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Eagle529

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Hi, I am planning on reapplying during this next cycle and was hoping for some advice on a school list. This will be my second time through the application cycle. I applied to six schools last time, was denied at four and an alternate at two. (Denied: Geisel/Dartmouth, Netter/Quinnipiac, Cooper/Rowan, Larner/UVM. Alternate: Penn State, and Robert Wood Johnson) Should I apply to these schools again? How many schools should I apply to and should I apply to DO schools? Below are some of my stats:

NJ Resident, White, Male
Top 25 private university
3.70 GPA
3.61 sGPA
MCAT: 517 (130/128/129/130)
~800 hours organic chemistry research with one mid author publication in JACS
~200 hours neurology research, mostly wet lab recently more clinical
~400 hours of shadowing across various specialties (includes summer program)
~50 hours volunteering in local community
President of pre-professional club in college
Member of a number of other extracurriculars
I have accepted a job working as a clinical research assistant next year in the neurology department at one of the top medical schools in the country.

My Current School List:
  1. Albany Medical College
  2. Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
  3. Drexel University College of Medicine
  4. Eastern Virginia Medical School
  5. Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
  6. Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
  7. George Washington university School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  8. Georgetown University School of Medicine
  9. Hackensack-Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University
  10. Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
  11. Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  12. New York Medical College (not NYU)
  13. Robert Larner MD College of Medicine at University of Vermont
  14. Rutgers, RWJ
  15. Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School
  16. Sidney Kimmel Medical Collage at Thomas Jefferson University
  17. State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
  18. Tufts University School of Medicine
  19. University of Massachusetts Medical School
  20. Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
  21. Wake Forest School Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
  22. Boston University School of Medicine
  23. Harvard Medical School - Why not?
  24. Pennsylvania state University College of Medicine
  25. Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  26. Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
  27. Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Thank you for your help!!
 
I suggest these schools from your list
  • Albany Medical College
  • Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
  • Drexel University College of Medicine
  • Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
  • George Washington university School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Georgetown University School of Medicine
  • Hackensack-Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University
  • Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • New York Medical College (not NYU)
  • Robert Larner MD College of Medicine at University of Vermont
  • Rutgers, RWJ
  • Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical Collage at Thomas Jefferson University
  • State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
  • Tufts University School of Medicine
  • Wake Forest School Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
  • Boston University School of Medicine
  • Pennsylvania state University College of Medicine
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra
You could add these schools also:
NOVA MD
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Medical College Wisconsin
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
St. Louis
Creighton
Tulane
TCU-UNT
Kaiser
California University
Also apply to several DO schools and include Rowan COM
 
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