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[bee17]

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If anyone could give input on my school list, I would very much appreciate it. I am only applying to MD/PhD programs.
Info:

• cGPA: 3.98
• sGPA: 4.00
• MCAT: 519 (98th %, or 37 on old scale)
• Unranked state school
• Traditional applicant, ORM, female
• Sufficient ECs/LORs
• Research:
  • a little over two years in one lab, starting with a summer program and continuing to present
  • 4 poster presentations (one more coming in August), 1 was at an international conference
  • planning to submit for 1st author publication in August
  • My undergrad research is in a completely different field than what I want to do for my Ph.D. research. This is what concerns me most.

The list (I prefer to stay in the Midwest):

• Michigan
• Wayne State
• Toledo
• Cincinnati
• Case Western
• Northwestern
• Chicago
• Rosalind Franklin
• U of Illinois at Chicago
• Loyola
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Wisconsin Madison
• Medical College of Wisconsin
• Wash U St. Louis
• Pitt
• Vanderbilt
• Emory
• Yale

I'm worried that I have too many reaches, but I would really like to go to the best school possible. My advisor doesn't know much about MD/PhD admissions, and I do not know anyone personally who has applied for MD/PhD programs, so I'm at a bit of a loss. Thank you for any advice!

 

[gbwillner]

What do you want to do a phd in?

 

[bee17]

preferably microbiology & immunology

 

[VitaminVater]

You have very similar stats to mine as I applied last cycle. I would say add 2-3 reaches in there if ya want.