School list help- VA, 3.99 GPA, 515 MCAT

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I could use some help with brainstorming schools to apply to this year. I am willing to reach a little but am trying to stay realistic. I'm especially looking for any leads on schools with good connections in infectious disease training.

Thanks for any help!

• State/Country of Residence: Virginia, ORM, from a rural medically underserved area
• Ties to other States/Regions: Currently in graduate school in Tennessee
• Year in School: Graduated 2018, currently pursuing an M.S. in Microbiology
• Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): B.S. Biology, B.S. Geography
• Cumulative GPA: 3.98
• Science GPA: 3.98
• MCAT Score(s): 515 ( 127 / 127 / 131 / 130 )... 2017 score was 512 ( 126 / 131 / 127 / 128 )
• Research Experience: 4,000+. 3.5 years in various undergrad labs and an REU, won a Fulbright research award and worked for a year in a lab, now in graduate school full-time with a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship award.
• Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. First author, second author, etc.): 7 posters as first author, 5 talks as first author (2 at international conferences). 1+ first author papers to come (eventually), and a second author paper in the pipeline but might not happen in time for the cycle.
• Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): 500 paid hours as a scribe at a local hospital
• Physician Shadowing: 40 hours in a NICU
• Non-Clinical Volunteering: 280 hours as a community tutor, a few dozen hours working with Open Street Map on mapmaking opensource projects for various NGOs, pro bono scholarship advising with anyone looking to apply to Fulbright or the NSF GRFP!
• Other Extracurricular Activities: teaching assistant for GIS and microbiology lab
• Other Employment History: worked as a scholarship advisor in college, resident assistant
• Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): Y
• Specialty of Interest (if applicable): infectious disease
• Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Y
• Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): Y
• Medical School List

EVMS
VCU
UVA
Emory
Duke
Yale
Harvard
JHU
UPenn

 

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I suggest adding these schools:
Georgetown
George Washington
Jefferson
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Case Western
Cincinnati
Boston University
Dartmouth
Brown
Miami
Tulane
St. Louis