Looking for school suggestions...

[jderig]

Hi, I'm a former lurker of this forum that finally got his MCATs back, and I figured that you all were the experts to ask for a few suggestions for schools to apply to.

I got a 34Q (12P, 12L, 10B) and I have about a 3.8 for both my total and science GPA's. I feel that I have a decent selection of activities covering volunteering, research, shadowing, and leadership, and I hope that my personal statement will be competitive. My major worry is that I'm from Idaho, which means that I don't have a state school for a fallback, and I was wondering if any of you had any ideas for decent fallback schools on the East Coast where my stats would give me a high chance of at least making the interview.

Thanks in advance!

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[Catalystik]

How many years of research do you have? Are you willing to consider midwest schools or southern schools, or prefer east coast only?

 

[jderig]

I've got about 5 months of research but I am still involved in the project and it will continue through my senior year. Whoops, I guess I wasn't clear enough in my thought process, really any geographic area will do.

 

[Catalystik]

With a 34/3.8 and minimal research experience, but with otherwise reasonable ECs, you might consider researching these schools (which have a decent OOS acceptance rate) for "fit" with your goals:

Mt. Sinai, Dartmouth, NYU, Ohio State,
UCF, USCal, Boston, Tufts, SLU, Einstein, Rochester,
Colorado, UConn, Georgetown, Miami, Iowa, Maryland, UMinn, Stony Brook, Cincinnati, Penn State,
Loma Linda, Loyola, RFU, UKentucky, Creighton, Albany, SUNY Downstate, Hofstra (new), Jefferson, MCW,
UIllinois, Wayne, Buffalo, Toledo, Drexel, Temple, Vermont, VCU, Virginia Tech Carilion (new),

 

[jderig]

Wow, thank you very much!!