceptance rate to apply to)... I more than likely will take 1 of the 2 UC's out b/c of the oos situation

Im applying to:

UIC
UWisconsin
Loyola
Rush
Feinberg
UCLA
UC Davis
OSU
UMiami
Howard

would be tough to apply to more than 10 b/c of money, and I'm just trying to make sure I am being somewhat realistic

also I see low-tier MD school mentioned alot on sdn... what schools would you consider low tier?
thanks!

UWisconsin has a huge IS preference, so I would drop that along with UC Davis and UCLA, as the others have mentioned. Have you thought about Rosalind Franklin and the Medical College of Wisconsin? Also USC doesn't really have an in-state preference if you are looking for more CA stuff.

 

[MCAT or bust]

UWisconsin has a huge IS preference, so I would drop that along with UC Davis and UCLA, as the others have mentioned. Have you thought about Rosalind Franklin and the Medical College of Wisconsin? Also USC doesn't really have an in-state preference if you are looking for more CA stuff.

dont like Rosalind Franklin just tbh

I checked the 2014 MSAR and it said 39 of those that matriculated were OOS of about 170 which I guess is low.. I might just apply to both

as far as CA, yea, I may switch to Keck and San Fran, but the thing is those schools are more selective.. ahhh!! I would like to attend school in Cali though

 

[558363]

What exactly would be considered an "average applicant" GPA/MCAT wise?

I would love to apply to Cali schools, but I feel they must be really difficult to get into.

 

[LiveLoveLearn]

dont like Rosalind Franklin just tbh

I checked the 2014 MSAR and it said 39 of those that matriculated were OOS of about 170 which I guess is low.. I might just apply to both

as far as CA, yea, I may switch to Keck and San Fran, but the thing is those schools are more selective.. ahhh!! I would like to attend school in Cali though

Yeah - you have to have awesome stats and/or amazing research/ECs for San Fran. I don't think USC is as selective, though. You still need to be above average, but UCLA is probably worse.

 

[MCAT or bust]

Yeah - you have to have awesome stats and/or amazing research/ECs for San Fran. I don't think USC is as selective, though. You still need to be above average, but UCLA is probably worse.

worse in terms of what?

also, does anyone have any info on Riverside? I know it's supposed to be brand new, but I'd assume they will have mainly in state matriculants also

 

[LiveLoveLearn]

worse in terms of what?

also, does anyone have any info on Riverside? I know it's supposed to be brand new, but I'd assume they will have mainly in state matriculants also

I would say that UCLA is more competetive to get into. Yes, Riverside is IS-focused, more specifically, they are looking for people from the inland empire and even reserve half of their 50 seats for students that came up through UCR undergrad.