School list help for next cycle 518 3.9

[lucy7318]

Hi everyone! I would like a critique of my school list.

Here is my application information:

MCAT: 128/127/131/132 (518)
cGPA: 3.9
sGPA: 3.93
LizzyM: 75
Wars: 94

I am a senior undergrad at a state school and I am taking a gap year to work as a patient care assistant, do research, save money, and apply to medical school.

200 hours clinical volunteering, 100 hours in rural ED as volunteer patient care assistant, 100 hours in pediatric inner city medicaid clinic as nutrition educator
400 hours clinical work as a patient care assistant at a large regional hospital (projected hours 2000+)

250 hours nonclinical volunteering educating low income children and teaching them leadership skills
250 hours habitat for humanity volunteering in both rural and inner city neighborhoods

500 hours biomedical research, (projected hours 1000+) 1 first author poster presentation at a local conference, 1 2nd author pub in neuroscience journal, more pubs and presentations in the works

Leadership: Volunteer Coordinator and Board Member of Literacy club that helps kids with their reading skills for 3 years, Mentor and tennis coach for extremely low income middle school and high school students for 3 years, MCAT teacher of a class of 50 students for my university (the class costs 3$ per week per person and it is intended to support low income students who can't afford a 2500$ mcat course)

Letters of Rec: good letters overall: 2 Science professors, 1 MD, 1 work manager, 1 PI, 1 Non science professor, 1 from each of the heads of my volunteering organizations

Shadowing: 50 hours rural primary care, I am working on finding some specialist shadowing

Hobbies: Beekeeping, Running Marathons, Photography (no awards)

Very interested in under served family med

Florida resident

Here is my school list:

Boston University School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (Cleaveland Clinic)
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
Cincinnati
Cornell
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Duke University School of Medicine
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Florida State University College of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Michigan
Mount Sinai
Oakland
Ohio State
Quinnipac
Rush
Stony Brook
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
U Colorado
UCLA
University at Buffalo
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Vermont
Virginia
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine


Please help, I do not know what schools to apply to!!

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[Faha]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews. Add Miami.

 

[lucy7318]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews. Add Miami.

Thank you so much!

 

[LeaveNoTrace]

Looks good. Your app is stellar. Delete Colorado and replace with Harvard, Yale, and NYU.

 

[lucy7318]

Looks good. Your app is stellar. Delete Colorado and replace with Harvard, Yale, and NYU.

Thank you! Why should I remove Colorado? They seem pretty OOS friendly and I really want to live there

 

[LeaveNoTrace]

Maybe an adcom like @Goro could tell you more; if you’re dead set on Colorado, leave it. But you are a stellar applicant and should shoot for the stars. A dozen top 20s, eight or ten mid tiers, and your state schools to round out the list.

 

[Goro]

Thank you so much!

State of residence???

 

[lucy7318]

State of residence???

Florida

 

[Goro]

Florida

Of your list, I suggest:

Boston University School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (Cleaveland Clinic)
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University
Cincinnati
Cornell
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Duke University School of Medicine
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Florida State University College of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Michigan
Mount Sinai
Ohio State
UCLA
University at Buffalo
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Vermont
Virginia
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

Consider adding all Manhattan Titans, Stanford, WashU, NYU, Harvard, Yale, Emory, Einstein, Vandy, Hofstra, SLU

 

[deleted1011020]

Thank you! Why should I remove Colorado? They seem pretty OOS friendly and I really want to live there

Florida resident checking in. I also wanted to go to Colorado but keep in mind CoA is 95k. I don’t know if thats an issue for you.

 

[lucy7318]

Florida resident checking in. I also wanted to go to Colorado but keep in mind CoA is 95k. I don’t know if thats an issue for you.

Ok wow that's insane thank u for letting me know

 

[Sunflowersunrise]

Every school is well within reach imo

 

[lucy7318]

Every school is well within reach imo

Thank you for your help