How is my school list?

[ghg777]

Hi!

I'm finalizing my school list for the upcoming cycle. What do you guys think about the list based on my app? Any more additions or schools I need to remove? Thanks in advance, btw!

517, 3.8 cumulative gpa, 3.7 science gpa, URM- African American, NC Resident

Clinical Volunteering: 100 hours... all of these are from a nursing home

Non Clinical Volunteering: 700 hours... very cool stuff here

Shadowing: 160 hours .. various specialties, some from outside the country

Leadership: 300 hours ... diff clubs at my undergrad

Research: 3000+ hours .... 2 diff labs, but no posters/abstracts/papers

Other Work: 1000 hours ... call center, office work.. etc

Internship: 400 hours... It was one of the medical schools I'm applying to. It dealt with improving patient care experience. Not research or clinical, more administrative work.

Teaching: TA for a cell biology lab ( 0.5 yr), TA for a computer science class(1.5 yrs)....

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My School List: I am not sure about the bolded schools, but my goal will be to apply to 35 schools.

1. Harvard
2. UChicago
3. Columbia
4. Cornell
5. Duke
6. JHU
7. Stanford
8. Yale
9. GWU
10. Georgetown University
11. Dartmouth
12. Brown
13. Tufts
14. Emory
15. UNC - Chapel Hill
16. Boston University
17. Wake Forest
18. UMass
19. East Carolina
20. Ohio State
21. New York Medical College
22. Eastern Virginia
23. UVA
24. University of North Dakota
25. University of Maryland
26. University of South Carolina
27. Rochester
28. WVU
29. Creighton
30. Rosalind Franklin
31. Drexel
32. Quinnipiac
33. Howard
34. Meharry
35. Tulane

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[ghg777]

@Faha @LizzyM @Goro What do you guys think?

 

[Grapesurgery]

You have a strong app! I question applying to NYMC and Drexel. You are likely to be yield protected. Not too sure about the others, hopefully those wiser than me chime in. 35 secondaries have a strong potential of burning you out. Since you have a strong app I think you will fare just fine with 25, max.

I only question your clinical volunteering. It is on the low side, and I am not sure if nursing home is considered clinical...?
If you have an interesting narrative to craft with your “interesting” nonclinical volunteering + the rest of your app, you’re in an even better place to apply.
Hope you have a successful cycle!

 

[Faha]

You should receive many interviews from your list. You do not need to apply to 35 schools. You could remove state public schools such as North Dakota, Maryland and UMass.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

You should be good with the list, but focus more on schools near home or your support system. I hope you have made connections comparing the involvement and feedback of current students involved in AMSA and SNMA to give you a better idea of which schools would truly be supportive of you.