Need Help with School List

[Dollo]

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[tantacles]

Moving to WAMC

 

[tantacles]

My opinion on your application is that you should formulate your final school list after you take your MCAT. Pay for the MSAR so that you have the most updated version, and focus on schools with GPA and MCAT medians below yours. You can also search for the Wedgedawg application tool to help you select appropriate schools.

I'd give you more advice, but I need that MCAT score!

 

[Dollo]

Update: got my MCAT score back today and received a 517 (129/128/130/130). So far I plan on applying to my in-state options:

UMich
Wayne State
Oakland
Michigan State
Western Michigan
Central Michigan

Any opinions for out of state options? I'm unsure how high I should reach. My GPA tends to be 0.1-0.15 below the average where my MCAT matches

 

[Dollo]

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[Dollo]

bump

 

[Faha]

Add Toledo.You can also add any OOS schools that you prefer over your Michigan schools.

 

[Dollo]

Are places like Stanford, Yale, BU reaching too far? Little worried about GPA and non-clinical volunteering. Also planning on adding places such as UCLA, Duke, Ohio State, Pitt. What do you think of those? @Faha

 

[Faha]

Are places like Stanford, Yale, BU reaching too far? Little worried about GPA and non-clinical volunteering. Also planning on adding places such as UCLA, Duke, Ohio State, Pitt. What do you think of those? @Faha

BU, UCLA, Duke, Ohio State and Pitt are worth applying to.

 

[Dollo]

Any school suggestions @gyngyn ?

 

[gyngyn]

I agree with @Faha. If you apply to all your IS schools, the rest need only be ones that you might prefer to them.

CA schools are a real long shot, each for different reasons...

 

[Dollo]

Here's my tentative list so far:

Boston University
Case
Dartmouth
Duke
Einstein
Emory
Jefferson
Mayo
Michigan State CHM
Oakland Beaumont
Ohio State
Pitt
Stanford
Temple
Toledo
University of Michigan
UPenn
Wayne State
Western Michigan
Yale

The ones in bold are where I've already submitted my primary @Faha @gyngyn . Anything you'd change?

 

[Faha]

You have a good list. You could add Central Michigan as a "safety".

 

[Dollo]

Okay, thanks! @Faha I thought it might be worth it to throw a few reaches where my GPA is ~20th percentile and MCAT ~40th percentile (Yale, Stanford, UPenn). Think it's a waste of money? I was thinking I may have a chance at T-15 since research is one of the stronger parts of my app

 

[Faha]

Okay, thanks! @Faha I thought it might be worth it to throw a few reaches where my GPA is ~20th percentile and MCAT ~40th percentile (Yale, Stanford, UPenn). Think it's a waste of money? I was thinking I may have a chance at T-15 since research is one of the stronger parts of my app

As I mentioned above, as long as you apply to all your Michigan schools you can apply to any other schools that appeal to you even if they are reaches.

 

[Dollo]

@Faha Awesome, thanks! Just wanted to confirm

 

[Dollo]

Any thoughts on the list @Goro ? Hoping to finalize today or tomorrow

 

[Dr. Stalker]

Any thoughts on the list @Goro ? Hoping to finalize today or tomorrow

Goro is away on leave; he'll be back tentatively on July 8. See here.

 

[Toutie]

Goro is away on leave; he'll be back tentatively on July 8. See here.

He came back early today.

 

[Dr. Stalker]

woopwoop the return of the jedi (also, the best Star Wars movie)

 

[Goro]

I'm back, and I suggest:

Wash U
U Chicago
U Penn
NYU
Vanderbilt
Columbia
Sinai
Cornell
Northwestern
Case
JHU
U VM
U WI
U Cincy
Miami
Tulane
Albert Einstein
Emory
BU
USC/Keck
Mayo
Rochester
Dartmouth
Duke
Pitt
Hofstra
Your state schools

Update: got my MCAT score back today and received a 517 (129/128/130/130). So far I plan on applying to my in-state options:

UMich
Wayne State
Oakland
Michigan State
Western Michigan
Central Michigan

Any opinions for out of state options? I'm unsure how high I should reach. My GPA tends to be 0.1-0.15 below the average where my MCAT matches