Is my school list TOO top heavy now?

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3.66/3.98/521 cGPA/sGPA/MCAT, Army reserves, medical lab tech, about 600 hours research (3 posters at school symposium) the rest of the app is very well rounded. If you are a lurker then you know my story lol If you want more info here is my WAMC original thread:

3.66/3.99/521 WAMC/School list

So, I made a WAMC back in November and everyone told me to come back with an actual MCAT as opposed to my best guess. Good thing too, because my best guess was 7 points too low. The school list at the bottom here is just a rough guess now, because I really have no idea where to apply with a high...

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Is this too top heavy?

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Harvard Medical School
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine (Very slim chance due to low OOS but I really love the PNW)
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Stanford University School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

@Goro @Faha

 

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It does not appear too top heavy since you have your 2 state public schools on your list.

 

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It does not appear too top heavy since you have your 2 state public schools on your list.

Is it really just use those public schools as the fall back and then aim high for the rest?

 

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Is it really just use those public schools as the fall back and then aim high for the rest?

Yes. But you do have other schools such as Western Michigan that will be attracted to your high MCAT.

 

[Goro]

3.66/3.98/521 cGPA/sGPA/MCAT, Army reserves, medical lab tech, about 600 hours research (3 posters at school symposium) the rest of the app is very well rounded. If you are a lurker then you know my story lol If you want more info here is my WAMC original thread:

3.66/3.99/521 WAMC/School list

So, I made a WAMC back in November and everyone told me to come back with an actual MCAT as opposed to my best guess. Good thing too, because my best guess was 7 points too low. The school list at the bottom here is just a rough guess now, because I really have no idea where to apply with a high...

forums.studentdoctor.net

Is this too top heavy?

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Harvard Medical School
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine (Very slim chance due to low OOS but I really love the PNW)
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Stanford University School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

@Goro @Faha

Delete ORH&S
Delete U WI

 

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Delete ORH&S
Delete U WI

As far as OHSU goes, on their website last year they used to have a hard cutoff of like "3.7/512 for OOS residents" but they changed it to "Superior Achievement in academics and extracurriculars." I guess that change in wording gave me a different sense of what they are looking for. It is a far undershoot, but again we only have 3 MD schools in all of the PNW and I would love to stay here if I can. Plus they give decent aid to high stats folks it seems.

Madison is also a far undershoot, my wife just likes the area....but you know, if I had to choose between almost any other school and Madison I would pick the other school. And if I am getting an acceptance from Wisconsin, I am almost certain I am getting an acceptance from somewhere else too...Can I be that confident and just shoo it off?

Yes. But you do have other schools such as Western Michigan that will be attracted to your high MCAT.

Righteous, thanks for the information!

 

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As far as OHSU goes, on their website last year they used to have a hard cutoff of like "3.7/512 for OOS residents" but they changed it to "Superior Achievement in academics and extracurriculars." I guess that change in wording gave me a different sense of what they are looking for. It is a far undershoot, but again we only have 3 MD schools in all of the PNW and I would love to stay here if I can. Plus they give decent aid to high stats folks it seems.

Madison is also a far undershoot, my wife just likes the area....but you know, if I had to choose between almost any other school and Madison I would pick the other school. And if I am getting an acceptance from Wisconsin, I am almost certain I am getting an acceptance from somewhere else too...Can I be that confident and just shoo it off?

Righteous, thanks for the information!

Only 1-2% of OOS applicants get accepted at ORHS.

I'm a fan of applying to places where you have the highest likelihood of success, not "I'd really like to go to school there". hence, I'm more doubtful on U WI than ORHS.

Your call.