Help with School List

[John Scotty]

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Hi all,

Just compiled a school list. Intersted to see what you guys think. Any schools I should take out or add?

A little about me:

GPA/sGPA/MCAT: 3.56/3.52/510
Washington State Resident
Biochemistry major
Bilingual (Russian)

EC's: Teacher in Thailand for 6 months (English/Science/Math)
Intern at my universities athletic training department
Volunteer at hospital - 500 hrs ( including a leadership position)
2 research positions over a year - psych and biology. published twice in psych journal
Shadowed, 100 hours, 7 doctors
Studied abroad and travelled extensively

Work: Worked restaurant jobs every summer throughout college

This is the list I've got so far:

California Northstate
University of Rochester
Univeristy of Washington
Washington State University
Loyola University Chicago
Quinnipac University
Temple University
Thomas Jefferson
Drexel University
Albany Medical College
New York Medical College
Virginia Commonwealth
Creigton University
Eastern Virgnia Medcial School
Tulane University
St. Louis University
Georgetown
Oakland University
University of Vermont
Michigan State University
Medical College of Wisconsin
Rush
Rosalind Franklin
Penn State
University of Central Florida
Wake Forest University
UCLA (including just for kicks)
UCSD (including just for kicks)


@gyngyn @Goro

Any thoughts?

 

[gyngyn]

Delete Northstate. They have chosen to deny their students access to federal loans and payback mechanisms.
If you want to delete a few more, I'd suggest RFU (large component of the class is from a special program). GT and Drexel get >10k aps. Rush has high non-clinical volunteering expectations. Wake and Rochester are research-focused. You are a real long shot for UCLA and UCSD.

 

[John Scotty]

Delete Northstate. They have chosen to deny their students access to federal loans and payback mechanisms.
If you want to delete a few more, I'd suggest RFU (large component of the class is from a special program). GT and Drexel get >10k aps. Rush has high non-clinical volunteering expectations. Wake and Rochester are research-focused. You are a real long shot for UCLA and UCSD.

Yeah I figure Rush is gonna be a reach. With GT/Drexel, they are in my range so might as well. Will delete rush/rfu/rochester. UCLA/UCSD is just for fun. Any schools I didn't cover that I should add you think? With my stats I feel as though I need a wide net.

 

[gyngyn]

Yeah I figure Rush is gonna be a reach. With GT/Drexel, they are in my range so might as well. Will delete rush/rfu/rochester. UCLA/UCSD is just for fun. Any schools I didn't cover that I should add you think? With my stats I feel as though I need a wide net.

Your list is already long.

 

[John Scotty]

Your list is already long.

Okkkk. I guess just want to make sure I get the bases. Thank you!!

 

[Goro]

Here's a more realistic list:

Hofstra
Rochester
Dartmouth
Mayo
U VM
Miami
George Washington
Georgetown
Albany
Rochester
Rush
Rosy Franklin
NYMC
MCW
VCU
EVMS
Wake Forest
Jefferson
Temple
Drexel
Creighton
Tulane
Loyola
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Oakland-B
Any DO program. I can't recommend Touro-NY, or LUCOM, for different reasons. Start list with PacNW and the rest of the west coats schools.
Your state schools

 

[John Scotty]

Here's a more realistic list:

Hofstra
Rochester
Dartmouth
Mayo
U VM
Miami
George Washington
Georgetown
Albany
Rochester
Rush
Rosy Franklin
NYMC
MCW
VCU
EVMS
Wake Forest
Jefferson
Temple
Drexel
Creighton
Tulane
Loyola
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Oakland-B
Any DO program. I can't recommend Touro-NY, or LUCOM, for different reasons. Start list with PacNW and the rest of the west coats schools.
Your state schools

Wouldn't Dartmouth, Hofstra, Miami, and Mayo be super reach schools? Seems like more so than the cali ones.

 

[Goro]

Wouldn't Dartmouth, Hofstra, Miami, and Mayo be super reach schools? Seems like more so than the cali ones.

Not at all

 

[John Scotty]

Not at all

Well intersting. Mayo would be like.. a dream school for sure