How is my School list

[Crake1492]

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Stats - 3.92 GPA, 3.90 sGPA, 514 MCAT, 400 Medical neuroscience research hours, 30 hours shadowing ER and anesthesiologist. 100 hours community volunteering, 100 hours of intimate partner violence shelter volunteering (my research is based on IPV), 80 hours of on-call crisis intervention working with police responding to incidents, RA for a senior dorm, 50 hours volunteering and on E-board for non-profit. Born with a genetic defect that had me in special ed till the 8th grade. Graduating from Big Ten School. Also, will be applying to Pitt aware of my low chances, but it is my dream school. Also, I am a Michigan resident.

 

[Toutie]

How did you create your list? You have some schools on there that are NOT OOS friendly. Did you use the MSAR?

 

[ciestar]

Remove UMass, UF, Iowa, Maryland, UNC, Utah, Indiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Toronto? (You’re not a canadian citizen) and prob a bunch of others I missed. This is a really bad school list

 

[Crake1492]

How did you create your list? You have some schools on there that are NOT OOS friendly. Did you use the MSAR?

I wasn't sure what to make my cut off for not oos friendly.

 

[Crake1492]

Remove UMass, UF, Iowa, Maryland, UNC, Utah, Indiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Toronto? (You’re not a canadian citizen) and prob a bunch of others I missed. This is a really bad school list

All right for sure, I have spent a lot of time on it as of now and half my family live in Toronto so that's why it is on my list.

 

[Crake1492]

Remove UMass, UF, Iowa, Maryland, UNC, Utah, Indiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Toronto? (You’re not a canadian citizen) and prob a bunch of others I missed. This is a really bad school list

How would you make the school list better or what advice would you have? I'm aware that I am not the most competitive applicant, so I am just trying to find a doable school list.

 

[Toutie]

You should primarily consider your state schools and private OOS schools that fit your stats and you fit their mission. Many state schools favor the home team.

 

[ciestar]

All right for sure, I have spent a lot of time on it as of now and half my family live in Toronto so that's why it is on my list.

Yes, but without you being a citizen you are wasting your time and money bothering.

 

[ciestar]

Your stats are actually very good, above average.

Apply to ALL your state schools and a decent amount of OOS privates. Avoid state schools that arent OOS friendly. Buy the MSAR and see what the stats say on that.

 

[ciestar]

This cycle I interviewed at and was accepted to UMASS and U Maryland with no ties to either state. My stats are very similar to OP’s.

UMass has changed in the past few years, then. When i applied they took ZERO oos. Soo..

Regardless, it isnt the best approach for OP to overload their list with schools like that. Casting a wide net is really the best approach.

 

[scribbles&rambles]

I'd also recommend asking @Faha and @Goro for their advice on this!

(Though as someone from the state, I'd say def strike out University of Utah. The OOS odds are pretty low; they take only 10 non-Idaho OOS who didn't do undergraduate in Utah, if I recall correctly).

 

[BOAO523]

What I did was apply to: All my state/regional schools, private out of state schools that interview a good amount of OOS applicants (grater than like 9%) where my stats fall near/in range, 5-6 schools interviewing high % of OOS applicants where my stats are above their range, and 5 or 6 dream/ultra-reach schools. Total should be around 22-28ish i'd say.

 

[Goro]

Stats - 3.92 GPA, 3.90 sGPA, 514 MCAT, 400 Medical neuroscience research hours, 30 hours shadowing ER and anesthesiologist. 100 hours community volunteering, 100 hours of intimate partner violence shelter volunteering (my research is based on IPV), 80 hours of on-call crisis intervention working with police responding to incidents, RA for a senior dorm, 50 hours volunteering and on E-board for non-profit. Born with a genetic defect that had me in special ed till the 8th grade. Graduating from Big Ten School. Also, will be applying to Pitt aware of my low chances, but it is my dream school. Also, I am a Michigan resident.

Here is a more realistic list. Suggest getting in more patient contact experience and a little more shadowing.
USF Morsani (maybe)
UCF (maybe)
Ohio State (maybe)
Hofstra
U Toledo
U IA
U VM
Pitt
Miami
St. Louis
Albany
Albert Einstein
Rochester
Rush
Rosy Franklin
MCW
NYMC
VCU
EVMS
Wake Forest
Jefferson
Temple
Tufts
Drexel
Creighton
George Washington
Georgetown
Emory
Tulane
Dartmouth
Loyola
Netter
Seton Hall
Your state school(s).
Nova MD
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
U Michigan
Wayne State
Michigan State
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Toledo
Indiana
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
NOVA MD
Eastern Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Seton Hall
Hofstra
Einstein
New York Medical College
Quinnipiac
Vermont
Tufts
Add another 20 hours of shadowing and accumulate 100+ hours of clinical volunteering.

 

[Crake1492]

Here is a more realistic list. Suggest getting in more patient contact experience and a little more shadowing.
USF Morsani (maybe)
UCF (maybe)
Ohio State (maybe)
Hofstra
U Toledo
U IA
U VM
Pitt
Miami
St. Louis
Albany
Albert Einstein
Rochester
Rush
Rosy Franklin
MCW
NYMC
VCU
EVMS
Wake Forest
Jefferson
Temple
Tufts
Drexel
Creighton
George Washington
Georgetown
Emory
Tulane
Dartmouth
Loyola
Netter
Seton Hall
Your state school(s).
Nova MD
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)

I have more shadowing lined up and got CNA certified this summer and plan on doing that this summer I know it wont be on my primary in terms of hours, but hoping it helps. I have had a hard time getting those hours up.

 

[Crake1492]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
U Michigan
Wayne State
Michigan State
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Toledo
Indiana
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
NOVA MD
Eastern Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Seton Hall
Hofstra
Einstein
New York Medical College
Quinnipiac
Vermont
Tufts
Add another 20 hours of shadowing and accumulate 100+ hours of clinical volunteering.

I got CNA certified this past summer so I plan on doing that this upcoming summer and through the spring I will hopefully be able to bring up my shadowing times.