School list help/advice 3.93 cGPA, 3.87 sGPA, 511 MCAT, CA ORM

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Hi SDN, I am making this post with the primary intention of helping with my school list for the next cycle. Any feedback on my school list or application would be great. Thank you all in advance!

Stats and Background
  • CA, ORM, graduated from small private school in SoCal
  • cGPA=3.93 sGPA=3.87
  • MCAT: 511 (129, 127, 128, 127)
Clinical Experience
Paid
  • Physical therapy aide= 143.5 hours
  • Emergency Room technician= 486 hours
Volunteer
  • COPE Health Scholar=40 hours, cut very short due to covid
Shadowing
  • Anesthesia: 12 hours
  • General Surgery: 30 hours
  • Emergency room: 10 hours
  • Virtual shadowing: 26 hours
Research
  • Academic research: 470 hours, includes a poster presentation and a fellowship award
  • Biotech company: Going to be 600 hours by time of application
Nonclinical volunteering
  • Dog shelter: 75 hours
  • Church group leader: 50 hours
  • 7 day mission trip: ~84 hours
  • Crisis Text line: 52 hours by application time
Other EC’s/Paid Employments
  • Paid Tutor for high school kids: 137 hours
  • Summer Rec Program leader for underserved kids: 184 hours
Preliminary school list:
  1. Loma Linda
  2. UCR
  3. UC Davis
  4. Kaiser
  5. UCI
  6. UCSD
  7. Northstate
  8. Cal univ science and medicine
  9. California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  10. Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine-California
  11. Western University of Health Sciences/College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
  12. Ohio State
  13. Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
  14. Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
  15. Tulane University School of Medicine
  16. Albany Medical College
  17. Medical College of Wisconsin
  18. Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
  19. Drexel University College of Medicine
  20. Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
  21. Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
  22. University of Vermont College of Medicine; Robert Larner MD
  23. Georgetown University School of Medicine
  24. Carle Illinois College of Medicine
  25. Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
  26. Creighton University School of Medicine
  27. University of Colorado School of Medicine
  28. Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
  29. Saint Louis University School of Medicine
  30. Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
  31. Tufts University School of Medicine
  32. Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine
  33. Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
  34. University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  35. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Preliminary list made by MSAR while looking at stat competitiveness and OOS acceptance rates.

My Questions:
  • I plan on applying to around 30-35 schools and just kind of through this list together. Ideal school would be in a suburban area with P/F grading, but beggars can’t be choosers, so any help modifying my school list is greatly appreciated.
  • Any red flags, etc that you could see with my application are also wanted. Obviously my stats are pretty average for a California applicant, and I have been having a hard time finding shadowing during covid.
  • I also don’t know if I need more clinical volunteering, because I have a lot of EMT paid hours, and a decent amount of nonclinical volunteering, I don’t necessarily know what to do in this situation?

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Remove California Northstate. Carle Illinois is looking for applicants with an engineering background. Brown is a far reach. You should receive several interviews from the other schools on your list. You could add Temple, New York Medical College, TCU-UNT and NOVA MD.
 
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Hi SDN, I am making this post with the primary intention of helping with my school list for the next cycle. Any feedback on my school list or application would be great. Thank you all in advance!

Stats and Background
  • CA, ORM, graduated from small private school in SoCal
  • cGPA=3.93 sGPA=3.87
  • MCAT: 511 (129, 127, 128, 127)
Clinical Experience
Paid
  • Physical therapy aide= 143.5 hours
  • Emergency Room technician= 486 hours
Volunteer
  • COPE Health Scholar=40 hours, cut very short due to covid
Shadowing
  • Anesthesia: 12 hours
  • General Surgery: 30 hours
  • Emergency room: 10 hours
  • Virtual shadowing: 26 hours
Research
  • Academic research: 470 hours, includes a poster presentation and a fellowship award
  • Biotech company: Going to be 600 hours by time of application
Nonclinical volunteering
  • Dog shelter: 75 hours
  • Church group leader: 50 hours
  • 7 day mission trip: ~84 hours
  • Crisis Text line: 52 hours by application time
Other EC’s/Paid Employments
  • Paid Tutor for high school kids: 137 hours
  • Summer Rec Program leader for underserved kids: 184 hours
Preliminary school list:
  1. Loma Linda
  2. UCR
  3. UC Davis
  4. Kaiser
  5. UCI
  6. UCSD
  7. Cal univ science and medicine
  8. Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine-California
  9. Western University of Health Sciences/College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
  10. Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
  11. Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
  12. Tulane University School of Medicine
  13. Albany Medical College
  14. Medical College of Wisconsin
  15. Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
  16. Drexel University College of Medicine
  17. University of Vermont College of Medicine; Robert Larner MD
    Georgetown University School of Medicine
  18. Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
  19. Creighton University School of Medicine
  20. University of Colorado School of Medicine
  21. Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
  22. Saint Louis University School of Medicine
  23. Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
  24. Tufts University School of Medicine
  25. Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine
  26. Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
  27. Seton Hall
  28. NovaMD
30. PacNW
31. TUNCOM
32. GWU
33. Oakland-B
34. NYMC

I modified your list as above.
Keep UCR ONLY if you're from the Inland Empire
Keep Loma Linda only if you're SDA or an extremely devout Christian
Are you aware of the service requirements of USUHS?
Get in more nonclinical service. The mission trip won't count.
 
30. PacNW
31. TUNCOM
32. GWU
33. Oakland-B
34. NYMC

I modified your list as above.
Keep UCR ONLY if you're from the Inland Empire
Keep Loma Linda only if you're SDA or an extremely devout Christian
Are you aware of the service requirements of USUHS?
Get in more nonclinical service. The mission trip won't count.
Why won’t the mission trip count? Thanks for the help by the way. I’m currently volunteering in a nonclinical setting, so hopefully it will be enough!
 
Why won’t the mission trip count? Thanks for the help by the way. I’m currently volunteering in a nonclinical setting, so hopefully it will be enough!
Most missions trips are seen as voluntourism
 
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