Help putting together a list of schools? GPA 3.78, SGPA 3.91, MCAT 520

[dasatr nfsg]

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Here are my stats:

MCAT: 520

3.77 cGPA, 3.76 sGPA

Lots of research experience and, clinical/non-clinical volunteering hours.

What schools should I look at?

 

[Walter Raleigh]

Top 20s + state schools + mid-tiers and you should be set, your GPA and ECs are good. Best of luck.

 

[dasatr nfsg]

Thank you for your insight! This is a list that I came up with, does it seemed balanced? I'm worried about not putting in/putting in too many reaches.

*Edit: I have since found a GPA calculator for AMCAS that puts my cGPA at 3.77 and my sGPA at 3.76 (previously I had not been including grad school courses)

Vermont
Tufts
BU
New York Medical College
Albert Einstein
Columbia
Mount Sinai
NYU
Stony Brook
SUNY Downstate
Hofstra
Cornell
Drexel
Temple
UPenn
GW
Georgetown
Tulane
Emory
U Chicago or Northwestern
Loyola
Dartmouth
Duke
Brown

 

[Walter Raleigh]

Yeah, it sounds balanced. Throw Harvard and Yale in there too, and good luck.

 

[vrazzles]

I would add more t20s. Brown takes a lot of their own. To me, this is shooting a bit low.

 

[dasatr nfsg]

@vrazzles Which schools would you suggest I swap?

@Faha @Goro Any thoughts?

 

[thenucleusaccumbens]

I would add more t20s. Brown takes a lot of their own. To me, this is shooting a bit low.

Agreed. OP, with your stats and ECs I think applying to places like NYMC and Drexel will be low yield for you. In addition to the top tier schools that are already on your list, I would add WashU, Mayo, Yale, Pitt and Vanderbilt

 

[Faha]

@vrazzles Which schools would you suggest I swap?

@Faha @Goro Any thoughts?

Your school list is fine and you should receive several interviews.

 

[dasatr nfsg]

Agreed. OP, with your stats and ECs I think applying to places like NYMC and Drexel will be low yield for you. In addition to the top tier schools that are already on your list, I would add WashU, Mayo, Yale, Pitt and Vanderbilt

Thank you, that is very helpful!

 

[Goro]

Here are my stats:

MCAT: 520

3.77 cGPA, 3.76 sGPA

NESCAC undergrad (major in anthropology) and MPH in advanced epidemiology at top 5 public health school

Extensive work experience in public health practice and research. Currently working in public health research for 2 yrs post grad school. Two first author publications (one from my masters thesis and one from my current job) that will be submitted for review this coming fall.

250 hrs clinical volunteering.
Lots of non-clinical volunteering (in a rape crisis counseling center, at a needle exchange etc.)

No shadowing yet but have set up an agreement with an ED doc. to shadow over this summer.

On the Board of a non-profit public health organization.

1 summer spent learning medical Spanish at a program for medical students through my graduate school.

Trying to declare NY state residency, currently a NH resident.

What schools should I look at?

You're golden, Aim High. Start list with Harvard, and work westword

 

[Chromium Surfer]

One thing to note is that if that MCAT is after a retake then schools will look at it differently. That being said, I would still aim high but have some mid tier schools to cover your bases.

 

[vrazzles]

@vrazzles Which schools would you suggest I swap?

@Faha @Goro Any thoughts?

I'd add Rochester and Keck. Georgetown and Tulane won't be high yield for you.