School List Help

[sortaconfused123]

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Hello! I am working on my school list and have a lot on there right now (over 40). I just wanted a bit of feedback on it and if there are any schools I should remove or add. Thank you in advance for any help!

1. cGPA/sGPA: 3.96 / 3.92
2. MCAT: 521 (129/130/130/132)
3. State of Residence: AZ
4. Ethnicity/Race: Asian Female
5. Undergraduate Institution: Decently ranked private university
6. Clinical Experience: 1400 hours (700 hours working as an EMT + 500 hours as a volunteer at a clinic + 200 hours as unpaid medical assistant)

7. Shadowing: 200 hrs across 3 specialties
8. Research: 1000+ hours in health policy; 1 oral presentation @ regional conference + 1 publication (not 1st or 2nd author); 1 similar publication pending in revisions, 130 hours through a separate summer research program focused
9. Non-Clinical Volunteering:

• Non-Profit Organization (1000+ hours, Founder, Most Meaningful, starting from high school): Provide volunteer services to disadvantaged population
• Wildlife Conservatory Educational Volunteer (300+ hours, starting from high school): Served as educational specialist helping guests at the facility
• Animal Shelter Volunteering (200 hours): Founding member of college club that volunteers at animal shelters, does donation drives for dog toys/food, etc.

10. Leadership/Extracurriculars/Hobbies:

• Nonprofit Founder (1000+ hours, Most Meaningful): Same as before
• Resident Assistant (Most Meaningful): Worked with college residential community and helped with mental health and roommate mediation concerns
• Service Trip (70 hours): Scribing and medical outreach in Asia
• Martial Arts (1000+ hours mostly in high school, 150ish in college): Have trained in two martial arts, still practice recreationally

11. Awards: Half scholarship at university

12. Gap Year Plans: N/A

13. Other Info: Fluent in Spanish which I've used while tutoring, experienced in coding and machine learning due to my major which I have explored in my research and summer internships



Here is my school list so far:
Mayo Clinic Alix
Vanderbilt
UChicago Pritzker
Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian
Emory
USC Keck
UVA
Rochester
Georgetown
George Washington
Saint Louis
Jefferson (Sidney Kimmel)
USF Morsani
Miami Miller
UMass
Temple (Lewis Katz)
Creighton
Tulane
Virginia Tech Carilion
Vermont Larner
Eastern Virginia
Arizona Phoenix/Tucson
Penn State
Kaiser Permanente
Loyola Chicago Stritch
Western Michigan (Homer Stryker)
Quinnipiac (Netter)
Oakland Beaumont
Nova Southeastern (Patel)
VCU
Dartmouth (Geisel)
Rush
TCU Burnett
Albany
Hackensack Meridian
Rosalind Franklin
South Carolina Greenville
Mount Sinai (Icahn)
NYU Grossman
Weill Cornell
CUNY
Alice Walton
Johns Hopkins

 

[Faha]

What is the breakdown of your 1000 hours of non clinical volunteering at the non profit? CUNY only admits through their undergraduate program. Some of the schools on your list will "yield protect" with your stats.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Are you double-dipping being a founder/leader of your club with service orientation? It would also help having details. Be accurate with how you will break this down on your AMCAS application.

I don't think you have to apply to 40 schools. Be picky.

 

[sortaconfused123]

What is the breakdown of your 1000 hours of non clinical volunteering at the non profit? CUNY only admits through their undergraduate program. Some of the schools on your list will "yield protect" with your stats.

Several hundred hours from the start were needed to get it set up, recruit volunteers, partner with nonprofits so we could promote the program to individuals in need. Then several hundred managing the program and keeping it running until now. Does this answer your question? I'm trying not to say exactly what the program does since it's pretty easy to to identify with that info haha.

And thanks for letting me know about CUNY--I removed it from my list. Are there any others you'd recommend taking off? Or any schools you think would be good to add?

 

[sortaconfused123]

Are you double-dipping being a founder/leader of your club with service orientation? It would also help having details. Be accurate with how you will break this down on your AMCAS application.

I don't think you have to apply to 40 schools. Be picky.

I'm classifying it as leadership in my activities breakdown. But I participated as a volunteer and did in-person service work directly as well, which is highlighted in my most meaningful story example. I'm planning to apply to fewer than 40 schools, but am unsure which schools to cut, and also if there are any better options I could add to my list instead. Do you have any ideas? Thanks!

 

[Faha]

Several hundred hours from the start were needed to get it set up, recruit volunteers, partner with nonprofits so we could promote the program to individuals in need. Then several hundred managing the program and keeping it running until now. Does this answer your question? I'm trying not to say exactly what the program does since it's pretty easy to to identify with that info haha.

And thanks for letting me know about CUNY--I removed it from my list. Are there any others you'd recommend taking off? Or any schools you think would be good to add?

I suggest these schools from your list with your GPA of 3.96 and MCAT of 521:
Mayo Clinic Alix
Vanderbilt
UChicago Pritzker
Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian
Emory
USC Keck
UVA
Rochester
Georgetown
George Washington
Saint Louis
Jefferson (Sidney Kimmel)
USF Morsani
Miami Miller
UMass
Creighton
Tulane
Virginia Tech Carilion
Vermont Larner
Arizona Phoenix/Tucson
Kaiser Permanente
Western Michigan (Homer Stryker)
Dartmouth (Geisel)
Hackensack Meridian
Mount Sinai (Icahn)
NYU Grossman
Weill Cornell
Johns Hopkins
You could add any of these schools:
Washington University (in St.Louis-almost a guaranteed interview with your stats)
Northwestern
Duke
Hofstra
Tufts
Colorado

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I'm classifying it as leadership in my activities breakdown. But I participated as a volunteer and did in-person service work directly as well, which is highlighted in my most meaningful story example. I'm planning to apply to fewer than 40 schools, but am unsure which schools to cut, and also if there are any better options I could add to my list instead. Do you have any ideas? Thanks!

I acknowledge I don't have your AMCAS application, so without the details I'm handcuffed in discerning your mission fit. I'm concerned that your application shows you putting all your chips into the organization you founded. That's great, and I hope you have a proper plan to dissociate yourself once medical school starts.

The problem is that it's hard to be a one-trick pony in the application process when it comes to non-clinical service orientation. I'm unsure the other activities you list have great value, no offense to the animal sanctuary and conservation work. That's a ton of hours teaching (wildlife) or doing animal care (instead of only humans). 70 hours scribing in Asia isn't as impressive as you think when others scribe in the US for hundreds of hours with a lot of training. I'm guessing you have constructed some narrative that articulates your purpose as a physician, but it's not obvious looking at your activities alone. Just saying you want to help disadvantaged people is not enough.