International College Student Applying For Med School

[kelpy]

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[SLPI]

great stats but you dont want to have to wait a year for arrogance. definitely apply to some safety schools.

 

[Shah_Patel_PT]

Hi,
I will submit my AMCAS application this weekend and I need help to pick out schools. I am an undergrad at a prestigious college (US News top 10), have 3.8 GPA in biology with mostly honors classes and a 40P on the MCAT (12V, 14B, 14P). The verbal is not as high as others because I am an international student who has recently moved to the US for college. I have some academic awards (student marshal, dean's list), small leadership positions, community service, 3 years of volunteering experience in hospital. I have also participitated in a competitive research program in college doing cancer research, but I do not have any publications. I have very strong recommendation letters from my PI's and professors according to my advisors. I'm also on a student visa and do not hold a green card. So what do you guys think are my chances of admission into the following schools?

harvard
johns hopkins
washington st.louis
harvard
yale
stanford
ucsf
columbia
cornell

should i apply anywhere else as a safety school? any comments would be welcome. thanks

Very strong applicant...just be safe and apply to some back ups. ...