MD School List Advice: CA res. 3.88 sGPA, TBD June MCAT

[UCDavispremed92]

Thanks for taking the time to suggest any number of schools. Don't need to read everything necessarily, just bolded and skim should be enough to comment.

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- California resident, white male
- Graduated 2017: Political science major**, 3.88 sGPA, 3.95 cGPA
- MCAT TBD (June 16)
- 2 years of clinical research
- 9 months as ER tech (EMT-certified)
- 3 months as healthcare policy analyst intern for major healthcare lobbying org in capitol**
- 5 weeks of clinical work in South Africa (same area as clinical research)**
- 1 year of clinical work in undergraduate university-associated rural clinic
Current:
- ER scribe
- Volunteer on congressional campaign**
- Tutoring for inner city high school students (off and on when back home since 2014)

**potential common "area of interest" with specific medical school (which if applicable could inform school list)

Current list rationale:
- operating under assumption of my being a high GPA, low MCAT applicant because it is safer
- intend to apply to ~30 MD schools
- strong preference for urban areas (interest in DC, roots in Chicago)
- OOS with shorter residency requirements preferred
- but over and above all of that, I just want to get in this cycle - really no matter where it is as long as MD/lower 48


Preliminary School List

- All UCs (counting as "1")
- Vermont
- Michigan State
- UW
- CA Northstate (*shrug - strong connection to area)
- Loma Linda
- Colorado
- GW
- Georgetown
- Howard
- Morehouse
- Loyola Chicago
- Rosalind Frank
- Rush
- Louisiana-New Orleans
- Tulane
- Tufts
- Wayne State
- Oakland
- Minnesota
- Rutgers
- Meharry
- Tennessee-Memphis
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- NY Medical College
- Drexel
- Jacobs
- Wisconsin

Reach schools: Brown, Columbia, Einstein, Cornell, Emory (would expand pool to these if got ~515+, but for now probably wouldn't invest time in writing their secondaries prior to getting score)

Thanks for any and all feedback

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[sss1219]

- All UCs (counting as "1")
- Vermont
- Michigan State
- UW
- CA Northstate (*shrug - strong connection to area)
- Loma Linda
- Colorado
- GW
- Georgetown
- Howard
- Morehouse
- Loyola Chicago
- Rosalind Frank
- Rush
- Louisiana-New Orleans
- Tulane
- Tufts
- Wayne State
- Oakland
- Minnesota
- Rutgers
- Meharry
- Tennessee-Memphis
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- NY Medical College
- Drexel
- Jacobs
- Wisconsin

Reach schools: Brown, Columbia, Einstein, Cornell, Emory (would expand pool to these if got ~515+, but for now probably wouldn't invest time in writing their secondaries prior to getting score)

UW, LSU, Minnesota, Rutgers = strong IS bias (I think, not 100% on all of them)
Loma Linda = religious requirement
GW, Georgetown, arguably Tufts = low yield with 10k+ apps per year (apply at own risk)
Howard, Morehouse, Meharry = URM bias
Rush = community service requirement (1000 hr min)

You won't get any solid advice until your MCAT comes back, but the above schools are grounds for reconsideration. You will want to shoot for a 510+ to be a foot in for low/mid tier MD, maybe a 515+ if you want a decent shot at staying in state

 

[UCDavispremed92]

Thanks, sounds about right.

I was going to say this in initially post but thought would be overlong: assume 508 MCAT. That’s where my FL scores are, though i am still 2 months out. Would be interested to know whether applying widely/strategically in this circumstance would give me good odds.

If I were to get 515, would I be competitive for those reach schools and perhaps others of similar standing (lower Ivy/pseudo-Ivy or comparable)? Or is there some “special sauce” that I lack? I’m not of low SE status or anything. Thanks