Reapplicant School List Advice

[Gill_97]

Hi, I am a reapplicant this year and just received my MCAT scores. I am trying to make a school list, so I would appreciate advice. Last year, I applied with cGPA of 3.37 and 509 MCAT. My stats for this year are below:

California resident
cGPA: 3.52 (w/ ~3.8 last 2 years of undergrad)
sGPA: 3.40
MCAT: 517
Will be starting Georgetown SMP this fall

Clinical Experience:
250 hrs hospital volunteering
300 hrs research (involves some patient interaction so included in this category)
50 hrs shadowing

Nonclinical experience:
600 hrs with some organizations
250 hrs tutoring

Some schools I am thinking about:

Albany
Cal Northstate
Drexel
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Georgetown
Kaiser
Penn State Univ
Quinnipiac
Tufts
Tulane
UC Davis
UC Riverside
Univ of Cincinnati
University of Miami
Virginia Tech Carillion
VCU

Thanks in advance!

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[Faha]

Where is your state of residence ?

 

[Gill_97]

Mentioned in the original post (California)

 

[Gill_97]

Any suggestions?

 

[chaua]

Any suggestions?

Don't apply to VTech, your research experience is minimal. Drexel, GW, and Georgetown are extremely low-yield.

 

[DoctHouse]

Unless you're from the I.E. down here in SoCal, take UC Riverside off the list, they are picky about being from SoCal.

 

[Faha]

Any suggestions?

I suggest these schools with your stats:
California University
Kaiser
California Northstate
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Riverside (if you are from that region)
Vermont
Tufts
Quinnipiac
Albany
New York Medical College
Seton Hall
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Georgetown
George Washington
Eastern Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth
NOVA MD
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Western Michigan
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Creighton
TCU-UNT
Tulane