MD Help me decide school list. gpa 3.97 mcat 524

[lylewithstyle24]

Hey everyone, thanks for taking the time to read this! Any input would be awesome. Unsure how well I chose these schools (feel like it could be too top heavy, but unsure). Any recommendations would be sweet!

State: CA

Ties: Undergrad in Michigan

URM: AA Male

Year: Graduate Spring 2022

Major: Biology, BS

cGPA: 3.97

sGPA: 3.97

MCAT: 524 (132, 129, 131, 132)

Research: Was a research assistant for 2 semesters in an ecology lab. Did a virtual poster presentation for that project.

Clinical: 750 hours scribing in the cardiology department. 25 hours volunteer in the emergency department

Shadowing: 20 hours family medicine/clinic for disadvantaged. 5 hours (high school) OB-GYN

Non-clinical volunteer: 150 hours volunteering homeless ministry. 100 hours tutoring disadvantaged elementary students

Other extracurriculars: Shadowing coordinator and president of Pre-med club. Writer and editor for the student newspaper.

Other employment: 2 semesters chemistry lab assistant

Family in medicine: Mother

Speciality of interest: Interventional cardiology

Primary care: No

Rural health: No

List:
Einstein
Columbia
Duke
Emory
Harvard
Icahn
JHU
Kaiser
USC
Loma Linda: raised Adventist :/
Northwestern
UPenn
Stanford
UCD
UCI
UCLA
UCSD
UCSF
UChicago
UMich
Yale

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[Faha]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews.

 

[chzsux]

You have an exceptional app. Would also recommend places like Pittsburg and Rochester as well as some high-prestige mid-tiers.

 

[Goro]

Hey everyone, thanks for taking the time to read this! Any input would be awesome. Unsure how well I chose these schools (feel like it could be too top heavy, but unsure). Any recommendations would be sweet!

State: CA

Ties: Undergrad in Michigan

URM: AA Male

Year: Graduate Spring 2022

Major: Biology, BS

cGPA: 3.97

sGPA: 3.97

MCAT: 524 (132, 129, 131, 132)

Research: Was a research assistant for 2 semesters in an ecology lab. Did a virtual poster presentation for that project.

Clinical: 750 hours scribing in the cardiology department. 25 hours volunteer in the emergency department

Shadowing: 20 hours family medicine/clinic for disadvantaged. 5 hours (high school) OB-GYN

Non-clinical volunteer: 150 hours volunteering homeless ministry. 100 hours tutoring disadvantaged elementary students

Other extracurriculars: Shadowing coordinator and president of Pre-med club. Writer and editor for the student newspaper.

Other employment: 2 semesters chemistry lab assistant

Family in medicine: Mother

Speciality of interest: Interventional cardiology

Primary care: No

Rural health: No

List:
Einstein
Columbia
Duke
Emory
Harvard
Icahn
JHU
Kaiser
USC
Loma Linda: raised Adventist :/
Northwestern
UPenn
Stanford
UCD
UCI
UCLA
UCSD
UCSF
UChicago
UMich
Yale

Any of those schools are yours. Add WashU, NYU, Case, BU, U MI, U VA

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Don't get too enamored with a specialty now. Network with SNMA and get some potential mentors to help you navigate the cultures of med schools that want you.