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[KindOfMaroon]

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Hey All,

I'm a bit unsure of how competitive I will be here, so I'm going to post my stats and some schools I have so far. Do you think you could throw out more suggestions?

Residency: Rhode Island
Undergrad School: Univ of Chicago, Biological Sciences/Music (2011)
GPA: 3.35 overall, 3.2 science
MCAT: 33S, 12PS, 10VR, 11BS
Note: D/B/B in 3 science courses one quarter due to death of my best friend...this is a story that'll be in the pre-med office LOR
ECs: -6 biomedical research conferences attended (presented at 5 of them as first author of a poster or a 15 minute talk), 3.5 years lab research, couple of awards for my research from the bio dept.
-2 years presidency of my a cappella group
-3 years peer health educator
-2 years volunteer science/math tutoring in chicago public schools
-Resident Assistant in the dorm for a year
-75 hours volunteering in the UC Hospital

School ideas I have so far...(note: I heard UConn/Brown like RI residents from some people I know in RI. Dunno if that's true or not?)

-Brown (due to RI res)
-UConn (due to RI res)
-UIC
-Rush
-Loyola

Any ideas for sort of like safe schools I could hit? I dont care much about location, TBH, because I don't have a state school or anything. As long as you think it'd be a decent shot for me to try...Brown/UConn would probably fulfill my "reaches" quota already, hah. Maybe I shouldn't bother with UConn?

 

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[Catalystik]

I'm a bit unsure of how competitive I will be here, so I'm going to post my stats and some schools I have so far. Do you think you could throw out more suggestions?

Residency: Rhode Island
Undergrad School: Univ of Chicago, Biological Sciences/Music (2011)
GPA: 3.35 overall, 3.2 science
MCAT: 33S, 12PS, 10VR, 11BS
Note: D/B/B in 3 science courses one quarter due to death of my best friend...this is a story that'll be in the pre-med office LOR
ECs: -6 biomedical research conferences attended (presented at 5 of them as first author of a poster or a 15 minute talk), 3.5 years lab research, couple of awards for my research from the bio dept.
-2 years presidency of my a cappella group
-3 years peer health educator
-2 years volunteer science/math tutoring in chicago public schools
-Resident Assistant in the dorm for a year
-75 hours volunteering in the UC Hospital

School ideas I have so far...(note: I heard UConn/Brown like RI residents from some people I know in RI. Dunno if that's true or not?)

-Brown (due to RI res)
-UConn (due to RI res)
-UIC
-Rush
-Loyola

Any ideas for sort of like safe schools I could hit? I dont care much about location, TBH, because I don't have a state school or anything. As long as you think it'd be a decent shot for me to try...Brown/UConn would probably fulfill my "reaches" quota already, hah. Maybe I shouldn't bother with UConn?

I don't think that any US MD school will be "safe" for you. You'd be far better off spending another year improving your GPA (hopefully you have already established an upward grade trend) and beefing up your ECs, since the clinical experience is on the low side and you don't mention physician shadowing.

But if you plan to give applying a shot regardless, then, besides those you listed, you might look into some of these:
Wayne, Buffalo, Toledo, UNebraska, Drexel, Temple, Vermont, VCU, Virginia Tech Carilion (newer), Arizona,
GWU, FIU, Louisville, Tulane, NYMC, MUSC, SCarolina, EVMS, Florida Atlantic University (new),
Michigan State, Oakland (new),
Commonwealth MC in Pa,
CCOM, and maybe some other DO schools closer to home.

UConn can be pretty understanding about extenuating circumstances, so I'd include it, though it appears to be quite a reach.