school selection help!

[th3noose]

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This is my first time applying(finally!!) and I am not sure if my school selection is acceptable. My MCAT is 28Q(only thing that is creating some doubt), 3.9c/sGPA, and considerable clinical/research/teaching experience. Is this too many schools or too little, given my MCAT. Thanks for your input.

1.U of Connecticut
2.GWU
3.Georgetown
4.Rosalind Franklin
5.Albany
6.U at Buffalo
7.NYMC
8.SUNY Upstate
9.Stony Brook
10.SUNY Downstate
11.U of Rochester
12.Einstein
13.Drexel
14.Penn State
15.Temple
16.MUSC
17.U of S. Carolina
18.VirginiaCommonwealth
19.EVMS
20.U of Vermont
21.Marshall
22. W. Virginia

 

[camaras2480]

This is my first time applying(finally!!) and I am not sure if my school selection is acceptable. My MCAT is 28Q(only thing that is creating some doubt), 3.9c/sGPA, and considerable clinical/research/teaching experience. Is this too many schools or too little, given my MCAT. Thanks for your input.

1.U of Connecticut
2.GWU
3.Georgetown
4.Rosalind Franklin
5.Albany
6.U at Buffalo
7.NYMC
8.SUNY Upstate
9.Stony Brook
10.SUNY Downstate
11.U of Rochester
12.Einstein
13.Drexel
14.Penn State
15.Temple
16.MUSC
17.U of S. Carolina
18.VirginiaCommonwealth
19.EVMS
20.U of Vermont
21.Marshall
22. W. Virginia

I think your application as a whole is really well-rounded, obviously save the MCAT. That being said though, I think you have made a good set of school choices, since at quick glance, all but Einstein are generally less-selective schools. The only one that is catching my eye is West Virginia - they sort of only take residents, so unless you live there (looks like you are from NY), I'd drop that one. I like the rest.

 

[th3noose]

Um. I thought West Virginia interviewed some students and as many as 26/108 were out of state. Mistake on excel MSAR?

Otherwise, should i apply to more schools. I don't want to go through this process twice because I didn't apply to enough or to wrong schools. My friend got no acceptance with a 31 MCAT albeit he did not have the same activities as me. Thanks again!!!

 

[camaras2480]

Um. I thought West Virginia interviewed some students and as many as 26/108 were out of state. Mistake on excel MSAR?

This is actually a possibility. I have some vague memory of someone else saying this. I'd call the admissions office there for clarification.

Otherwise, should i apply to more schools. I don't want to go through this process twice because I didn't apply to enough or to wrong schools. My friend got no acceptance with a 31 MCAT albeit he did not have the same activities as me. Thanks again!!!

I think you have enough schools quite frankly. If money isn't an issue, sure, apply more! haha

 

[anxiousteen]

if you don't get in, sign up for a kaplan class and raise that mcat.
then apply again.