Help With Narrowing Down School List

[SirCardiac]

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I recently got my percentiles for the new MCAT and they aren't as hot as they should be. The percentiles are as follows:

Physical Sciences: 62-77%
CARS: 28-43%
BIO: 82-97%
Pysch: 61-76%

Overall: 58-68%

My cGPA is 3.7-3.8 with an sGPA around 3.6. Keep in mind I am a NY resident.

I have started to compile a preliminary list of schools to apply to and I need help narrowing down this list. Please point me in the right direction of what to cross out. If there are any I missed, add that in the comments. I haven't done extensive research on the DO schools yet, so please suggest them too. Thanks!

Quinnipiac
GW
Georgetown
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
Loyola
Tulane
Tufts
Oakland
West Michigan
Wake Forest
Creighton
Drexel
Jefferson
Penn State
Virginia Commonwealth
Virginia Tech Carillion
Wayne State
East Virginia
West Virginia
Commonwealth
Albany
Buffalo
Hofstra
NYMC
Downstate
Upstate
Stony Brook
Einstein
Wright State
Temple

EDIT: Here are some of my EC's if it helps to determine what schools are worth applying to.

700+ hours of hospital volunteer
100+ hours shadowing
Research in 2 labs, (pending pubs in the summer)
Brigade trips
3+ misc jobs
tutor and TA
primary care and community health internships

 

[Pastamahn]

What's your overall percentile range?

 

[SirCardiac]

Woops I left that out, 58-68%

 

[Pastamahn]

That means it's around a 27 on the old MCAT. It comes down to what your ECs are because with a 27 equivalent MCAT, its a long shot. Although you are at the average for DO, I believe.

 

[Banco]

Your ECs are great, and GPA is good, but the MCAT is pretty low. I would retake if you want MD, especially since your CARS translates to a 6-7; the state schools in NY have 31-34 MCAT averages. You are competitive for most DO schools and I would add them if you are perfectly okay with it.

Your list is decent and you can go ahead and apply this year to see how it goes, but I wouldn't bank on it (unless you are URM?).

I'd remove VTech, Hofstra since they have ~34 MCAT averages.

If you retake and get your MCAT to 80%+ then you will be much more competitive.

 

[Goro]

I suggest the following:


Quinnipiac
Oakland
West Michigan
West Virginia
Albany
Buffalo
NYMC
Downstate
Upstate
Stony Brook
Any DO school, starting with NYITCOM, PCOM and Touro-NY.

 

[GrapesofRath]

Let's see where the CARS ends up as well. 40th percentile and higher is the 8 range on the old MCAT which will suffice. Lower is 7 territory and that will really cause problems on top of having a 27 overall.