Could somebody please give me feedback on my school list?
Here's a short summary of my stats:
- Undergrad at U Toronto with a Physiology Specialist, consistent upward trend, cGPA at 3.63 (3.8 without first year). Similar sGPA, but my first year pre-reqs are obv on the low side.
- Wrote old MCAT twice, new one once. First time I only wrote VR because I was applying to one school, which only looks at that. Second time I had a 10PS/10BS/8VR. On MCAT 2015, I have a 132PS/126CARS/131BS/130PSY (519/98th percentile total).
- Numerous research projects in multiple quite different fields and locations, one publication, 2-3 under review, lots of conferences.
- Few awards here and there for research and academic record.
- Long experience in physician shadowing and some other health-care volunteering. Few extracurriculars, academic and otherwise.
- Great LORs, I believe.
- Currently doing an MSc at U of Zurich in virology and prion science/neurodegenerative proteinopathies.
- Not a first time applicant
I have chosen the list below based on multiple factors: I basically made an algorithm that optimizes the choice based on the median MCAT, GPA, Verbal score, weight placed on MCAT vs GPA, tuition, living expenses, percent IS matriculation in class, percent of OOS and int'l applicants matriculated, prereqs and some other specifics (after contacting individual schools). I also chose some top-tiers regardless of probability but considering possibility of admission, just because the profit outweighs the cost. Therefore, if there is ANY school in the entirety of the US that was not included, it was not included for a reason. Please only comment on the ones already on the list.
Case Western Reserve U
Georgetown U
Washington U in St. Louis
Oakland U
Tulane U
George Washington U
Geisel at Dartmouth
Thomas Jefferson U
Brown U
U Penn
U Pittsburgh
Yale
Rosalind Franklin U
Northwestern U
Icahn at Mount Sinai
Tufts U
Emory U
Weill Cornell
Boston U
Albert Einstein
Columbia U
Virginia Commonwealth
Wayne State U
Penn State U
Mayo
NYU
U Utah
U Chicago
Stanford U
Central Michigan U
Michigan State U
Here's a short summary of my stats:
- Undergrad at U Toronto with a Physiology Specialist, consistent upward trend, cGPA at 3.63 (3.8 without first year). Similar sGPA, but my first year pre-reqs are obv on the low side.
- Wrote old MCAT twice, new one once. First time I only wrote VR because I was applying to one school, which only looks at that. Second time I had a 10PS/10BS/8VR. On MCAT 2015, I have a 132PS/126CARS/131BS/130PSY (519/98th percentile total).
- Numerous research projects in multiple quite different fields and locations, one publication, 2-3 under review, lots of conferences.
- Few awards here and there for research and academic record.
- Long experience in physician shadowing and some other health-care volunteering. Few extracurriculars, academic and otherwise.
- Great LORs, I believe.
- Currently doing an MSc at U of Zurich in virology and prion science/neurodegenerative proteinopathies.
- Not a first time applicant
I have chosen the list below based on multiple factors: I basically made an algorithm that optimizes the choice based on the median MCAT, GPA, Verbal score, weight placed on MCAT vs GPA, tuition, living expenses, percent IS matriculation in class, percent of OOS and int'l applicants matriculated, prereqs and some other specifics (after contacting individual schools). I also chose some top-tiers regardless of probability but considering possibility of admission, just because the profit outweighs the cost. Therefore, if there is ANY school in the entirety of the US that was not included, it was not included for a reason. Please only comment on the ones already on the list.
Case Western Reserve U
Georgetown U
Washington U in St. Louis
Oakland U
Tulane U
George Washington U
Geisel at Dartmouth
Thomas Jefferson U
Brown U
U Penn
U Pittsburgh
Yale
Rosalind Franklin U
Northwestern U
Icahn at Mount Sinai
Tufts U
Emory U
Weill Cornell
Boston U
Albert Einstein
Columbia U
Virginia Commonwealth
Wayne State U
Penn State U
Mayo
NYU
U Utah
U Chicago
Stanford U
Central Michigan U
Michigan State U