My list of schools

[hopefulM.D.]

Help me cut this down (not too much tho). P, OOS OHIO


Albany Medical College
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Creighton University School of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School
George Washington University Sch of Med & Hlth Sci
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Jefferson Medical Coll. of Thomas Jefferson Univ.
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Medical College of Ohio
Medical College of Wisconsin
Meharry Medical College
New York Medical College
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Scien
Rush Medical College
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
SUNY at Buffalo Medical School
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Temple University School of Medicine
The Ohio State Univ. Coll. of Med. & Pub. Hlth.
The University of Miami School of Medicine
The University of Vermont College of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
UMDNJ- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago-College of Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
University of Louisville School of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

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[kevster2001]

GPA? Mcat? EC? This belongs more in the what are my chances thread

 

[Flopotomist]

What shoes should I wear? (No, I won't tell you where I am going to wear them, or what the rest of my outfit looks like) just pick a pair. (random?)

 

[kevster2001]

What shoes should I wear? (No, I won't tell you where I am going to wear them, or what the rest of my outfit looks like) just pick a pair. (random?)

In that case you must go with old faithful:

 

[hopefulM.D.]

I have a 3.6, 3.51 BCPM, 30 MCAT

 

[Law2Doc]

I have a 3.6, 3.51 BCPM, 30 MCAT

Figure out what you are looking for in a school (in terms of schedule, blocks, PBL, research etc), where you want to go to school, and start eliminating those that don't fit until you get down to the number you plan to apply to. The shotgun approach may work, but it's better to be able to tell a school why you want to go there, and by seemingly picking 40 unrelated schools at random, I'm not sure you can defensibly do this as of yet. Other than there being a handful of schools in the same states, I don't really see a common thread -- for instance you have a number of state schools other than your own, a couple of religiously affiliated schools, as well as a school with a largely minority student body. Figure out what you are looking for, and the cuts will likely be easier.

 

[Flopotomist]

OK.. to reinforce the above post - have a plan for choosing schools.

1. Start with the MSAR.
2. Eliminate all schools that are in places you would not live
3. Eliminate all but 1 school that have numbers way beyond your reach
4. Eliminate all schools that have a mission different than your interests (eg if you are not interested in research, don't apply to schools that want researchy applicants)
5. Eliminate schools with a teaching style that you dislike (eg block schedules, PBL, small groups, shorter basic sciences etc)
6. Add your state school. Just do it.


OK.. did you do all of that? How many schools are left?