Final School List: How does it look?

[WhizoMD]

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[Tapepsi]

Based off the average MCAT's/GPA's (and #OOS applicants accepted for your non-FL schools) of last years entering matriculants (I put thumbs up next to ones where I think your chances are best):

Dartmouth (34/3.8)
Duke (36/3.8)
George Washington (30/3.7) 👍
Georgetown (32/3.8)
Howard (25/3.5) 👍
Florida Atlantic (never heard of it)
Florida International (31/3.6) 👍
Florida State (29/3.7) 👍 <-- Almost guaranteed interview and your best chance of acceptance assuming everything else on your app is good and you have good interview skills
UCF (32/3.9) (they only accept 41 students?!?)
UF (33/3.8) Eh...give it a shot
Miami (32/3.8)
USF (31/3.8) 👍
Tulane (31/3.6) 👍
NYMC (31/3.6) 👍
NYU (34/3.8)
Wake Forest (32/3.8)
Drexel (31/3.7) Try but keep in mind they receive over 12,000 applications
Jefferson (32/3.7) ^ Except it's ~10,000
Penn State (32/3.8)
Temple (31/3.7) 👍
EVMS (31/3.6) 👍
VCU (31/3.7)
Louisville (30/3.7)
Hofstra .....I have no clue....
Stony Brook (33/3.7) Only accept 20 OOS
Morehouse (27/3.5) 👍


Definitely apply to all of your Florida schools those will be your best shots.

 

[Catalystik]

Duke requires a research experience. It seems iffy to apply there without any research background. What are your thoughts on this?

If you like warm weather, Arizona is planning to take 25% OOS matriculants and might be worth a shot.

 

[WhizoMD]

Thanks for the feedback. I plan to be involved in clinical research wherever I go, so that's part of the reason I'm considering Duke (also, rumored southern bias, high urm numbers, good fin aid, broad range of mcat scores considered etc..). Do they require undergraduate research? Or is it just the research year during med school?

 

[Tapepsi]

Duke requires a research experience. It seems iffy to apply there without any research background. What are your thoughts on this?

If you like warm weather, Arizona is planning to take 25% OOS matriculants and might be worth a shot.

+1. OP it might be a good idea to also do some online research for each school to see if you meet all of their prerequisites. I remember accidentally applying to a school that required biochem (which I've never taken).

 

[Tapepsi]

Thanks for the feedback. I plan to be involved in clinical research wherever I go, so that's part of the reason I'm considering Duke (also, rumored southern bias, high urm numbers, good fin aid, broad range of mcat scores considered etc..). Do they require undergraduate research? Or is it just the research year during med school?

Yeah but be careful. The 10%-90% MCAT score range was from 30-39 so yes...they do have a broad range. But you might want to watch out as your MCAT falls below the 10th percentile. You are right though that they have high urm numbers so I guess it couldn't hurt to try.

 

[Catalystik]

Thanks for the feedback. I plan to be involved in clinical research wherever I go, so that's part of the reason I'm considering Duke (also, rumored southern bias, high urm numbers, good fin aid, broad range of mcat scores considered etc..). Do they require undergraduate research? Or is it just the research year during med school?

Per MSAR, 94% of matriculants had a Research experience listed. Who knows, maybe the rest listed it under Employment or volunteer.

 

[WhizoMD]

Duke requires a research experience. It seems iffy to apply there without any research background. What are your thoughts on this?

If you like warm weather, Arizona is planning to take 25% OOS matriculants and might be worth a shot.

thanks for the suggestion! I decided to replace Dartmouth with UA. 🙂