Meh GPA, Good MCAT! School list help please!

[Zharp]

cGPA: 3.31, with an upward trend (2.42, 3.61, 3.52, 3.82)
sGPA: 3.61
MCAT: 516!! (129/125/132/130)

EC's:

• 1000+ hrs volunteering in the special needs community
• 225 hrs as a CNA
• 70ish hrs of shadowing in ER, Cardiology and Surgery.
• 50 hrs LPGA volunteer caddy
• 200ish hrs Chemistry tutor at my university
• 1 year of research into a protein involved in Alzheimer's Disease
• 2 Conference presentations, related to my research
• 2 years in a club leadership position
• 300+ hrs as an art sales assistant
• 1000+ hrs as a child care provider
• 600+ hrs as a salesman in a retail store, some leadership here too.

MI Resident, White male, ORM

Potential school list:

Loyola
Nova SE-MD
Wake Forest
U-Toledo
Rosalind Franklin
Virginia Commonwealth?
Cooper Rowan
Quinnipiac
Emory?
Temple
Rush
Thomas Jefferson
U-Michigan
Oakland
Brown?
Saint Louis University
USC-Greenville - Strong ties to SC
Eastern Virginia?
USC-Columbia - Strong ties to SC
Seton Hall?
MUSC - Strong ties to SC
CMU
U-Central Florida
Tufts
Virginia Tech?
Wayne State
MSU
U-South Florida?
New York Medical College
WMU
Penn State
Drexel

Would like to get this narrowed down to ~25 or so MD schools. Should I add any DO schools with my stats for safety?

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[Zharp]

Also, will my CARS score hold me back?

 

[Dr. Meliodas]

You could cut
USF ( Florida State School)
Rowan (NJ State School)

I'd add Dartmouth as well

The rest of your list seems good. You could narrow down by location preference

@Goro and @Faha would give you the best advice

 

[Goro]

cGPA: 3.31, with an upward trend (2.42, 3.61, 3.52, 3.82)
sGPA: 3.61
MCAT: 516!! (129/125/132/130)

EC's:

• 1000+ hrs volunteering in the special needs community
• 225 hrs as a CNA
• 70ish hrs of shadowing in ER, Cardiology and Surgery.
• 50 hrs LPGA volunteer caddy
• 200ish hrs Chemistry tutor at my university
• 1 year of research into a protein involved in Alzheimer's Disease
• 2 Conference presentations, related to my research
• 2 years in a club leadership position
• 300+ hrs as an art sales assistant
• 1000+ hrs as a child care provider
• 600+ hrs as a salesman in a retail store, some leadership here too.

MI Resident, White male, ORM

Potential school list:

Loyola
Nova SE-MD
Wake Forest
U-Toledo
Rosalind Franklin
Virginia Commonwealth?
Cooper Rowan
Quinnipiac
Emory?
Temple
Rush
Thomas Jefferson
U-Michigan
Oakland
Brown?
Saint Louis University
USC-Greenville - Strong ties to SC
Eastern Virginia?
USC-Columbia - Strong ties to SC
Seton Hall?
MUSC - Strong ties to SC
CMU
U-Central Florida
Tufts
Virginia Tech?
Wayne State
MSU
U-South Florida?
New York Medical College
WMU
Penn State
Drexel

Would like to get this narrowed down to ~25 or so MD schools. Should I add any DO schools with my stats for safety?

I suggest:

ALL MI schools
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Albany
Gtown
GWU
U Miami
BU
Case
Hofstra
Pitt
Mayo
SLU
MCW
Rush
Loyla
Tulane
NYMC
Tufts
EVMS
Wake
Any DO school. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova, Wm Carey, LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide.

 

[Zharp]

MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide.

Appreciate the advice @Goro!

Out of curiosity - Obviously, the effects of the horrible events surrounding Nasser are hard to predict but do you think it will significantly hurt current and future MSUCOM students in the eyes of residency PD's?

 

[Goro]

Appreciate the advice @Goro!

Out of curiosity - Obviously, the effects of the horrible events surrounding Nasser are hard to predict but do you think it will significantly hurt current and future MSUCOM students in the eyes of residency PD's?

I don't think it will hurt students, but it is a moral choice thing for someone deciding to apply there. Everything will depend upon how much the school's administration conspired to protect Nasser. Time will tell.