Help with school list please!

[kdog101]

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Hello everyone! I am looking for suggestions on refining my school list. Any thoughts are appreciated!
1. Illinois resident at a state school. Not a URM
2. Finishing college in 3 years - Biology major, psychology minor
3. 4.0 GPA, 516 MCAT (129,128,128,131)
4. Activities:
Co-captain and member of Division 1 tennis team : 2000+ total hours
Research: Including summers - 1200 total hours, poster presentation at national conference, no publications
Medical Internship summer before college: 400 hours
Included 100 hours of physician shadowing
100 hours of hospital volunteering
Remaining hours included discussion of patient cases, viewings of surgeries, teaching about the heart by the physician, exploring research on various topics
Teaching inner city kids health education curriculum: 250 hours
4-week service trip to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Co-president of a club, executive board of another organization : 250 hours
Job experience includes being a tennis coach and online tutor: 300 hours

Current school list:

Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
Indiana University School of Medicine
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health Science
University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Tufts University School of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine

Thank you again for any help!

 

[Faha]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews. You could add Loyola, Rosalind Franklin and Medical College Wisconsin.

 

[kdog101]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews. You could add Loyola, Rosalind Franklin and Medical College Wisconsin.

Thank you for the suggestions! Do you think I should add any more upper tier schools?

 

[Faha]

You can add any upper tier schools that appeal to you.

 

[Goro]

Hello everyone! I am looking for suggestions on refining my school list. Any thoughts are appreciated!
1. Illinois resident at a state school. Not a URM
2. Finishing college in 3 years - Biology major, psychology minor
3. 4.0 GPA, 516 MCAT (129,128,128,131)
4. Activities:
Co-captain and member of Division 1 tennis team : 2000+ total hours
Research: Including summers - 1200 total hours, poster presentation at national conference, no publications
Medical Internship summer before college: 400 hours
Included 100 hours of physician shadowing
100 hours of hospital volunteering
Remaining hours included discussion of patient cases, viewings of surgeries, teaching about the heart by the physician, exploring research on various topics
Teaching inner city kids health education curriculum: 250 hours
4-week service trip to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Co-president of a club, executive board of another organization : 250 hours
Job experience includes being a tennis coach and online tutor: 300 hours

Current school list:

Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
Indiana University School of Medicine
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health Science
University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Tufts University School of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine

Thank you again for any help!

What is your state of residence????

 

[kdog101]

What is your state of residence????

illinois!

 

[Goro]

I suggest the following:
Yale
WashU
Vanderbilt
NYU
U Chicago
U Penn
Northwestern
JHU
Harvard
Stanford
Sinai
Cornell
Columbia
Duke
U VA
U MI
UCSF
BU
Case
USC/Keck
Mayo
U Cincy
Pitt
USF Morsani
Ohio State
Hofstra
U IA
Albert Einstein
Emory
Rochester
Dartmouth
Miami
Western MI
Jefferson
U VM
U ILL
SIU IF you're from the Southern ILL

 

[kdog101]

I suggest the following:
Yale
WashU
Vanderbilt
NYU
U Chicago
U Penn
Northwestern
JHU
Harvard
Stanford
Sinai
Cornell
Columbia
Duke
U VA
U MI
UCSF
BU
Case
USC/Keck
Mayo
U Cincy
Pitt
USF Morsani
Ohio State
Hofstra
U IA
Albert Einstein
Emory
Rochester
Dartmouth
Miami
Western MI
Jefferson
U VM
U ILL
SIU IF you're from the Southern ILL

So you would say it is still a good idea to apply to schools with average MCATs several points higher than mine? Factoring in that I am not a URM, I thought that would make my odds very low at schools like Harvard, Yale, etc.

 

[Goro]

So you would say it is still a good idea to apply to schools with average MCATs several points higher than mine? Factoring in that I am not a URM, I thought that would make my odds very low at schools like Harvard, Yale, etc.

Your MCAT is only three points lower than Harvard acceptees! In fact, it's still within the 25th-75th %ile.You're in decent striking distance, especially considering that with Harvard matriculants, you're only one point below their median. The same holds true for Stanford. Yale might be tougher, as will U Penn, WashU, Vanderbilt, Northwestern NYU

 

[kdog101]

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