MD Help in school selection

[futr-doc]

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My info

cGPA : 3.93
sGPA: 3.94
MCAT : 513 (CARS - 125, Psychology - 130, Biochem - 129, Chemphys - 129)
State of Residency : CA
Undergrad : UC - Biological sciences
Clinical Experience : 250 hours
Research Experience : 300 hours as research intern at Dept. of Internal Medicine.
Non-Clinical Experience: 100 hours
Others: President for two clubs, Paid Tutoring - 50 hours, Paid internship - 50 hours, Dean honor list, Department citation

I have shortlisted following. I want to cut this to 30 schools or so. Also suggest the ones which I need to apply. My CARS score is not very good (it is 60 Percentile). Appreciate the help.

UC Davis
UCSD
UC Irivine
UC Riverside
USC Keck School Medicine
California Northstate School of Medicine
Drexel
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine (Hershey)
University of Pennsylvania (Perelman)
Thomas Jefferson University
University of Pittsburgh
Wright State University Voonshoft School of Medicine
Emory University
Tufts
Boston University
Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine and Science
Loyola
Northwestern (Feinburgh)
Rush
University of Illinios College of Medicine Chicago
Saint Louis University
Washington University in St. Louis
University of missouri, kansas city school of medicine
Mount Sinai (Icahn)
Hofstra University
New York Medical College
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Albany
Univeristy of Arizona
Mayo Medical College
Medical College of Wisconsis, Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Univeristy of Texas Austic Dell Medical School
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Wayne State Univeristy School oF Medicine
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine
Quinnipac
Georgetown University School of Medicine
George Washington School of Medicine
University of Colorado, Denver
Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Tulane Univeristy School of Med in Lousiana
Creighton University School of Medicine Omaha Nebraksa
Giesel School of Medicine Dartmouth

 

[Faha]

You can remove these state public schools where you are not a resident: Oregon, Colorado, U Texas Austin, U Wisconsin, U Missouri. These schools are reaches: Mayo, Mount Sinai, Washington University, Northwestern, Perelman and Pitt.

 

[GrapesofRath]

Start by filtering out:
Any school with a 36+ median MCAT
Remove the schools except UIC and Wayne St that dont take at least 25% OOS
Then you can start by cutting a number of these schools that get >11k apps
Nobody on here is going to recommend applying to Northstate.
Delete U of Washington: you arent even going to get looked at not being from a WWAMI state.
Missou KC takes most of their OOS class through their BS/MD program.
If you arent from the inland empire or didnt go to UCR for undergrad, Riverside shouldnt be on here
Colorado is going to be a rather low yield choice
Your service is really light for Rush and might not even make it past their initial screening phase.

 

[Goro]

I suggest:


UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Riverside (ONLY if you're from the Inland Empire)
USC Keck School Medicine
Drexel
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Thomas Jefferson University
Emory University
Tufts
Boston University
Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine and Science
Loyola
Saint Louis University
Hofstra University
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Albany
Univeristy of Arizona
Mayo Medical College
Medical College of Wisconsis, Milwaukee
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Quinnipac
Georgetown University School of Medicine
George Washington School of Medicine
Tulane Univeristy School of Med in Lousiana
Creighton University School of Medicine Omaha Nebraksa
Giesel School of Medicine Dartmouth

ADD: Western and Touro-CA

 

[futr-doc]

Thank you for the responses.

Hi Goro, thank you so much for listing down the colleges. It is really helpful. You mentioned western and Touro-CA.

Is this the school you are referring to "western"? Western Michigan University OR something else?

Does Touro-CA offer MD too? At first glance, it does not appear so.