Reapplicant- School List

[HL8208]

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[md-2020]

What are your first 2 MCATs

 

[HL8208]

30, 32, with only the verbal score increasing. Definitely not happy with my decision to take it three times, but it is what it is.

 

[md-2020]

30, 32, with only the verbal score increasing. Definitely not happy with my decision to take it three times, but it is what it is.

Ok that's fine. Probably better than if you'd started out at like 20 or something lol

I think you reached too high on your last school list. Columbia, Emory, Sinai, Northwestern, NYU, Pitt, Stanford, UCLA, UCSD, UCSF, and Weill Cornell are all big big reaches for you given the multiple MCAT+okayish EC combo.

Also a few other ones that aren't great: Dartmouth likes non-trads and Ivy grads. FAU FIU and Cincy lean heavily towards in-state residents. I've heard UCI skews heavily from the IE area. USC and BU are also slight reaches, though within reason.

My suggested list:

Drexel
Hofstra
Loyola
Rosy Franklin
Rush
Sidney Kimmel
SLU
Temple
Tufts
U Miami
U Rochester
UCD
+
NYMC
Albany
Tulane
Georgetown
GW
Quinnipiac
Vermont
Einstein
WVU
+
a few reasonable reaches if you really want to
Any DO schools you want, though I'm not sure that's necessary. Did your get any interviews last time?

Edit: It looks like I commented on your stats the first cycle too. I remain convinced that top schools are unrealistic, but last time a number of people disagreed. If anyone wants to jump in here for an alternate opinion, that'd probably help OP.

 

[HL8208]

I interviewed at USC, FAU (surprisingly), and Temple. I was put on hold for interview at UCSD, but was ultimately rejected.

 

[Goro]

I suggest being more conservative since you retook perfectly good mCATs (unless they were expired, or the VR score was < 8-9)
I suggest:

U VM
USF Morsani (maybe)
Duke (maybe)
Case (maybe)
Mayo (maybe)
Miami
St. Louis
Albany
Albert Einstein
Rochester
Rush
Rosy Franklin
BU
MCW
Hofstra
NYMC
VCU
EVMS
Wake Forest
Jefferson
Temple
Drexel
Creighton
George Washington
Emory
Tulane
Dartmouth
Loyola
Any new MD school. Skip Central MI and the three new FL schools. I can't recommend CNU.
UCD, UCI (and UCR IF you're from the Inland Empire)
Any DO program (Beggars can't be choosy...start with Western and Touro-CA)

 

[GrapesofRath]

I counted about 8 schools on your list you could say going in you had a fair/reasonable etc chance of getting a II at. For a CA applicant, as you saw that's often too low. It would help to get more service with the less fortunate/most vulnerable populations.

There is no point reapplying to Columbia, Northwestern, NYU, Sinai, Pitt, Weill UCSF and Stanford. Probably can put UCSD, Emory, UCLA and perhaps Dartmouth and Boston U in that category as well. You dont fit what Rush is looking for either.

A reapplicant with 3 MCAT scores brings on their own set of risks to some extent. Given that and the CA status, you really want about 15 schools you can go in saying you have a fair/reasonable shot at getting a II at. And you shouldnt be a reapplicant at most.

I might give FAU, Temple, Hofstra, Jefferson, SLU, Tufts, Rochester and Miami another run at it. Impossible to say how the reapp status changes things, but collectively if you are looking at that 15 target number maybe count each of these schools as 0.5(completely arbitrary point more is focus on targeting new schools). Medical College of Wisconsin, Albany, UIC and both Arizona schools really should be on your list. That gets you closer to that 15 number.

Go through MSAR and find some more schools with take at least 20% OOS(preferably <10k apps) and with an MCAT median of 31-32(Oakland as an ex). You can find at least 5 more. Get a rough idea of the OOS app/OOS matriculant ratio as well(ie it's going to be high at GW, Quinnipac, Rush, Drexel types)