MD Final school list. Can I get rid of some?

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jaw93

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Hi everyone,

I am just finishing my finalized school list. I kept looking for schools in my range and kept adding and I ended up with 26 which may be a little too many. I would be grateful if someone could look over my list and tell me what they think and of there are some schools I can take out for various reasons.

3.81 cgpa 3.87 sgpa 11/11/11 33 mcat. Finance Major
I have 150 hours with a clinical internship with direct patient contact.
400 hours as a volunteer youth sports coach
I served as my fraternity's treasurer and CFO overseeing a budget of $1 mil +
Multiple tutoring and education jobs for my school

AZ resident
1. U of A- tucson
2. U of A -phx
3. Miami
4. Florida international
5. Florida Atlantic
6. University of south Florida
7. Temple
8. Penn State
9. Drexel
10 Jefferson
11. VCU
12. V Tech
13. UVA
14 Eastern Virginia
15. NYMC
16. Stony Brook
17. Einstein
18. NYU
19. Boston University
20. Tufts
21 Georgetown
22. GW
23. Colorado
24. Wake Forrest
25. Emory
26. U of Vermont
 
Hi everyone,

I am just finishing my finalized school list. I kept looking for schools in my range and kept adding and I ended up with 26 which may be a little too many. I would be grateful if someone could look over my list and tell me what they think and of there are some schools I can take out for various reasons.

3.81 cgpa 3.87 sgpa 11/11/11 33 mcat. Finance Major
I have 150 hours with a clinical internship with direct patient contact.
400 hours as a volunteer youth sports coach
I served as my fraternity's treasurer and CFO overseeing a budget of $1 mil +
Multiple tutoring and education jobs for my school

AZ resident
1. U of A- tucson
2. U of A -phx
3. Miami
4. Florida international
5. Florida Atlantic
6. University of south Florida
7. Temple
8. Penn State
9. Drexel
10 Jefferson
11. VCU
12. V Tech
13. UVA
14 Eastern Virginia
15. NYMC
16. Stony Brook
17. Einstein
18. NYU
19. Boston University
20. Tufts
21 Georgetown
22. GW
23. Colorado
24. Wake Forrest
25. Emory
26. U of Vermont
Colorado prefers nontrads and way more clinical experience than you report. I don't see mention of dedicated service to those in need that Georgetown seems to find appealing. Review the missions and selection criteria of the Florida schools on your list and be sure you fulfill them. As you have no research, you might also consider removing some of the research-oriented schools on your list, including VTech and probably UVa.
 
Goro suggests deleting the ones in red

1. U of A- tucson
2. U of A -phx
3. Miami
4. Florida international
5. Florida Atlantic
6. University of south Florida
7. Temple
8. Penn State
9. Drexel
10 Jefferson
11. VCU
12. V Tech
13. UVA (state schools favor the home team, lack of research)
14 Eastern Virginia
15. NYMC
16. Stony Brook (state schools favor the home team)
17. Einstein
18. NYU (your MCAT is likely too low; lack of research)
19. Boston University
20. Tufts
21 Georgetown (gets a gazillion apps)
22. GW (see #21)

23. Colorado
24. Wake Forrest
25. Emory (you don't mention research)
26. U of Vermont
 
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