School List?

[rockettt]

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I'm developing my school list for applications and would like advice. Some of my stats:
CA resident
Year: Junior
Major: Nutrition Science
Minors: Biochemistry, Mathematics, Spanish
cGPA, sGPA: 4.0
Research: 2 years, exercise physiology lab, paper submitted for publication (not published yet)
Volunteering: few hundred hours at: a hospital, tutoring HS students, a shelter (abused, under-served population), and misc events
Shadowing: 100+ hours, various physicians
MCAT (not taken yet): 510 on AAMC scored test
Undergrad: public school, top tier research

I would really like to attend a CA medical school, but due to the competitiveness of these schools, I know this is difficult/unlikely. What are some schools outside of CA at which I might have a good chance? Any/all help is appreciated. Thanks!

 

[deleted838145]

Your GPA is fantastic, and your ECs definitely check out. Assuming you will score 510+ on MCAT I think it would not be unreasonable to apply to the CA schools, even top 10s.

edit: you might also find more help if you post this in the WAMC forum. they help people both develop and edit lists.

 

[rockettt]

I'm definitely going to apply to all the CA schools, but I do not want to limit my applications to just CA. I need to apply elsewhere in case I don't get accepted in CA


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[deleted838145]

I'm definitely going to apply to all the CA schools, but I do not want to limit my applications to just CA. I need to apply elsewhere in case I don't get accepted in CA


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I think you would have a good shot at most of the top 20s. Your stats are nice so I would say you have the freedom to apply wherever you like probably.

 

[cactusman]

I think you would have a good shot at most of the top 20s. Your stats are nice so I would say you have the freedom to apply wherever you like probably.

I would suggest you lurk a little on WAMC or something to get more familiar with these schools. UW is probably the only top 20 with a median MCAT below 515 (many are 518+) and there's no point in a CA resident applying to UW. Maybe they can throw in a few, but "good shot" is a bit optimistic.

OP, this would be better in WAMC.

 

[rockettt]

Posted in WAMC. Thanks for the feedback!


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[Ismet]

OP, this would be better in WAMC.

Posted in WAMC. Thanks for the feedback!

Moving to WAMC. Please do not cross-post. In the future you can report the post to moderators and the thread can be moved.

 

[rockettt]

I would suggest you lurk a little on WAMC or something to get more familiar with these schools. UW is probably the only top 20 with a median MCAT below 515 (many are 518+) and there's no point in a CA resident applying to UW. Maybe they can throw in a few, but "good shot" is a bit optimistic.

OP, this would be better in WAMC.

Just curious, how do you know the median MCATs of the new test for these schools? I don't think they are on MSAR yet.


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[deleted838145]

I would suggest you lurk a little on WAMC or something to get more familiar with these schools. UW is probably the only top 20 with a median MCAT below 515 (many are 518+) and there's no point in a CA resident applying to UW. Maybe they can throw in a few, but "good shot" is a bit optimistic.

OP, this would be better in WAMC.

Oops. All that lurking and I still haven't gotten it down yet. I guess I was looking more at the GPA/ECs.