Need help making school list

[knbio16]

Need help making a list for this cycle. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Mexican male, CA Native, 1st Gen, Disadvantaged
Biology major from top 10 public school
3.62 cGPA 3.6 sGPA - strong upward trend (3.9 last 2 years)
511 MCAT (130/124/129/128)


LOR's:
- 5 strong letters, 2 mediocre.

Research:
-3 month research internship prior to entering college (1 poster)
-1 year 7 months Basic Science research at University (strong LOR)
-9 months of clinical research (currently working here, 1 pub, strong LOR)

Non clinical volunteering:
-100 hours at food bank for the homeless
-50 hours of volunteer tutoring

Clinical volunteering:
-130 hours of hospital volunteering
-120 hours of volunteering in a clinic that serves the latino community

Employment:
-1.5 years of working 25-30hrs/week at fastfood and retail
-1 year of tutoring chemistry/ bio at my Community College
-1 year of tutoring K-8th graders in math and english (Strong LOR)

Shadowing:
- 30 hours with orthopedic (strong LOR)
- 15 hours family med
- 15 hours pain med
- 15 hours Cardiology

Awards:
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Department honors in Biology
- Graduated with Honors
- Community service award

School list:

UCSF
UCLA (David Geffen + CDU)
UCI
UCD
UCSD
USC
Stanford
Mayo (both)
Pitt
JHU
Harvard
Northwestern
U Chicago
Ohio State
Case Western
Columbia
Cornell
Sinai
NYU
NYMC
Rosalind Franklin
Miami
U Michigan
FIU
Temple
Tufts
LSU
Touro CA
Western U
UVA

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[halamadrid17]

LSU has hella in-state bias FYI, interview less than 3% OOS applicants

 

[knbio16]

LSU has hella in-state bias FYI, interview less than 3% OOS applicants

Alright I'll be sure to take that off. Any suggestions for more low-mid tiers that might give good yield?

 

[halamadrid17]

Have you checked out the MSAR? That thing is an applicant's best friend when it comes to making a school list

 

[knbio16]

Have you checked out the MSAR? That thing is an applicant's best friend when it comes to making a school list

Yup, targeted schools where I'm above the 10th percentile but tried to focus more on schools where I'm in the quartile range. Was concerned that my list might be a bit too top-heavy?

 

[gyngyn]

Language skills?

 

[knbio16]

Language skills?

Fluent in spanish

 

[gyngyn]

Fluent in spanish

You can reasonably delete the OOS schools that you do not prefer to IS (if that is your only MCAT).

 

[halamadrid17]

I am also Mexican applying this cycle with similar stats (Lizzy ~ 70). I have 6 Reach/Dream schools on my list right now, like Harvard and Columbia. 15 schools where my lizzy is above average of accepted, 9-11 schools between 10th and 50th percentile Lizzy accepted

 

[halamadrid17]

Yup, targeted schools where I'm above the 10th percentile but tried to focus more on schools where I'm in the quartile range. Was concerned that my list might be a bit too top-heavy?

I am also Mexican applying this cycle with similar stats (Lizzy ~ 70). I have 6 Reach/Dream schools on my list right now, like Harvard and Columbia. 15 schools where my lizzy is above average of accepted, 9-11 schools between 10th and 50th percentile Lizzy accepted

 

[Goro]

You're fine with the CA schools, and any school outside CA you're rather attend.

Need help making a list for this cycle. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Mexican male, CA Native, 1st Gen, Disadvantaged
Biology major from top 10 public school
3.62 cGPA 3.6 sGPA - strong upward trend (3.9 last 2 years)
511 MCAT (130/124/129/128)


LOR's:
- 5 strong letters, 2 mediocre.

Research:
-3 month research internship prior to entering college (1 poster)
-1 year 7 months Basic Science research at University (strong LOR)
-9 months of clinical research (currently working here, 1 pub, strong LOR)

Non clinical volunteering:
-100 hours at food bank for the homeless
-50 hours of volunteer tutoring

Clinical volunteering:
-130 hours of hospital volunteering
-120 hours of volunteering in a clinic that serves the latino community

Employment:
-1.5 years of working 25-30hrs/week at fastfood and retail
-1 year of tutoring chemistry/ bio at my Community College
-1 year of tutoring K-8th graders in math and english (Strong LOR)

Shadowing:
- 30 hours with orthopedic (strong LOR)
- 15 hours family med
- 15 hours pain med
- 15 hours Cardiology

Awards:
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Department honors in Biology
- Graduated with Honors
- Community service award

School list:

UCSF
UCLA (David Geffen + CDU)
UCI
UCD
UCSD
USC
Stanford
Mayo (both)
Pitt
JHU
Harvard
Northwestern
U Chicago
Ohio State
Case Western
Columbia
Cornell
Sinai
NYU
NYMC
Rosalind Franklin
Miami
U Michigan
FIU
Temple
Tufts
LSU
Touro CA
Western U
UVA

 

[knbio16]

I am also Mexican applying this cycle with similar stats (Lizzy ~ 70). I have 6 Reach/Dream schools on my list right now, like Harvard and Columbia. 15 schools where my lizzy is above average of accepted, 9-11 schools between 10th and 50th percentile Lizzy accepted

Ah nice! Best of luck on ur application cycle! You'll get lots of acceptances

 

[knbio16]

You're fine with the CA schools, and any school outside CA you're rather attend.

So I don't really need to apply for Touro/Western if I don't want to? I've included them mainly as a back-up (not that I have anything wrong with DO schools)

 

[gyngyn]

So I don't really need to apply for Touro/Western if I don't want to? I've included them mainly as a back-up (not that I have anything wrong with DO schools)

You do not need to apply DO unless you prefer a particular school to MD.