School List Suggestion: 519 MCAT, 3.55 cGPA

[DogZug]

Hello, I have a school list that has gotten to 37 schools long and I need it to be around 25 - I'll be applying to a few DO schools I like too. Here is a quick rundown of my stats:
3.55 cGPA
3.83 cGPA MPH
519 MCAT
1300 hours clinical (1000 from job 300 from volunteering)
300 hours interning at nonprofit designing a program
900 hours non-clinical volunteering
120 hours research
80 hours shadowing 5 different doctors

Location preference is East Coast and PNW. Would prefer a school with an emphasis on community service - but I'd like to be able to do research to keep my fellowship opportunities open.

And here is my school list so far (no particular order):

Rank​	School Name​
1	Albany Medical College
2	New York Medical College
4	Tulane University School of Medicine
5	Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
6	Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
7	University of Vermont College of Medicine
8	Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
9	Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
10	Tufts University School of Medicine
11	The University of Toledo College of Medicine
12	Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
13	Drexel University College of Medicine
14	Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine
16	Georgetown University School of Medicine
17	Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine (just moved here)
19	Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
20	Boston University School of Medicine
22	Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
24	Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
25	Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
26	Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
27	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
28	Medical College of Wisconsin
29	Seton Hall - Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
30	University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
31	Indiana University School of Medicine (IN resident)
33	Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
37	Eastern Virginia Medical School

What do you guys think? Which schools should I remove? I am a community service-oriented applicant.

Edits
Removed:
Carle, Virginia Tech, Cornell, UChicago, Emory, Brown, Cincinnati, Columbia, Kaiser

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[Faha]

Where is your state of residence ?

 

[DogZug]

Where is your state of residence ?

It's technically IN but I just moved from there to OR a few days ago.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Can you better define your meaning of "community" in community service?

 

[DogZug]

Can you better define your meaning of "community" in community service?

Yes. I have been almost exclusively focused on improving homeless individuals lives and health. My most significant achievement to date was a program I designed that reduced their transportation barrier to healthcare that has just been implemented this month. To me a community are the people around me that I create relationships with or see often. Does that answer your question?

 

[Faha]

Remove Carle unless you have a background in engineering. Virginia Tech has a small class with a regional preference. Your GPA is low for Cornell, U Chicago, Columbia, Emory and they are all very competititve. You should receive several interviews from the other schools on your list.

 

[DogZug]

Remove Carle unless you have a background in engineering. Virginia Tech has a small class with a regional preference. Your GPA is low for Cornell, U Chicago, Columbia, Emory and they are all very competititve. You should receive several interviews from the other schools on your list.

OK for Carle and Virginia Tech. For the others: I included those as reaches because of my gpa. I took an MPH where I got a 3.83 but was unsure if this would make up for my undergrad since it wasn't a MS. Does that change your opinion in any way?

Specific question about Emory: I looked at the MSAR data and my gpa was about the 10th percentile which is 3.47. I thought if I met the 10th percentile it'd be ok to include - is this not true in the case of Emory?

 

[chilly_md]

The MPH GPA does not help to show you can do well in hard sciences. Emory is likely not worth an app.

OHSU will likely not consider you a resident and they take very few OOS students.

 

[candbgirl]

OK for Carle and Virginia Tech. For the others: I included those as reaches because of my gpa. I took an MPH where I got a 3.83 but was unsure if this would make up for my undergrad since it wasn't a MS. Does that change your opinion in any way?

Specific question about Emory: I looked at the MSAR data and my gpa was about the 10th percentile which is 3.47. I thought if I met the 10th percentile it'd be ok to include - is this not true in the case of Emory?

MD schools don’t, in general, value Master degree grades. They do not improve or enhance your uGPA at all. They stand alone on your MCAT grids. You are expected to do well grade wise and MPH degrees are a dime a dozen . They are not science intensive so they hold little use in helping impress ADCOMS that you are up to the rigors of med school. You might have been better off taking several upper division science classes to bump your uGPA a bit. But you must be interested in Public Health so the degree might end up being useful down the road. Good luck as you apply.

 

[Faha]

OK for Carle and Virginia Tech. For the others: I included those as reaches because of my gpa. I took an MPH where I got a 3.83 but was unsure if this would make up for my undergrad since it wasn't a MS. Does that change your opinion in any way?

Specific question about Emory: I looked at the MSAR data and my gpa was about the 10th percentile which is 3.47. I thought if I met the 10th percentile it'd be ok to include - is this not true in the case of Emory?

MPH will not matter for MD schools. Emory has an instate and URM preference.

 

[DogZug]

The MPH GPA does not help to show you can do well in hard sciences. Emory is likely not worth an app.

OHSU will likely not consider you a resident and they take very few OOS students.

OK Emory is gone now too. I thought it unlikely too that OHSU would consider residency but there was some hope because they said they considered you a resident if you have been living within OR for 12 months prior to enrollment - which would be the case for 2023 enrollment. I plan on calling them tomorrow about that and removing or keeping them based on the response

MPH will not matter for MD schools. Emory has an instate and URM preference.

Alright then, I have none of those, so it's gone now.

Thank you to everyone so far - this has been a big help. I am now down to 32 schools. Any other suggestions guys?

 

[chilly_md]

OHSU will see you are an Indiana resident when they review your app in the fall and consider you as such. I don't think they will project your living situation forward and count you as an Oregon resident but you can call to clarify. You could remove Cincinnati (prefers higher stat applicants for OOS), Brown (favors Ivy league grads usually) and Columbia.