Help with School List Please! 3.7GPA 527MCAT

[Boochie]

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Hello! I am graduating from a UC school as a biochemistry major, and I am going to apply this upcoming cycle. I would really appreciate any input about my current school list - any feedback would be a huge help!

1. 3.77 GPA
2. MCAT: 527
3. California Resident, attended a UC for undergrad
4. Shadowed various specialties (around 60 hours total)
5. Clinical experiences: ~1000 hours volunteering in a hospital setting, sports medicine intern
6. Paid Research: ~2000 hours of independent lab work on tissue culture work, poster presentation
7. Worked part time job in same lab as lab helper
8. 120+ hours of clinical research between two different studies
9. Collegiate sports- one year on a club team
10. Leadership: help teach an undergraduate biochemistry course, volunteer coordinator for oncology volunteers in the hospital, recruitment for clinical research program
11. Non-clinical volunteering: (total ~ 100 hours) volunteer at a senior day care facility, volunteered at a hackathon, teach children at local schools about neurology, free eye exams for preschool students

Current school list:
Stanford
UC San Francisco
Cornell
Yale
UCLA
Duke
Mayo Clinic
NYU
Columbia
Albert Einstein
Boston U
Case Western
USC Keck
UC Irvine
Georgetown
UC San Diego
UC Davis
Dartmouth
Drexel
Hofstra
California Northstate
CalMed
George Washington
U of Rochester
W. Michigan
Tufts

 

[CyrusHabs7695]

Good as gold. Apply wherever you want but make sure to throw a handful of mid tiers in for safety

 

[MJToThePreMed]

Looks like a solid list! You should have a very successful cycle!

 

[TwinOne]

The list looks good! Wish you the best of luck this cycle but I'm sure you will do well!

 

[soysizle]

Couldn’t get the 528 huh? Lol I’m jk congrats!!

 

[mw18]

I think you should add more top tiers, actually. It's a crapshoot at the top. I'd add Harvard, Penn, Hopkins, WashU, the Chicago schools, etc.

 

[Boochie]

Do you think my slightly lower GPA would affect my chances at these elite schools? I'm not sure if my MCAT score is sufficient to make up for my average grades

 

[Walter Raleigh]

You're what @Goro would call a rock star; aim high and apply to your state schools as well. Good luck!

 

[Goro]

Hello! I am graduating from a UC school as a biochemistry major, and I am going to apply this upcoming cycle. I would really appreciate any input about my current school list - any feedback would be a huge help!

1. 3.77 GPA
2. MCAT: 527
3. California Resident, attended a UC for undergrad
4. Shadowed various specialties (around 60 hours total)
5. Clinical experiences: ~1000 hours volunteering in a hospital setting, sports medicine intern
6. Paid Research: ~2000 hours of independent lab work on tissue culture work, poster presentation
7. Worked part time job in same lab as lab helper
8. 120+ hours of clinical research between two different studies
9. Collegiate sports- one year on a club team
10. Leadership: help teach an undergraduate biochemistry course, volunteer coordinator for oncology volunteers in the hospital, recruitment for clinical research program
11. Non-clinical volunteering: (total ~ 100 hours) volunteer at a senior day care facility, volunteered at a hackathon, teach children at local schools about neurology, free eye exams for preschool students

Current school list:
Stanford
UC San Francisco
Cornell
Yale
UCLA
Duke
Mayo Clinic
NYU
Columbia
Albert Einstein
Boston U
Case Western
USC Keck
UC Irvine
Georgetown
UC San Diego
UC Davis
Dartmouth
Drexel
Hofstra
California Northstate
CalMed
George Washington
U of Rochester
W. Michigan
Tufts

Yup, rock star. But you deserve much better than CN"u".

Suggest:
U AZ,
WashU
Cornell
Sinai
Vandy
Emory
ALL UCs, but not UCR if you're not from the Inland Empire.
Harvard
Northwestern
U Chicago
BU instead of Tufts

 

[Boochie]

Thank you for your positive input!

 

[pioneer22]

Yup, rock star. But you deserve much better than CN"u".

Suggest:
U AZ,
WashU
Cornell
Sinai
Vandy
Emory
ALL UCs, but not UCR if you're not from the Inland Empire.
Harvard
Northwestern
U Chicago
BU instead of Tufts

What MCAT with these stats would be a 'rockstar' ? Ie. 518+ with a 3.7gpa?

 

[Goro]

What MCAT with these stats would be a 'rockstar' ? Ie. 518+ with a 3.7gpa?

Hmmm...GPA is median; MCAT is > >>median here. Still, one could get into Harvard/Stanford class schools with that.

 

[Walter Raleigh]

Hmmm...GPA is median; MCAT is > >>median here. Still, one could get into Harvard/Stanford class schools with that.

ECs would need to be good though.

 

[Goro]

ECs would need to be good though.

Agreed

 

[Walter Raleigh]

His ECs are decent for top 20s but not at all above average; a 3.7/518 might need a pub or a thousand hours of clinical volunteering in a hospice or something. As OP is? A 3.8/527 stands a good chance at any school in the country with ECs that are just a little better than cookie-cutter.