Help Me Build a School List!

[Odd_funny]

Hi all, I just got my score back (506- 125/125/128/128) -this was my third attempt with the other 2 being a 498 and a 499

I'm hoping I can get some help building my list, here are my stats:

cGPA: 3.56, sGPA: 3.24 with a steep upward trend- 4.0 in last 3 semesters

Major: Biology

Residence:
Chicago

Ethnicity + Gender:
White Female

Clinical Experience:
Medical Scribe for 1 year (1000 hours)
Medical Assistant for 1 year (1000 hours)
Pathology Shadowing (20 hours)

Work Experience:
Biology + Chemistry tutor at my undergrad (300 hours)

Volunteer Experience:
Community Pantry Volunteer for 1 year (500 hours)
Crisis Text Line Counselor (100 hours)
Bridging the Gap Program (200 hours) (Program to help integrate incarcerated individuals back into society)
Hospice Card Making Volunteer (100 hours)- Carried out a leadership project with a scholarship to set up workshops for other students to get involved and create cards as well!


Research Experience:
Research Assistant for around 1 year at my undergrad (started as a summer internship)
Summer internship focused on an international research collaboration with microbiology students from Columbia
3 poster presentations, 1 at the Illinois State Academy of Science


Other Experiences:
Irish dancer for 15+ years
Club Leader of a chapter of Active Minds at my undergrad
Patent pending product: deals with ankle stabilization specifically for Irish dancers


Anything Else:
I love baking!

School List:
Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Rush University
University of Illinois College of Medicine

I'd really appreciate some help with building my list! I'm not really sure where to start, but I know that I want to apply to as many schools as possible that are within reason-considering my stats.

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[Faha]

I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
Illinois
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Rush
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Creighton
Belmont
Alice Walton (when it opens)
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Penn State
Hackensack
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
For DO schools I suggest these:
CCOM
DMU-COM
MU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
TUNCOM
AZCOM
ACOM
CUSOM
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
PCOM (all schools)
LECOM (all schools)
Touro-NY
NYITCOM

 

[Odd_funny]

I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
Illinois
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Rush
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Creighton
Belmont
Alice Walton (when it opens)
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Penn State
Hackensack
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
For DO schools I suggest these:
CCOM
DMU-COM
MU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
TUNCOM
AZCOM
ACOM
CUSOM
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
PCOM (all schools)
LECOM (all schools)
Touro-NY
NYITCOM

This is extremely helpful, thank you!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

On hours:
1) Shadowing. It would help you to have other shadowing experiences. Maybe some of your scribing/MA work could apply to shadowing depending on your responsibilities.

2) Community service: keep building hours with your pantry and incarcerated re-entry programs.

3) Understand some schools will average your MCAT scores for screening. Check the MSAR and confirm with the schools on how they will approach your 3 MCATs.

3) Your purpose as a physician must clearly align with schools on your list: both MD and DO. You may want to have a coffee conversation with a few DO's.

 

[Guine1951]

I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
Illinois
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Rush
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Creighton
Belmont
Alice Walton (when it opens)
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Penn State
Hackensack
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
For DO schools I suggest these:
CCOM
DMU-COM
MU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
TUNCOM
AZCOM
ACOM
CUSOM
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
PCOM (all schools)
LECOM (all schools)
Touro-NY
NYITCOM
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Wow, I find that incredibly helpful too. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Faha]

Submitted primary on 6/6/24 and am waiting for them to be verified. Need help deciding the school list, I preferred the school in the City! If you can help me narrow down the list or recommend the balanced school list from what I have. Trying to apply to only about 20 -25 max schools. I just want to get into medical school that is located in the city and does not matter the rank of the school. I think my school might be top heavy but not sure if you can help me decide, trying to stay in city like New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, first then may be others. And just decent activities not very impressive at all. @Faha

Profile:

• Residence: NJ
• Undergrad (top 10 Ivy League School) on my Gap Year graduated 5/24
• Cumulative GPA: 3.94
• Science GPA: 3.94
• MCAT Score(s): 519 (130, 131, 127, 131)
• Poster Presentation – one
• Research Experience –950 hours (summer internship + Junior + Senior School year research)
• Clinical Experience (paid) – ER Scribe (615 hours)
  • Volunteer: 54 in Homeless Clinic
  • Volunteer: 44 in Hospice
• Physician Shadowing: 153 Hours
• Non-Clinical Volunteering:
  • CityStep (320 hours)
  • Food Bank (75 hours)
  • Crisis Text Line (240 hours)
• Other Artistic Endevors:
  • Competetive Dance Team/ leadership (1155)
  • Hype Dance Team (310 )
• Conference (25 hours)
• Gap Year will be doing Scribe + Researcher (1410 hours predicted)

Schools:
Robert Wood Johnson (state)
Rutgers NJMS (state)
Hackensack (state)
Cooper (state)
Sidney Kimmel (low yield)
Drexel (low yield)
Temple (low yield)
Tufts (low yield)
Boston University (Target)
Emory (ties),
Northwestern (Reach)
Rush (low end)
Cornell (High Reach)
Columbia (High Reach)
UCLA (Target)
Brown (Target but preferred brown ug students)
Georgetown (low yield)
George Washington (low yield)
University of Michigan (Reach)
Washington University (High Reach)
Perelman (High Reach)
Ichan Mt. Sinai (Target)
University of Miami (Target)
USC Keck (Target)
USF Morsani (Target)
Stanford (High Reach)
UConn (Target - may be not out of state friendly)
Univ. of Illinois (Target)
Case Western (Reach - Likes research emphasis)

Remove UConn due to instate preference. You have a good list and should receive several interviews. You could add these schools:
Hofstra
Einstein (free tuition)
New York Medical College
UMass
Rochester
Pittsburgh
U Virginia

 

[Mr.Smile12]

What's your purpose as a physician? What's your mission alignment with the schools on your list? Have you attended any recruitment events (in-person or virtual) to connect with admissions professionals, students, or alumni?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

You still have not addressed my questions.