MD Should I Add More Schools? School List Help

[pbsdrinkingwhale]

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[Faha]

You have a good list and could receive interviews at any of those schools, including the ones you marked **.

 

[deleted866694]

Looks like you have a great application lined up!

I think I read something on SDN about Georgetown having odd admissions practices? so if I were applying now, I'd maybe look into that.

You might also consider Yale if you want research opportunities and support (and it's not far from NYC).

 

[Goro]

I am an East Asian male from NY. I am applying this upcoming cycle and will have taken 2 gap years by (hopeful) matriculation.

GPA: 3.75, sGPA: 3.65

MCAT: 518

ECs:

• 1,000 hours of research with one poster
  
• 300 clinical volunteering
  
• 200 non-clinical
  
• 2000 clinical work experience as pediatrician's assistant
  
• 100 hours shadowing
  
• Significant leadership roles in service organization, teaching, and play production (VP or above)
  
• 200 hours teaching anatomy and physiology in college
  
• Notable: Fulbright Scholar to Malaysia - taught English to minority groups, worked with policy
• Underprivileged work with mentally-challenged children, free clinic, during my Fulbright to my service population.

Other:

• First generation college student, American
  
• Applying disadvantaged, FAP-approved

My school list is pretty condensed at the moment. I have 16 primaries that can be submitted free of charge. I would prefer to not apply to more than 25 schools. Please help me out, thank you!

School List:

• Albany
  
• Albert Einstein
• Brown
• Columbia
• Cornell**
• Drexel
• Duke**
• Georgetown**
• GWU
  
• Hofstra
• Jefferson
• Mount Sinai
• NYMC
• NYU**
• Stony Brook
• SUNY Downstate
• SUNY Upstate
• SUNY Buffalo
• Temple
• U Penn
• U Pittsburgh
• U Rochester

** means I don't know if I should even apply... would appreciate advice.

Ideally, I would like to get into a top school where I can do research, my gap years have helped me determine what kind of physician/person I want to become. Unfortunately, my research experience (no pubs) fails to back it up.

Nothing wrong with aiming high for a rock start.

I suggest:
Yale
WashU
Vanderbilt
NYU
U Chicago
U Penn
Northwestern
JHU
Harvard
Stanford
Sinai
Cornell
Columbia
Duke
U VA
U MI
UCSF
BU
Case
USC/Keck
Mayo
U Cincy
Pitt
USF Morsani
Ohio State
Hofstra
U IA
Albert Einstein
Emory
Rochester
Dartmouth
Miami
Western MI
Jefferson
U VM
All SUNYs

 

[pbsdrinkingwhale]

Here's my final list. Is it okay or too ambitious?

• Albany
  
• Albert Einstein
• Brown
• Columbia
• Cornell**
• Dartmouth
  
• Drexel
• Duke**
• Georgetown**
• Harvard
  
• Hofstra
• Jefferson
• Mount Sinai
• NYMC
• NYU**
• Seton Hall
  
• Stony Brook
• SUNY Downstate
• SUNY Upstate
• SUNY Buffalo
• Temple
• U Penn
• U Pittsburgh
• U Rochester
• Yale