Help with school list: CA with split stats

[Illegal_Astronaut]

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1. cGPA & sGPA: ~3.6 with strong upward trend
2. MCAT: 521
3. CA
4. Caucasian
5. Clinical experience: 100 hours volunteer in primary care office, 50 hours volunteer in hospital (both with patient contact)
6. Research experience and productivity: 1 year of research in unique medical field (have an abstract, a video, and a paper being worked on but not yet published)
7. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: total 50 hours, done primary care and various specialties
8. Non-clinical volunteering: 60 hours tutoring at my old middle school, 60 hours at the city food bank, 50 hours volunteering at miscellaneous events during college
9. Other extracurricular activities: President of social fraternity, recreational sports
10. Current school list:

Stanford
Duke
Vanderbilt
UCSF
UCLA
UCSD
UCI
UCD
USC
California University
Kaiser
Pitt
Mt Sinai
Case Western
Emory
Ohio St
Rochester
Einstein
Dartmouth
Hofstra
Cincinnati
Miami
Western MI
Jefferson
Tufts
Georgetown
Boston U
Brown

Where do y’all think I have a shot? Are there any schools I should add?

Thanks a ton! Truly appreciate yall’s knowledge

 

[Goro]

**Please Do Not Quote** Thank You

1. cGPA & sGPA: ~3.6 with strong upward trend
2. MCAT: 521
3. CA
4. Caucasian
5. Clinical experience: 100 hours volunteer in primary care office, 50 hours volunteer in hospital (both with patient contact)
6. Research experience and productivity: 1 year of research in unique medical field (have an abstract, a video, and a paper being worked on but not yet published)
7. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: total 50 hours, done primary care and various specialties
8. Non-clinical volunteering: 60 hours tutoring at my old middle school, 60 hours at the city food bank, 50 hours volunteering at miscellaneous events during college
9. Other extracurricular activities: President of social fraternity, recreational sports
10. Current school list:

Duke
Vanderbilt
UCI
UCD
USC
California University
Kaiser
Pitt
Mt Sinai
Case Western
Emory
Rochester
Einstein
Dartmouth
Hofstra
Cincinnati
Miami
Western MI
Jefferson
Tufts
Boston U

Invest in MSAR Online and add private schools where your GPAs are > their 10th %ile for acceptees. Pay very careful attention to the IS/OOS ratios. U VM and EVMS will be OK.

ADD: Columbia, Mayo, NYU-LI


Where do y’all think I have a shot? Are there any schools I should add?

I'd like to see more volunteering hours. When you aim high, you need to be high.

Your list modified by me as above.

 

[Illegal_Astronaut]

I'd like to see more volunteering hours. When you aim high, you need to be high.

Your list modified by me as above.

Could you tell me why you removed the UC’s, Ohio, and Georgetown? And I should add Columbia and Mayo?

 

[Goro]

Could you tell me why you removed the UC’s, Ohio, and Georgetown? And I should add Columbia and Mayo?

Your ECs are weak for the UCs. Gtown will yield protect you and they like service as well. State schools favor tje home team

 

[Illegal_Astronaut]

Your ECs are weak for the UCs. Gtown will yield protect you and they like service as well. State schools favor tje home team

Should I apply to more lower tiers or will I get yield protected as well? I didn’t think I’d get yield protected with my GPA