Help finalizing school list? ORM cGPA: 3.92 sGPA: 3.89 MCAT: 516

[kittytower]

I just got my MCAT back on July 30th and am trying to finalize a school list, preferable down to 15-20 schools. I'm an MI resident with pretty standard ECs. This was my list before I got my MCAT back:

1 Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
2 Central Michigan University College of Medicine
3 Wayne State University School of Medicine
4 Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
5 University of Michigan Medical School
6 Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
7 Indiana University School of Medicine
8 University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
9 Medical College of Wisconsin
10 University of Minnesota Medical School
11 Ohio State University College of Medicine
12 The University of Toledo College of Medicine
13 Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
14 University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
15 University of Arizona College of Medicine
16 University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
17 University of Central Florida College of Medicine
18 Eastern Virginia Medical School
19 West Virginia University School of Medicine
20 Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
21 University of Louisville School of Medicine
22 University of Kentucky College of Medicine
23 University of Maryland School of Medicine
24 University of Vermont College of Medicine
25 University of Colorado School of Medicine
26 Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
27 Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
28 University of Alabama School of Medicine
29 University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

If anyone has any helpful input it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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[Faha]

I suggest these schools from your list:
1 Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
2 Central Michigan University College of Medicine
3 Wayne State University School of Medicine
4 Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
5 University of Michigan Medical School
6 Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
7 Indiana University School of Medicine
9 Medical College of Wisconsin
11 Ohio State University College of Medicine
12 The University of Toledo College of Medicine
13 Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
14 University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
18 Eastern Virginia Medical School
19 West Virginia University School of Medicine
20 Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
24 University of Vermont College of Medicine
25 University of Colorado School of Medicine
29 University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
You have many state public schools on your original list that accept few non residents with no connection to the state or region.

 

[kittytower]

I suggest these schools from your list:
1 Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
2 Central Michigan University College of Medicine
3 Wayne State University School of Medicine
4 Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
5 University of Michigan Medical School
6 Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
7 Indiana University School of Medicine
9 Medical College of Wisconsin
11 Ohio State University College of Medicine
12 The University of Toledo College of Medicine
13 Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
14 University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
18 Eastern Virginia Medical School
19 West Virginia University School of Medicine
20 Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
24 University of Vermont College of Medicine
25 University of Colorado School of Medicine
29 University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
You have many state public schools on your original list that accept few non residents with no connection to the state or region.

Thank you! That helped me limit it down. Anymore that I should add/take away before I finalize my list tomorrow?

 

[Faha]

You could add any of these schools:
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
St. Louis
Creighton
TCU-UNT
George Washington
Georgetown
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Seton Hall
New York Medical College
Hofstra
Einstein
Boston University
Case Western
Pittsburgh
Rochester

 

[kittytower]

Thank you! I did some more research and used both your list and WatchDawg's school list maker and came up with the following 20.
LizzyM: 74.2
WARS: 71
Category 2 - University of Michigan, Case Western, and Cornell.
Category 3 - Ohio State, Rochester, Einstein, and Dartmouth.
Category 4 and 5 - Michigan State, Wayne State, Western Michigan, Oakland, Central Michigan, Indiana, St. Louis (lived in the area for 10 years), Vermont, MC Wisconsin, Cincinnati, Toledo, Eastern Virginia, and Virginia Commonwealth.

Any input is appreciated, otherwise I think this will be my final list. Thanks again for the help!

 

[Ell19]

Thank you! I did some more research and used both your list and WatchDawg's school list maker and came up with the following 20.
LizzyM: 74.2
WARS: 71
Category 2 - University of Michigan, Case Western, and Cornell.
Category 3 - Ohio State, Rochester, Einstein, and Dartmouth.
Category 4 and 5 - Michigan State, Wayne State, Western Michigan, Oakland, Central Michigan, Indiana, St. Louis (lived in the area for 10 years), Vermont, MC Wisconsin, Cincinnati, Toledo, Eastern Virginia, and Virginia Commonwealth.

Any input is appreciated, otherwise I think this will be my final list. Thanks again for the help!

you might experience yield protection from VCU because of your high MCAT and high GPA just an fyi. I've seen a lot of rejections of ppl with high stats on that school specific page- it would be worth to take a quick look; but VCU is also VERY service oriented, you didn't mention your ECs, but just figured I'd give some input