Current M4
School: Unranked MD program in the southeast
Step 1: 247
Step 2: Taken but haven't gotten score back yet (scoring upper 250s - 260 on practice tests)
Pre-clinical: Mix of honors and pass (no high pass at my school)
Clinical: All honors except OB
Class rank: Top 15%, hopeful for AOA
Research: 4 peer reviewed articles (2 as 1st author), 11 posters (4 as first author), 1 presentation in rads (not first author), research award in oncology at my school, MS before medical school (about half of my research is from that)
EC's: Lots of leadership in curriculum development, LCME visit, some volunteering as well
LOR: 1 Internal Medicine / Associate Dean I've worked closely with, 1 Surgery I've worked on alot of research with, 2 Rads (1 from program director)
Programs I'm planning on applying to (Applying DR and hoping to go into academics):
Reach: Stanford, Washington, UCSD, UCSF, Chicago, Northwestern, Mass General, NYU, Cornell, Columbia
Targets: Vandy, Emory, UTSW, Mayo Arizona, Mayo (Minn), Hopkins, Duke, UVa, Brown, UAB
Mid Range: U Florida, USF, MUSC, Wake Forest, UNC, Mayo Jacksonville
Safety: LSU, Oschner, Tennessee (Memphis + Knoxville), UMMC Jackson
Do I have any shot at getting an interview at any of my reaches or is it not even worth applying to? Advisor at my school said he thought I had a good shot at getting interviews from my targets, but had no idea where I'd stand with my reaches. I'm planning on just applying very broadly (goal is ~70 applications) and hoping odds play in my favor for an interview at least some of the reaches / targets. Any thoughts?