School List advice for CA ORM

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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
 
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The 515 is on a retake?


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