Please help me figure out my school list! (3.98/513)

[happyydonut]

Hello!

I would really appreciate some help to see if my school list seems well-balanced and doable!
I also prefer staying on the east coast.

I just graduated and am taking a gap year!

Ethnicity: Asian
Country/state of residence: NJ
Cumulative GPA: 3.98
Science GPA: 3.98
MCAT Scores: 513

Research – 3 years in a psych lab and a thesis (around 570 hours)

Volunteering (clinical) – EMT volunteer on campus (500 hours)

Physician shadowing – 250 hours from summer program

Non-clinical volunteering: peer counselor (150 hours)

Extracurricular activities: leadership position for school club (250 hours)

Work experience: teaching assistant for two semesters (250 hours)

Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n): y

Schools to which you are applying:

NJ:
Rutgers
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Seton Hall

New York Medical College
Columbia
Hofstra
University of Miami
Albany
University of Rochester
Thomas Jefferson
Brown
Dartmouth
Ohio State
Virginia Commonwealth University
Saint Louis University
Drexel
Penn State
Tufts
Temple
George Washington
Western Michigan University
Tulane
Wayne State
Eastern Virginia

These are other schools I am also considering:
Quinnipiac
Georgetown
Toledo
Wakeforest
University of Central Florida
USF Health Morsani
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
SUNY Downstate
Oakand

I plan on building a list of 25 school overall!

Thank you for your help! I really appreciate it!

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[happyydonut]

@Faha @Goro If you two could help me, I would be very grateful!

 

[happyydonut]

if you have time during your gap year, I would recommend volunteering with some underserved populations (doesn't seem like you have any of this). Things like volunteering at a soup kitchen, after school programs for disadvantaged youth, etc will really get you far

That's the plan! I also volunteered a bit with Doctors Without Borders. Thank you for your input!

 

[Faha]

You should receive several interviews from your list but your lack of clinical volunteering may limit the number. Columbia is a reach. You could add Quinnipiac, Rosalind Franklin and Oakland Beaumont.

 

[happyydonut]

You should receive several interviews from your list but your lack of clinical volunteering may limit the number. Columbia is a reach. You could add Quinnipiac, Rosalind Franklin and Oakland Beaumont.

Hello! Thank you for your reply!

I was wondering- in addition to my EMT experience, I interned/volunteered as an anesthesiologist technician for the summer after freshman year. I would help prepare operating rooms, assist the anesthesiologist, and then watch the operations. Do you think that would be enough for clinical volunteering?

I also plan on working as a medical scribe in the near future. Thank you again!

 

[Faha]

Yes, add that activity to your application.

 

[happyydonut]

Yes, add that activity to your application.

Done! Thank you!

 

[Goro]

Hello!

I would really appreciate some help to see if my school list seems well-balanced and doable!
I also prefer staying on the east coast.

I just graduated and am taking a gap year!

Ethnicity: Asian
Country/state of residence: NJ
Cumulative GPA: 3.98
Science GPA: 3.98
MCAT Scores: 513

Research – 3 years in a psych lab and a thesis (around 570 hours)

Volunteering (clinical) – EMT volunteer on campus (500 hours)

Physician shadowing – 250 hours from summer program

Non-clinical volunteering: peer counselor (150 hours)

Extracurricular activities: leadership position for school club (250 hours)

Work experience: teaching assistant for two semesters (250 hours)

Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n): y

Schools to which you are applying:

NJ:
Rutgers
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Seton Hall

New York Medical College
Columbia
Hofstra
University of Miami
Albany
University of Rochester
Thomas Jefferson
Brown
Dartmouth
Ohio State
Virginia Commonwealth University
Saint Louis University
Drexel
Penn State
Tufts
Temple
George Washington
Western Michigan University
Tulane
Wayne State
Eastern Virginia

These are other schools I am also considering:
Quinnipiac
Georgetown
Toledo
Wakeforest
University of Central Florida
USF Health Morsani
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
SUNY Downstate
Oakand

I plan on building a list of 25 school overall!

Thank you for your help! I really appreciate it!

I suggest:
Hofstra
U VM
Miami
St. Louis
Albany
Albert Einstein
Rochester
Rush
Rosy Franklin
MCW
NYMC
VCU
EVMS
Wake Forest
Jefferson
Temple
Tufts
Drexel
Creighton
George Washington
Georgetown
Emory
Tulane
Loyola
Netter
Oakland-B
Western MI
Seton Hall
Your state school(s).
Nova MD
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)