MD Help with school list: CA Resident, high GPA (4.0) but low MCAT (31)

[VLSB2050]

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CA Resident here with 4.0 GPA but 31 MCAT (12PS, 8VR, 11BS). Have average ECs (includes research and clinical experience) and good but not AMAZING letter of recs. I think that my reach schools would be the CA ones and I am aiming for mostly lower tier OOS schools due to my low VR score. My current list has 26 schools:

1. UCSF
2. UCLA
3. UCI
4. UC Davis
5. UCSD
6. USC
7. Albany
8. NYMC
9. Rosalind Franklin
10. Creighton
11. Drexel
12. George Washington
13. Georgetown
14. Medical College of Wisconsin
15. Rush
16. St. Louis
17. Temple
18. Virginia Commonwealth
19. Western Michigan University
20. Tufts
21. Tulane
22. Vermont
23. Jefferson
24. Eastern Virginia
25. Penn State
26. Frank Netter

Would I have a good chance at the above OOS schools with my stats? I want to have 33 schools in the end. Below are potential ones I am thinking of adding. Which of these potentials would be good additions or do you see any of them as better replacements for one of the above on my current list?

Indiana
Toledo
Miami Miller
Oakland
Rochester
Loyola Stritch
West Virginia
U Wisconsin
U Illinois
U Colorado
Dartmouth
U Maryland
Wayne State
Wake Forest
Ohio State

 

[Heplayer92]

Just a heads up, Western Michigan University Medical School is a new school (class of 2014 = 1st class) and is $73,000. =O http://med.wmich.edu/education/students/future-students/your-finances/cost-attendance

 

[Goro]

Reach in CA is another way of saying "flushing my money down the toilet." MSAR Online is your friend.

Goro suggests


7. Albany
8. NYMC
9. Rosalind Franklin
10. Creighton
11. Drexel
12. George Washington
13. Georgetown
14. Medical College of Wisconsin
15. Rush
16. St. Louis
17. Temple
18. Virginia Commonwealth
19. Western Michigan University
20. Tufts
21. Tulane
23. Jefferson
24. Eastern Virginia
25. Penn State
26. Frank Netter
Miami Miller
Oakland
Loyola Stritch

All other new MD schools
TUCOM-CA
Western
Any other DO program.

 

[The Milkman]

Just a heads up, Western Michigan University Medical School is a new school (class of 2014 = 1st class) and is $73,000. =O http://med.wmich.edu/education/students/future-students/your-finances/cost-attendance

Any of his OOS schools will be that much... tuition will be around 50K for all of them just like WMU. The downside for WMU for me is super small class size (about 50 total)

But I think some good additions would be
Miami Miller
Oakland
Rochester
Loyola Stritch
Dartmouth
Wake Forest
Ohio State

 

[pyrrion89]

Illinois also has very expensive oos tuition.

 

[VLSB2050]

What do you think my chances are for U Washington?

 

[Goro]

Zero, considering that they heavily favor WWAMI residents, an your below-avg MCAT score. Discordancy tends to make Admissions deans nervous.

What do you think my chances are for U Washington?