Help me narrow my list

[younggunner94]

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Here is a list of my schools. I have am a CA resident 3.6 cGPA 3.6 sGPA, 515 MCAT, ECs probably 8/10.
List contains 29 schools. (10 reach, 14 fit, 5 safety). Should I cut down on some? Any help is appreciated!!


John's Hopkins
Northwestern
Vanderbilt
Stanford
Columbia
Duke
University of Pittsburgh
Mayo
USC
University of Miami
Emory
Case Western
Ohio State
UCSD
UCSF
UC Irvine
UCLA
University of Wisconsin
Rush
Sidney Kimmel
Albany
Loyola
University of Vermont
Virginia Tech
Qunnipiac
Creighton
Wake Forest
UC Davis
Rosalind Franklin

 

[younggunner94]

Didn't mean to double post, I was trying to edit the post to give it order. Rookie mistake 😵

 

[bananafish94]

John's Hopkins
Northwestern
Vanderbilt
Stanford
Columbia
Duke
University of Pittsburgh
Mayo
USC
University of Miami
Emory
Case Western
Ohio State
UCSD
UCSF
UC Irvine
UCLA
University of Wisconsin
Rush
Sidney Kimmel
Albany
Loyola
University of Vermont
Virginia Tech
Qunnipiac
Creighton
Wake Forest
UC Davis
Rosalind Franklin

For the bolded schools, both your GPA and MCAT are right around their 10th percentile. A few reaches are okay, but this seems excessive. Try to add some more "fit" schools. Also, there's no such thing as a safety in medical school admissions!