School List advice for CA ORM

[sparky7189]

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CA ORM (asian)
GPA: 3.89, MCAT: 515 (130/127/131/127)
Undergrad: UC Berkeley
Clinical: ~300 hours
Non-Clinical: ~300 hours
Research: 750 hours (two labs + one publication (recently accepted after I already submitted primary))
TA: ~180 hours
Leadership: ~100 hours
Shadowing: ~50 hours (pediatric endocrinologist and psychiatrist)

Hi, just wanted advice on maybe schools to drop/add (made the list based on if I would get a 510 -> this is before I recently got my score back). Thank you very much!

• MCW (pre-wrote secondary)
• Albany Medical College (pre-wrote secondary)
• California University of Health Sciences (working on secondary)
• Virginia Commonwealth
• Sidney Kimmel
• UMiami
• Tulane
• University of Arizona Tuscon
• Geisinger
• Loma Linda (maybe???)
• TCU Burnett
• Rosalind
• Drexel
• George Washington
• Temple
• Wake Forest
• Western Michigan
• Penn State
• Quinnipiac
• University of Vermont
• Indiana School of Medicine
• Oakland University (might be a service heavy school?)
• Eastern Virginia
• St. Louis (Jesuit)
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Wayne State
• West Virginia (maybe?)
• University of Illinois
• University of Minnesota (might be OOS unfriendly for CA applicant???)
• University of Utah
• UC Davis
• UC Irvine
• UCLA
• UCSD
• Kaiser
• UCSF
• Albert Einstein
• New York Medical College
• Tufts
• Emory
• Colorado
• Dartmouth
• Hackensack
• Ohio State
• Pittsburgh
• University of Iowa
• USC
• Central Florida

 

[chilly_md]

The 515 is on a retake?

Is this a smart idea?

I am already on my gap year currently (graduated May 2023). I originally planned on applying this upcoming cycle and took my MCAT on 1/26. Unfortunately, I did worse than my FL avg: 514 but I got 510 (128/122/129/131). My CARS absolutely tanked for some reason. I currently scheduled a retake...

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I suggest the following from your list:

• MCW (pre-wrote secondary)
• Albany Medical College (pre-wrote secondary)
• California University of Health Sciences (working on secondary)
• Virginia Commonwealth
• Sidney Kimmel
• UMiami
• Tulane
• Loma Linda (only if you have similar beliefs)
• TCU Burnett
• Rosalind
• Drexel
• George Washington
• Temple
• Wake Forest
• Western Michigan
• Penn State
• Quinnipiac
• University of Vermont
• Oakland University (might be a service heavy school?)
• Eastern Virginia
• St. Louis (Jesuit)
• Wayne State
• UC Davis
• UC Irvine
• Kaiser
• Albert Einstein
• New York Medical College
• Tufts
• Emory
• Colorado
• Dartmouth
• Hackensack

Add Rosalind Franklin and Vermont