Med School List Help (521, cGPA 3.93, sGPA 3.92)

[bananabeauxt]

H everyone,
I'm preparing to apply to MD medical schools this year and am looking for advice and opinions for my list. I am a bit worried that I am aiming a bit too high, and my list is too ambitious, as I feel like beyond my grades I am not super competitive.

1. cGPA: 3.93 and sGPA:3.92
2. Major: biology, Minor: Chemistry and Asian Studies
3. MCAT: 521, (Chem/Phys, CARS and Psych Soc - 130. Bio - 131)
4. State of residence: North Carolina
5. Orm: South Asian
6. Undergraduate institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
7. Clinical and shadowing experience: Shadowing and observership 150+ hours - Surgery Ward (Dr. will be writing me LoR) , Nephrology and emergency medicine (involved some patient interaction. Will be working with a neurologist after Graduation during the application cycle. I'm also EMT certified but I never worked so I don't think ill include that in my application
8. Research experience: Lab Assistant for 1 year, my SI will be writing me a LoR
9. Non Clincial Volunteering: Lesson Planning for Underprivileged Children: 30 hrs
   Best Buddies: Not sure how to formulate the hours but was part of the program for 3 years.
   Special Olympics Training: 20 hours
   I have around 30 hours with various organizations I got through my Pre-Med service club
10. Other extracurricular activities: TA for 2 biology Classes - 100 hrs
    I initiated a diversity push in my pre-med organization - leading to mandated implicit bias training and other recruitment changes
    Part of my local TEDx conference organizing children for 3 years
11. I'm a low-income LGBT student if that makes any difference

My list currently is

Georgetown

ECU (in State)

Tufts

Miami

Keck

UNC (in state)

Boston

Wisconsin

Ucolorado

Maryland

Einstein

UVA

Cornell

Emory

casewestern

sinai

Northwestern

Vanderbilt

Upitt

Uchicago

Upenn

Columbia

Wash U

Stanford

NYU

Harvard

Any constructive advice would be more than appreciated. And if you have any suggestions of what I can do in my gap year to maybe boost my application that would be great as well.
Thanks for your time and help!

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[HumanAfterAll]

Duke?

 

[Faha]

Do you have any clinical volunteering or employment hours with patient contact ?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

You are a shoo-in for your in-states if you have a strong application. Go ahead and add the private in-states for Duke and Wake Forest too. Do some networking through AMSA to get any insights for student support and culture for LGBTQ+ students/staff/faculty. Some schools will consider LGBTQ+ as a desirable status as if it were URM, so you may want to figure that out through networking if the admissions recruiters are not more transparent.

 

[Grapesurgery]

I thought that the number of clinical and no clinical hours were a bit weak. Great stats. I would suggest adding some more mid-tiers!

 

[bananabeauxt]

Do you have any clinical volunteering or employment hours with patient contact ?

i don’t have much, but I have volunteered at the local pediatric cancer hospital occasionally throughout my time in college.

 

[bananabeauxt]

I thought that the number of clinical and no clinical hours were a bit weak. Great stats. I would suggest adding some more mid-tiers!

Thanks for the advice!

 

[bananabeauxt]

You are a shoo-in for your in-states if you have a strong application. Go ahead and add the private in-states for Duke and Wake Forest too. Do some networking through AMSA to get any insights for student support and culture for LGBTQ+ students/staff/faculty. Some schools will consider LGBTQ+ as a desirable status as if it were URM, so you may want to figure that out through networking if the admissions recruiters are not more transparent.

Thanks for the advice, this will be helpful information!