please help me trim down my list!!

[jackson1]

Hello everyone, any help is appreciated-tell me why I should NOT apply to any of these schools please!

3.93c/3.86s GPA, 31P (10-11-10) MCAT (retake from a 26M)

NY is my state of residence and I'm not a URM

Pretty good EC's, you can look on MDapps for more info if you'd like

Albany Medical College
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Columbia University College of P & S
Dartmouth Medical School
Drexel University College of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School
George Washington University Sch of Med & Hlth Sci
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Jefferson Medical Coll. of Thomas Jefferson Univ.
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medici
Mayo Medical School
Medical College of Wisconsin
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York Medical College
New York University
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
State University of New York Downstate Medical Cen
Stony Brook University - School of Medicine
SUNY at Buffalo Medical School
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Temple University School of Medicine
The Commonwealth Medical College
The Ohio State Univ. Coll. of Med.
The University of Vermont College of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Den
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicin
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Yale University School of Medicine

I'd like to trim this down to about 25 schools, any help is appreciated thanks!!

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[n618ft]

What criteria? Looks like you have some that you're aiming high for... realistically, take out Yale, Mayo, Vanderbilt and I think there might be a few others in there - St. Louis???

 

[rockaction]

Ohio State might be one worth taking out. Though they are OOS friendly, their MCAT average reads like a top-20 school's.

 

[jackson1]

Ok here's an updated list with 31 possible schools-I'd like to eliminate ~7 (I'll be adding Virginia Tech when it's avaliable)

Albany Medical College
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Columbia University College of P & S
Dartmouth Medical School
Drexel University College of Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School
George Washington University Sch of Med & Hlth Sci
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Jefferson Medical Coll. of Thomas Jefferson Univ.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York Medical College
New York University
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
State University of New York Downstate Medical Cen
Stony Brook University - School of Medicine
SUNY at Buffalo Medical School
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Temple University School of Medicine
The Commonwealth Medical College
The University of Vermont College of Medicine
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University of Maryland School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Den
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicin
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

 

[jackson1]

ok so I think I have it down to a pretty good size now, does it look balanced?

Albany Medical College
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Columbia University College of P & S
Dartmouth Medical School
Drexel University College of Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School
George Washington University Sch of Med & Hlth Sci
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Jefferson Medical Coll. of Thomas Jefferson Univ.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York Medical College
New York University
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
State University of New York Downstate Medical Cen
Stony Brook University - School of Medicine
SUNY at Buffalo Medical School
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Temple University School of Medicine
The University of Vermont College of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Den
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicin
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

 

[schizosquirrel]

If you really want to apply to top schools and have the money just go for it. A friend of mine with basically the same stats as you (32 on the MCAT, 3.9 GPA) just got accepted to Harvard, Yale, Hopkins, and UCSF this past cycle. Now, he was amazing outside and inside class (and I'm sure had the recommendations to prove it), but there's always a chance. Your GPA is rocking, so don't discount yourself too much because of the lower than average MCAT.