Need Help With School List for Upcoming Cycle

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Buckeye2

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Plan on applying this upcoming cycle. Trying to slim down list slightly, plan on applying to ~25 schools. Think my list is a little top heavy right now, having trouble deciding which schools to take off and if other schools should be added. Any help is much appreciated!

cGPA: 4.0 sGPA 4.0
MCAT 515 (128/127/129/131)
State of Residence: OH
White Male, attending state school (OH)


Clinical Volunteering: -200 hours outpatient surgery center, patient interaction
-30 hours physician’s free clinic

Shadowing: 300 hours in the areas of interventional cardiology, emergency medicine, orthopedics, ophthalmology, and surgical oncology

Research: 1100 hours (2 cancer labs)

Internship: Research at the Cleveland Clinic for a summer (waiting on publication, 1 poster)

Nonclinical Volunteering: 100 hours tutoring local elementary students

Leadership: Vice President on Exec Board, 2 other different positions for organizations

Work: 250 hours tutoring other undergraduate students in organic and general chemistry

Current School List:

Ohio State
Case Western Reserve
Northeast Ohio Med (NEOMED)
Toledo
Cincinnati
Wright State
Mayo Clinic
Michigan
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Northwestern
Chicago U Pritzer
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Indiana
Wash U
Dartmouth
Boston U
Brown
Albert Einstein
NYU
Drexel
Temple
Penn State
Pennsylvania
Pitt
Georgetown
Duke
UNC
Emory
Stanford
Baylor
 
You have a good list and should receive several interviews. UNC and Virginia Tech accept few non residents with no connection to the state or region.
 
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