sGPA: 3.86, MCAT: 511, non-trad Texas resident, OOS list help

[fmtee89]

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1. cGPA: 3.85 sGPA: 3.86
2. MCAT: 511 (128, 128, 128, 127)
3. State of residence: Texas
4. Ethnicity and/or race: Asian American (Filipino)
5. Undergraduate institution: University of Houston (transferred from St. John's University)
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
   • CVICU 100 hours
7. Research experience and productivity
   • Undergraduate researcher (biology), one semester, no posters/publications
   • Undergraduate research (physics), one semester, no posters/publications
   • Science Teacher and Researcher at Stanford University, two summers, two poster conferences
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   • None currently (applying for shadowing experiences now)
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   • Health Collaborative (300 hours)
   • Scholarship Board Member (50 hours)
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    • 1 service year abroad (faith-based)
    • 4 years teaching experience in inner-city schools (biology team lead, NHS sponsor, AP environmental science)
    • 2 years non-profit (college access and success for underserved communities)
11. Relevant honors or awards
    • Summa cum laude
    • Presidential Scholarship
    • Noyce Scholarship

I've already completed my TMDSAS (Texas) application. I know it's late in the application cycle, but I need help finalizing my OOS list (in order of increasing selectivity).

1. Howard
2. New Mexico
3. University of Arizona - Phoenix
4. LSU - Shrevport
5. Kansas
6. University of Arizona - Tuscon
7. UCLA
8. UC Riverside
9. Loma Linda
10. Loyola
11. UC Davis
12. Albany
13. Oregon
14. George Washington
15. Wake Forest
16. UC Irvine
17. Drexel
18. LSU - New Orleans
19. U Minnesota - Twin Cities
20. Penn State
21. Rosalind Franklin
22. Tulane
23. Rutgers
24. University of Colorado

I could also use some support for a DO school list. Thank you!

 

[TheRealBatmanMD]

UCLA is a bit of a reach. Your MCAT is 7 points below the median and you are disadvantaged applying OOS as UCLA prefers in state applicants. I recommend replacing it with a different mid tier.

 

[TheRealBatmanMD]

Actually you would get screened out of UCLA. Their minimum MCAT requirement is 512.

Hike of GPA, MCAT requirements in medical school admissions prevents diversity - Daily Bruin

The David Geffen School of Medicine is considered one of the most diverse medical schools in the country. Not for long, though. UCLA’s school of medicine raised its math and science GPA and MCAT cutoff scores to 3.4 and 512, respectively.

dailybruin.com

 

[Faha]

OOS MD schools interview few Texas applicants since they know from experience that they will attend Texas schools. Exceptions are high stat applicants, former residents, those who attended an undergraduate school in the state, URM . You could try Tulane and some of the newer schools such as:
Seton Hall
NOVA MD
Quinnipiac
Oakland Beaumont
Loma Linda
For DO schools I suggest these:
AZCOM
TUNCOM
BCOM
UIWSOM
VCOM (all 3 schools)
CUSOM
MU-COM
DMU-COM
PCOM
CCOM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM

 

[fmtee89]

OOS MD schools interview few Texas applicants since they know from experience that they will attend Texas schools. Exceptions are high stat applicants, former residents, those who attended an undergraduate school in the state, URM . You could try Tulane and some of the newer schools such as:
Seton Hall
NOVA MD
Quinnipiac
Oakland Beaumont
Loma Linda
For DO schools I suggest these:
AZCOM
TUNCOM
BCOM
UIWSOM
VCOM (all 3 schools)
CUSOM
MU-COM
DMU-COM
PCOM
CCOM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM

Thank you @TheRealBatmanMD and @Faha - super helpful!

 

[Ell19]

Rutgers takes ~15-20% OOS so I might skip that school unless you have strong connections to NJ; try Seton Hall instead, they take about 50/50 IS and OOS

 

[fmtee89]

OOS MD schools interview few Texas applicants since they know from experience that they will attend Texas schools. Exceptions are high stat applicants, former residents, those who attended an undergraduate school in the state, URM . You could try Tulane and some of the newer schools such as:
Seton Hall
NOVA MD
Quinnipiac
Oakland Beaumont
Loma Linda
For DO schools I suggest these:
AZCOM
TUNCOM
BCOM
UIWSOM
VCOM (all 3 schools)
CUSOM
MU-COM
DMU-COM
PCOM
CCOM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM

So I've already added the following private OOS on AMCAS:

1. Seton Hall
2. NOVA MD
3. Quinnipiac
4. Oakland Beaumont
5. Loma Linda
6. Loyola
7. Tulane

Should I still include the follow public OOS, many of which were from my original list?

1. New Mexico
2. Arizona - Phoenix
3. LSU - Shreveport
4. Arizona - Tuscon
5. George Washington
6. Wake Forest
7. Penn State
8. Rosalind Franklin
9. Drexel
10. New York Medical College
11. Creighton

 

[DoctHouse]

I'd take out UC Riverside and Davis, they're extremely region/state biased.

 

[Faha]

New Mexico, LSU and the Arizona schools accept very few non residents with your stats. You could try the others. Let us know if you receive any interviews from the OOS schools.