Need advice for a realistic school list: 518 MCAT, 3.3 sGPA, 3.59 cGPA

[xaliys]

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Hi everyone, I'm looking for some outside perspective on my school list for the 2020 cycle. I'm currently still waiting on AMCAS verification so I know I don't have the advantages of an early app, and I'm having trouble picking schools because of my high MCAT / low GPA.

MCAT: 518 (129/132/129/128)
cGPA: 3.59 | sGPA: 3.3 (both are 'artificially' low because I brought in 100 AP credits so I could finish 2 degrees in ~4 years, but I also don't know if that will be taken into consideration at all. As for why 2 degrees, I was studying something different before deciding that I wanted to do medicine instead, so I added a science degree since I was taking all the prereqs anyways)
'postbac' GPA: 3.9 from taking 2 additional science courses after graduation - forgot to mention this initially
Undergrad: University of Washington
WA Resident
ORM - Asian
Research Experience: 250 hours (2 internships)
Clinical Experience: 140 hours in various clinics
Nonclinical Experience / Extracurricular Activities: 425 hours as student teacher/tutor for underserved communities over 2 years, 325 hours doing team competitions, 100 hours student employment (grading papers), 250+ hours tutoring as part-time job
Leadership: mentorship/leader in 2nd year teaching, plus a leadership position educating other undergrads about research opportunities
Shadowing: ~90 hours shadowing various specialties

Tentative School List: (basically follows the WARS method for categorization)
Top/High: Cornell, Vanderbilt, Duke, Michigan, UCLA, Emory
Mid: Case Western, Einstein, Massachusetts, Ohio State, Rochester, UNC
Low: Vermont, Miami, Colorado, SUNY Downstate, Rutgers, Wisconsin, Florida International, Minnesota
Low-Yield: Brown, Tufts, GWU, Jefferson, Rush

WA State Schools: University of Washington, Washington State University
Texas: UT Southwestern, Long School of Medicine, UT Galveston, UT Austin Dell Medical School
Misc: Kaiser Permanente

Total: 34 schools

Any advice on which schools to add/remove would be much appreciated! I'd like to narrow down my list to 25ish but am open to applying to more if need be.

 

[xaliys]

That's right - I got 100+ credits from AP exams and could use whichever 100 credits matched my degree requirements.

Edit: Sorry, I think I understand where the confusion is. My school uses the quarter system so 100 credits = ~66 credits on the semester system. So it's enough for about 2 years of classes.

 

[Faha]

The Texas schools accept few non residents. SUNY Downstate, Florida International, Rutgers, UMass, U Wisconsin and Minnesota also accept few non residents with no connection to the state or region.
You could add these schools:
Hofstra
Drexel
Temple
Pittsburgh
USF-Morsani
Western Michigan
Medical College Wisconsin
Tulane

 

[xaliys]

Thank you for the feedback! I tried my best to take schools off my list that were very explicit on MSAR abo about IS preference (i.e. Kentucky, WVU). For the schools mentioned like SUNY and Florida International, I did take another quick look at the acceptance data and saw that OOS matriculants are ~20% of the class, whereas for Drexel and Hofstra it's more like 40-50%. Not super promising, but the number of applications are also much higher for the latter, so the % of OOS applicants that end up matriculating are pretty similar (SUNY 1.36%, Florida International 0.96%, Drexel 1.28%, Hofstra 1%). Obviously that's a fairly superficial comparison and I'm working with incomplete information - have I been missing something really obvious?

Oh, and no question that Texas schools are super OOS unfriendly.

Edit: Just checked the rest of the schools mentioned and 40-80% of the class was OOS, vs my initial picks at 15-30%. I also noticed that the median MCAT tended to be lower for those initial picks (513ish), so I would be in the 50-75%tile whereas I'm closer to the median for the schools to add. Something else for me to consider in modifying my list? I was thinking that an above-average MCAT could help offset my below-average GPA.

 

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The OOS students accepted at state public schools included legacies, former residents, those who attended the undergraduate school, veterans, URM. The odds are much lower for an applicant who is not in one of those groups. Certain schools such as Western Michigan, USF Morsani seem to have a preference for high MCAT applicants instead of a high GPA.