School List Help Please

[smc15]

I'm worried all my school are a little to competitive, and I also don't want to spend the money to apply to 30+ schools. I'd appreciate if someone could give tips on how to cut back/add a few safer schools.

1. cGPA: 3.9 sGPA: 3.86
2. MCAT: 524 (131/130/131/132)
3. CA Resident
4. Indian
5. UCLA third year, Biochemistry major
6. 150+ clinical hours by time of application
7. 400+ research hours (no publication; possible paper by December)
8. Shadowed hand surgeon (8 hours) and cardiologist (~50 hours)
9. ~100 hours non-clinical volunteering
10. Studying abroad to learn Span (4+5) this summer

UCD
UCSF
UCLA
UCSD
UCI
UCR
Keck
Stanford
Harvard
Columbia
Hopkins
UofWash
UPenn
Brown
Mayo
UChicago
NYU
UNC-Chapel Hill
Boston University
Vanderbilt
Oregon Health and Science University
Tufts
Temple
Dexter
George Washington Univ
Georgetown

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[Faha]

U Washington accepts few applicants (<1%) who are not from states in the Northwest. Temple, Drexel and George Washington are low yield with your high stats. You could add Washington University, Rochester, Case Western, Mount Sinai, Einstein and Pittsburgh.

 

[Goro]

I'm worried all my school are a little to competitive, and I also don't want to spend the money to apply to 30+ schools. I'd appreciate if someone could give tips on how to cut back/add a few safer schools.

If you wish to aim high, add some more service hours and clinical volunteering.
I suggest:


UCD
UCSF
UCLA
UCSD
UCI
UCR (only if you're from the Inland Empire)
Keck
Stanford
Harvard
Columbia
Hopkins
UPenn
Mayo
UChicago
NYU
Boston University
Vanderbilt
Hofstra
Emory
Tufts
U Miami
U AZ
U VM
Case
Dartmouth
Einstein
the Manhattan Titans