MD Is my list too ambitious?

[musicalpug]

Posted in here once before but I'm trying to finalize my list. Am I screwing myself over? Is this too ambitious? I have a friend advising me to apply to more lower-mid tier schools. What do you guys think?
Edit: I get conflicting feedback on schools like Drexel/Jefferson etc, some say add and some say that yield cutting is a thing. Not sure what to do.
I'm a CA resident with 3.912 cGPA and 3.899 sGPA. 516 MCAT (129/129/129/129)

Schools:

1. NYU
2. Boston U
3. Columbia
4. NYMC
5. Georgetown
6. Harvard
7. Hofstra
8. Johns Hopkins
9. USC
10. Northwestern
11. Ohio State
12. Stony Brook
13. U of Penn
14. Stanford
15. Brown
16. Tufts
17. UCD
18. UCI
19. UCLA
20. UCSD
21. UCSF
22. U of Cinn
23. U of Pitt (may delete bc of location)
24. U of Rochester
25. Yale
26. Albert Einstein
27. Sidney Kimmel

Should I add Drexel?

My experiences:

Research:

• 200 hrs clinical research
• 600 hrs neuroplasticity lab (manuscript being written - will be author)

Clinical

• 150 hr volunteering in hospital
• 60 hrs shadowing (neurology and vascular surgery)
• 200 hrs of performing at nursing homes, hospitals, and women's shelters with my a cappella group

Non-clinical

• 90 hrs mentoring middle school students
• 600 hrs rehearsals with my a cappella group (I am music director)
• 120 hr doing leadership positions in a scholarship club

Paid work

• 200 hrs working at Nekter
• 200 hrs working as chemistry technician intern at biotech company

Hobbies:

• snowboarding
• singing
• piano
• active (hike, run, yoga, etc).

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[bengirlxD]

It looks solid to me.

 

[musicalpug]

It looks solid to me.

Thanks.

 

[musicalpug]

lol why would you delete Pitt for location but not Rochester? That city sucks. Both are excellent schools, though.

this list seems good, though I personally would be more comfortable with one or two more middle of the road schools if you can fit them in.



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Oh- I didn't mean location as it is in a bad location, I'm just trying to figure out proximity to family back east. But I may keep it. Not sure. Have any recommendations for other middle of the road schools? Does that mean around 514 mcat 3.7 gpa? Or like 516/517 mcat 3.8 gpa? I was thinking of maybe adding SUNY and Temple.

 

[Goro]

Fine list: I suggest deleting :

1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Brown
4. U Penn

Consider adding: Hofstra, U VM, Pitt, Mayo, Vandy, Cornell, Sinai, Duke, Case, U Miami

 

[musicalpug]

Fine list: I suggest deleting :

1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Brown
4. U Penn

Consider adding: Hofstra, U VM, Pitt, Mayo, Vandy, Cornell, Sinai, Duke, Case, U Miami

Hofstra is on there - and I'll likely add Case. Can I ask why you suggest deleting those ^ ? NYU has a higher MCAT median, so I considered deleting it, but Harvard/Yale are higher ranked. Is that the reason? Brown has target stats and takes a good amount of OOS - why delete?

 

[Goro]

Hofstra is on there - and I'll likely add Case. Can I ask why you suggest deleting those ^ ? NYU has a higher MCAT median, so I considered deleting it, but Harvard/Yale are higher ranked. Is that the reason? Brown has target stats and takes a good amount of OOS - why delete?

Just looked at MSAR...keep Harvard!!!
Brown highly favors their own.

My Gawd! 520 median for NYU!!! When did that happen???
I suggest deleting them. The higher the pole you want to climb, the slipperier it gets.