feedback on school selection and chances

[zoelithos]

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Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone could give me a feedback on my list of medical schools and my chances based on stats.

MCAT: taken May 28, 2009
Physical Sciences: 11
Verbal Reasoning: 13
Biological Sciences: 10
Writing: S

overall GPA: 3.82
science GPA: 3.82
Undergrad institution: Macalester College, Biology major

EC: Shadowing, ochem research, NICU volunteering, Center for Care Innovation and Research internship and Minnesota Department of Health internship (current). All of them are one summer each. Extensive activity and leadership positions at church and student cultural org. Fluent in two languages.

5 letters of recommendations, one from a physician I shadowed. Primary application will be submitted in the first week of July.

Schools I will be applying to:

Albany
Dartmouth
Boston
University of Minnesota
University of Hawaii
Jefferson
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Loma Linda
Rosalind Franklin
Vanderbilt (a reach for sure)

Unfortunately, here's the kicker:
I am an international student, non-Canadian and non-green card holder (no permanent residence). the bomb explodes and all hope melts away (at least that's what people imply *sigh*).🙁

what do people think?

 

[mrmilad]

wow, you are very close to my stats and I'm also a non green card holder international. I already submitted my primary, and I applied to almost 30 schools!! I had a 3.78 , 12 10 11 R MCAT, very strong letters as well and graduating from UCLA. The list below is all the international friendly schools.

Albany Medical College
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Columbia University College of P & S
Dartmouth Medical School
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Duke University School of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
George Washington University Sch of Med & Hlth Sci
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Howard University
Jefferson Medical Coll. of Thomas Jefferson Univ.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Keck Sch. of Med.University of Southern California
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Mayo Medical School
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York Medical College
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicin
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Scien
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stony Brook University - School of Medicine
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
University of California San Francisco
University of California, Davis School of Medicine

 

[zoelithos]

wow, you are very close to my stats and I'm also a non green card holder international. I already submitted my primary, and I applied to almost 30 schools!! I had a 3.78 , 12 10 11 R MCAT, very strong letters as well and graduating from UCLA. The list below is all the international friendly schools.

Albany Medical College
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Columbia University College of P & S
Dartmouth Medical School
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Duke University School of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
George Washington University Sch of Med & Hlth Sci
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Howard University
Jefferson Medical Coll. of Thomas Jefferson Univ.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Keck Sch. of Med.University of Southern California
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Mayo Medical School
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York Medical College
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicin
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Scien
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stony Brook University - School of Medicine
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
University of California San Francisco
University of California, Davis School of Medicine

👍 Thanks for sharing that. 30 schools! The primaries alone must've cost you a fortune. I don't think I could write 30 secondary essays either.

best of luck to both of us. do u have a back up plan? I'm thinking MPH.

 

[canjosh]

Don't know if I'd consider Baylor international friendly, although they do matriculate a couple per class.

Zoelithos--have you read Hawaii's policies regarding non-residents? Obviously, they get a lot of out of state applicants, so they have a very thorough policy on their website. I imagine you'd meet the cutoffs for a non-resident secondary, but the sheer numbers will work against you. Good luck!

 

[camaras2480]

👍 Thanks for sharing that. 30 schools! The primaries alone must've cost you a fortune. I don't think I could write 30 secondary essays either.

best of luck to both of us. do u have a back up plan? I'm thinking MPH.

You guys really shouldn't need back up plans, lol.

 

[zoelithos]

Don't know if I'd consider Baylor international friendly, although they do matriculate a couple per class.

Zoelithos--have you read Hawaii's policies regarding non-residents? Obviously, they get a lot of out of state applicants, so they have a very thorough policy on their website. I imagine you'd meet the cutoffs for a non-resident secondary, but the sheer numbers will work against you. Good luck!

Hrmm..good point. I know that they have a screening procedure to see if you have "a connection" to Hawaii in any way; if I understand correctly, they first accept from those who have this connection, and then fill the rest with those who don't. I don't have any sort of connection. I'm from Korea, and I'm not sure if that qualifies as being from "the pacific rim." In any case, I think I'll still go ahead and apply and hope for the best.