Need help finalizing my DO list

[stu403270]

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Hey everyone. Just looking for some advice on the DO list I've complied up to this point. Open to suggestions and if I put a school on there that doesn't fit with my stats please let me know! Illinois resident, URM (mexican), disadvantaged cGPA: 3.45, sGPA: ~3.34, MCAT: 502 (cry). 100 Hours of community service at hospital, most of it w/ patient contact. 70 hours of volunteering with a health promotion program for hispanic families. 2 semesters of neuroscience research. Presented research poster. There's more, just don't wanna list it all lol.

Here's my list thus far, trying to keep it around 7 to 8, I'm poor lol:

Burrell COM, Chicago COM, Des Moines COM, Kansas City, Lincoln Memorial, Marian, PCOM, UPikeville-Kentucky,

Thank you all for your help in advance, good luck to everyone applying!

 

[Mr. D.O.five]

CCOM, PCOM, and KCU are reaches, but URM status might help you quite a bit.

 

[ChosenBrotherRaoh]

CCOM, PCOM, and KCU are reaches, but URM status might help you quite a bit.

Agreed, KCU, PCOM, CCOM are all reaches. Perhaps even DMU, Lincoln, Marian, Burrell and Pikeville.

 

[stu403270]

Agreed, KCU, PCOM, CCOM are all reaches. Perhaps even DMU, Lincoln, Marian, Burrell and Pikeville.

Lol so my entire list is reach schools?
Any suggestions on some that aren't?

 

[deleted831695]

PCOM, KCU, DMU, and CCOM are reaches based on recent numbers, although URM+disadvantaged might open doors (at least try DMU). You should be fine for the other schools.

 

[ChosenBrotherRaoh]

Lol so my entire list is reach schools?
Any suggestions on some that aren't?

In the advice of Goro, nothing is a guarantee, everything is a reach. Some are greater reaches than others.

 

[Mr. D.O.five]

Lol so my entire list is reach schools?
Any suggestions on some that aren't?

Got rejected pre-interview from CCOM with slightly higher GPA and 509 MCAT and more extensive EC's. Do you have an good upward trend your last years?

 

[ERinspired]

I'd take off CCOM, PCOM and KCU and replace with higher yield possibilities like ACOM, VCOM, WVCOM or UIW. Leave DMU as a reach.


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[stu403270]

Got rejected pre-interview from CCOM with slightly higher GPA and 509 MCAT and more extensive EC's. Do you have an good upward trend your last years?

Yes I do have an upward trend that I talk about in my PS

 

[stu403270]

I'd take off CCOM, PCOM and KCU and replace with higher yield possibilities like ACOM, VCOM, WVCOM or UIW. Leave DMU as a reach.


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Thank you for your advice 🙂