Plz help w/ school list (CA ORM, 511/3.64

[nebbuhmind]

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Hello! It's a little late but I'm curious to see what people think of my school list and would like some honest opinions.

Stats: 3.64 cGPA/3.48 sGPA / 508 MCAT/ 511 MCAT

Background: Socal ORM with ties to the Inland Empire, went to a top public university, FAP recipient

ECs:

Clinical Volunteer: 65 hours (2 summers)

Research: 1200 hrs w/thesis (3 years)

Paid clinical: 530 hrs (1 summer)

Shadowing: 50 hours

Non-clinical volunteer: 60 (1 year)

Leadership: 510 hours (2 years)

Teaching: 540 hours (3 years)

Other ECs: 700 hours (3 years)

School list: UCSF, Stanford, Drexel, SUNY Downstate, UC Davis, UC Riverside, CA Northstate, Loma Linda, UCLA, Kaiser SOM, UCI, UCSD, USC, CA University of science and medicine, George Washington, Charles R Drew University, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Temple, Rosalind Franklin, Albany, UNR, Dartmouth, SUNY upstate, Tufts, Penn State, Quinnipiac, Georgetown, U Miami, Rush, CMU, Michigan state, Einstein, Brown

 

[Mr.Smile12]

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We are not psychics to know how your activities show us your purpose as a physician or mission fit with the schools on your list.

What I can say already is that given your 509 AVERAGE MCAT and GPA's, not to mention very low hours of community service, there are already a number of schools that are not reasonable to keep.

 

[ClashRoyaleKing]

Drexel, UC Davis, UC Riverside, Loma Linda (if DEVOUT SDA/Christian), UCLA, Kaiser SOM, UCI, UCSD, USC, CA University of science and medicine, George Washington, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Temple, Rosalind Franklin, Albany, UNR, Dartmouth, Tufts, Penn State, Quinnipiac, U Miami

I edited your existing list. You could add:
TCU
Nova
Tulane (research + service oriented; maybe they'll like your research!)
Belmont
Alice Walton (when it opens)
Roseman (when it opens)
NYMC
Vermont
Western Michigan
VCU
EVMS
Virginia Tech (research + service oriented; maybe they'll like your research!)
OUWB
Colorado

Your lack of non-clinical volunteering will hurt your chances at many service-oriented schools (Drexel, Tufts, Rosalind Franklin, Wayne, GW, Temple, Virginia Tech). It also prevents you from applying to some (Loyola/Rush HIGHLY value it). What is the 60 hours? Have you gotten out of your comfort zone?