MD Help with school list URM

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PrimaryCare#1

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Hi guys just wanted advice on what schools to add to my list!!!
I'm Hispanic (Mexican/Puerto Rican/Peruvian) and 100% fluent in Spanish (lived in Puerto Rico ~5 yrs)
1. GPA: 3.67
2. sGPA: 3.44
3. MCAT: (Scores need to come in but was hitting about 506-509 on FLs)
4. State: California
5. Clinical Volunteering:
~600 hrs. over 3-4 years (spread out over a couple clinics, 3 of which were in underserved areas)
6. Non-Clinical Volunteering:
~300. over 4 yrs.
7. Shadowing:
~ 200 hrs. over the summer
8. Research:
~200 1 yr. (passaging & poster presentation), ~50 hrs (this study was under the business department were we researched a payment model that could potentially substitute the insurance payment model in primary care clinics)
9. Leadership:
~ 200 2 yrs. (President of the Latino Student Union / Business Club Financial VP)
10. Tutoring/Work:
~200 6 months (I got payed so not sure if I should place this under the employment designation. I have also done tutoring as volunteering at a local high school and for our college)
11. Church Youth Leader:
~400 hrs. over 4 yrs.
12. ECs:
Basketball & Soccer Intramurals ~150 over 2 yrs.
13. Area of Interest:
Primary Care, both of my parents are primary care physicians and have greatly impacted my decision in being a primary care physician so that I can serve the underserved areas of my city.

School List:
UC Davis
UCLA Charles Geffen
UC Irvine
UC San Diego
California University of Sciences and Medicine
California Northstate University College of Medicine
UC Riverside (Top Choice - I'm from the Inland Empire and fit their mission statement)
Loma Linda (Top Choice)
Ponce School of Medicine

Any advice would be appreciated!
 
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Post your MCAT score here when available and we can suggest which schools to add to your application. If your core is 508 or higher you should receive interviews from your CA schools.
 
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