GPA 3.7, MCAT 511 (128/126/129/128), Help me with school list please!

[Hope2019]

NYS resident, GPA 3.7, MCAT 511 (128/126/129/128)

Hey everyone!
I’m trying to finalize my list. Plan to apply to 30ish schools. This is a list of 40 schools. Can you please help me narrow the list to 30? Is there any other school that I missed and should be added? Really appreciate your input.

1. Icahn
2. Weill Cornell
3. Pitt
4. Emory
5. Albert Einstein
6. Hofstra
7. Brown
8. University of Rochester
9. Ohio State University
10. SUNY Downstate
11. University of Maryland
12. Dartmouth
13. Thomas Jefferson
14. Georgetown
15. UMass
16. Tufts
17. Rutgers
18. Chapel Hill
19. University of Colorado
20. Temple University
21. SUNY Stony Brook
22. SUNY Buffalo
23. Robert Wood Johnson
24. New York Medical College
25. Drexel
26. Albany
27. SUNY Upstate
28. Tulane
29. George Washington
30. Rush
31. Virginia Tech
32. Virginia Commonwealth
33. University of Washington
34. University of Tennessee
35. Wayne State University
36. Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
37. Loyola University Chicago Stritch
38. Toledo
39. Michigan State University
40. Howard

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[gyngyn]

Not African American? Delete Howard.
Delete U of WA (not WWAMI).
Delete the state public schools (where you are OOS).
Delete Hofstra.
Delete Dartmouth (unless there is something quirky in your ap).
You can keep your IS privates where your MCAT is at or below the 10th% for Hail Mary's (though I don't recommend it).

 

[Hope2019]

Not African American? Delete Howard.
Delete U of WA (not WWAMI).
Delete the state public schools (where you are OOS).
Delete Hofstra.
Delete Dartmouth (unless there is something quirky in your ap).
You can keep your IS privates where your MCAT is at or below the 10th% for Hail Mary's (though I don't recommend it).

Thanks for the input.
Anyone else would like to help? Much appreciated!

 

[Dr. Meliodas]

This is a very poor list and you barely have any target schools - it is mostly far reaches and state schools you are not a resident of. Also you give no information of any ECs. Without any ECs your chances are pretty much 0%. You should list your ECs to get the best advice: Clinical volunteering, non-clinical volunteering, shadowing, research (post-presentation? publications?), and other interesting things about your app.

A more realistic list would be (assuming you have adequate ECs):

Target Schools (schools were your MCAT is 1 +/- your MCAT)

• All your state schools (SUNY Upstate, SUNY Downstate, Buffalo)
• GW
• Creighton
• Geisinger
• Tulane
• Drexel
• Albany
• QUinnipiac
• East Virginia
• NYMC
• Wake
• Temple
• Georgetown
• Tufts
• University of Miami
• St. Louis University

Jefferson, and UPitt (still have a chance at since you MCAT is around their 25th percentile of accepted applicants)

Any schools where you are around their 10th percentile is very unlikely unless you are a URM, Vet, D1 athlete, or something else that is very interesting.

For additional advice it would be good to hear from @Goro and @Faha

 

[Hope2019]

This is a very poor list and you barely have any target schools - it is mostly far reaches and state schools you are not a resident of. Also you give no information of any ECs. Without any ECs your chances are pretty much 0%. You should list your ECs to get the best advice: Clinical volunteering, non-clinical volunteering, shadowing, research (post-presentation? publications?), and other interesting things about your app.

A more realistic list would be (assuming you have adequate ECs):

Target Schools (schools were your MCAT is 1 +/- your MCAT)

• All your state schools (SUNY Upstate, SUNY Downstate, Buffalo)
• GW
• Creighton
• Geisinger
• Tulane
• Drexel
• Albany
• QUinnipiac
• East Virginia
• NYMC
• Wake
• Temple
• Georgetown
• Tufts
• University of Miami
• St. Louis University

Jefferson, and UPitt (still have a chance at since you MCAT is around their 25th percentile of accepted applicants)

Any schools where you are around their 10th percentile is very unlikely unless you are a URM, Vet, D1 athlete, or something else that is very interesting.

For additional advice it would be good to hear from @Goro and @Faha

Thank you for your helpful comments! I have around 800hrs of research (no publications or presentations) both clinical and basic/translational, ~350 hrs of shadowing, 150 hours of clinical volunteering. I've been an RA for 3 semesters and I founded an organizations at my school that is involved in interacting with hospitalized patients.

 

[Dr. Meliodas]

Thank you for your helpful comments! I have around 800hrs of research (no publications or presentations) both clinical and basic/translational, ~350 hrs of shadowing, 150 hours of clinical volunteering. I've been an RA for 3 semesters and I founded an organizations at my school that is involved in interacting with hospitalized patients.

Happy to help! Your ECs are good prioritize the schools I've listed. If you have the funds then throw in a couple of your favorite reaches. For reaches, I would look at the schools where your MCAT is at or above their reported 10th percentile on the MSAR.

 

[Hope2019]

Happy to help! Your ECs are good prioritize the schools I've listed. If you have the funds then throw in a couple of your favorite reaches. For reaches, I would look at the schools where your MCAT is at or above their reported 10th percentile on the MSAR.

Wonderful, Thanks for your help again!

 

[Dr. Meliodas]

If you have any specific questions feel free to PM me.

 

[ciestar]

Remove VTech. Geisinger tends to favor PA applicants, especially those from NEPA.

Consider adding (in addition to the other schools listed here): Oakland, Loyola

My stats were basically identical to your’s when I applied. I had what were labeled on SDN “exceptional” ECs, but my list:


Penn State
Temple
Drexel
Jefferson
Penn
Geisinger
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Quinnipiac
Tufts
Vermont
Oakland
Western Michigan
Miami
Rush
Loyola
South Florida
Albany
Stony Brook
Dartmouth
Marshall
West Virginia

Penn..obviously a stretch. Im from rural PA, which is why Marshall and WVU appeared there.

 

[Faha]

You can remove the state public schools that accept few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state including:
Rutgers
Robert Wood Johnson
UMass
Chapel Hill
Colorado
Virginia Tech
U Washington (accepts less than 1% of applicants who are not from states in the Northwest)
Tennessee
Toledo
Maryland
Michigan State
You can remove Howard unless you are URM
Icahn, Cornell, Emory, Pitt, Ohio State are reaches
You could add these schools:
Seton Hall
Quinnipiac
Vermont
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
NOVA MD

 

[Hope2019]

You can remove the state public schools that accept few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state including:
Rutgers
Robert Wood Johnson
UMass
Chapel Hill
Colorado
Virginia Tech
U Washington (accepts less than 1% of applicants who are not from states in the Northwest)
Tennessee
Toledo
Maryland
Michigan State
You can remove Howard unless you are URM
Icahn, Cornell, Emory, Pitt, Ohio State are reaches
You could add these schools:
Seton Hall
Quinnipiac
Vermont
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
NOVA MD

Thanks Faha! I'll make some adjustments!

 

[Hope2019]

Remove VTech. Geisinger tends to favor PA applicants, especially those from NEPA.

Consider adding (in addition to the other schools listed here): Oakland, Loyola

My stats were basically identical to your’s when I applied. I had what were labeled on SDN “exceptional” ECs, but my list:


Penn State
Temple
Drexel
Jefferson
Penn
Geisinger
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Quinnipiac
Tufts
Vermont
Oakland
Western Michigan
Miami
Rush
Loyola
South Florida
Albany
Stony Brook
Dartmouth
Marshall
West Virginia

Penn..obviously a stretch. Im from rural PA, which is why Marshall and WVU appeared there.

Great! thanks for helping me out!

 

[Hope2019]

If you have any specific questions feel free to PM me.

Sure. Thanks again.

 

[wonder12]

I had similar stats to yours, but very different EC’s (thousands of clinical hours and a lot of volunteering and community service). I agree that your list is top heavy. I would recommend starting some non-clinical volunteering in case you need to reapply. If you really want to get in this cycle, add your top 5 DO schools. Make sure your essays are very good because that will help you stand out.

 

[Goro]

NYS resident, GPA 3.7, MCAT 511 (128/126/129/128)

Hey everyone!
I’m trying to finalize my list. Plan to apply to 30ish schools. This is a list of 40 schools. Can you please help me narrow the list to 30? Is there any other school that I missed and should be added? Really appreciate your input.

1. Icahn
2. Weill Cornell
3. Pitt
4. Emory
5. Albert Einstein
6. Hofstra
7. Brown
8. University of Rochester
9. Ohio State University
10. SUNY Downstate
11. University of Maryland
12. Dartmouth
13. Thomas Jefferson
14. Georgetown
15. UMass
16. Tufts
17. Rutgers
18. Chapel Hill
19. University of Colorado
20. Temple University
21. SUNY Stony Brook
22. SUNY Buffalo
23. Robert Wood Johnson
24. New York Medical College
25. Drexel
26. Albany
27. SUNY Upstate
28. Tulane
29. George Washington
30. Rush
31. Virginia Tech
32. Virginia Commonwealth
33. University of Washington
34. University of Tennessee
35. Wayne State University
36. Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
37. Loyola University Chicago Stritch
38. Toledo
39. Michigan State University
40. Howard

Here is a more realistic list:
Rochester (maybe)
Hofstra (maybe)
Albert Einstein (maybe)
Pitt (maybe )
U Toledo
Dartmouth
U VM
Miami
Tufts
George Washington
Georgetown
SLU
Albany
Rush
Rosy Franklin
NYMC
MCW
VCU
EVMS
Wayne State
Wake Forest
Netter
Jefferson
Temple
Drexel
Creighton
Tulane
Loyola
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Oakland-B
Seton Hall
Nova MD
All SUNYs
Any DO program. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova, Wm Carey, LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide.

 

[Hope2019]

I had similar stats to yours, but very different EC’s (thousands of clinical hours and a lot of volunteering and community service). I agree that your list is top heavy. I would recommend starting some non-clinical volunteering in case you need to reapply. If you really want to get in this cycle, add your top 5 DO schools. Make sure your essays are very good because that will help you stand out.

Thanks a lot for the input!

 

[Hope2019]

Here is a more realistic list:
Rochester (maybe)
Hofstra (maybe)
Albert Einstein (maybe)
Pitt (maybe )
U Toledo
Dartmouth
U VM
Miami
Tufts
George Washington
Georgetown
SLU
Albany
Rush
Rosy Franklin
NYMC
MCW
VCU
EVMS
Wayne State
Wake Forest
Netter
Jefferson
Temple
Drexel
Creighton
Tulane
Loyola
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Oakland-B
Seton Hall
Nova MD
All SUNYs
Any DO program. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova, Wm Carey, LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide.

Wonderful! I really appreciate your time and advice Goro!

 

[gyngyn]

More than 50 hours of shadowing is not necessary (for others reading this).

 

[Hope2019]

More than 50 hours of shadowing is not necessary (for others reading this).

Ok. Thanks