School Recommendations for California Resident

[Dryesican]

Hey guys if anyone can help me with my list I would really appreciate it!
Undergrad at UCLA with Biology Major
GPA - 3.75 ..strong upwards trend (3.9) last two years; science GPA is the same
MCAT - 506
Director of a club; part of committee in another
I have a lot of work/activities .. I think that's probably the strongest part of my application
no research publication .. 600+ hrs

so far I have

UCSD
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Riverside
UCSF
UCLA
USC
Loma Linda
Oregon Health & Science U.
Drexel
Tufts U.
U. of Arizona
California University
Western (DO)
California Northstate
Mayo Med School

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[gyngyn]

Are you aware that Northstate continues to deny its students access to federal loans and payback mechanisms?
Are you SDA?
Are you a resident of Oregon?
Do you have evidence of a commitment to serve the IE?
Are you a member of a community that is under-represented in medicine?

CA applicants are almost twice as likely to matriculate OOS, even when stats are a good match.
A careful review of the MSAR can reveal schools whose target stats are closest to your own. Make sure to check for the proportion of OOS matriculants. Your stats are below the 10th percentile for many of your current choices. For example, Mayo's 10th percentile MCAT is 513. Tufts and Drexel are better stats matches with a 10th percentile of 506. Depending on the total number of applicants to these schools, they may or may not be good investments.

On your current list Western is a good choice.

 

[Goro]

Hey guys if anyone can help me with my list I would really appreciate it!
Undergrad at UCLA with Biology Major
GPA - 3.75 ..strong upwards trend (3.9) last two years; science GPA is the same
MCAT - 506
Director of a club; part of committee in another
I have a lot of work/activities .. I think that's probably the strongest part of my application
no research publication .. 600+ hrs

so far I have

UCSD
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Riverside
UCSF
UCLA
USC
Loma Linda
Oregon Health & Science U.
Drexel
Tufts U.
U. of Arizona
California University
Western (DO)
California Northstate
Mayo Med School

Here is a more realistic list:
NYMC
Drexel
Wayne State (maybe)
U Toledo
Seton Hall
Rosy Franklin
Loma Linda (only if you are SDA or a very devout Christian)
Loyola
WVU
VCU
U VM
Rush
MCW
SLU
Creighton
Albany
Oakland-B
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Netter
Gtown
GWU
UCD
UCI
Nova MD
CUSM (maybe)
Any DO school. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova, Wm Carey, LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide. With a 506 MCAT score, you need to have some DO schools on the list.