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Long story short: 3.3 GPA with dramatic upward trend in junior/senior years, 30T MCAT. Lots of extracurriculars (4 years working in lab w/ publication, 3 years volunteering w/ excellent letter of recommendation, extensive background in political science, lots of hobbies, etc). Also, I have been accepted this coming academic year to one of the best SMPs in the country.
Here's my dilemma - I have about 30 schools on my amcas list right now. My dream is to go to one of the top schools in the country (you know, Harvard Yale Stanford Johns Hopkins Cornell Brown etc) but I am fully aware that my grades don't generally cut it for their averages. Is there any point in me putting in one or two of these schools? Is it a foolish hope? Or is there a chance maybe they'll see something they like, and could be impressed by the SMP I'm going into?
Here's my dilemma - I have about 30 schools on my amcas list right now. My dream is to go to one of the top schools in the country (you know, Harvard Yale Stanford Johns Hopkins Cornell Brown etc) but I am fully aware that my grades don't generally cut it for their averages. Is there any point in me putting in one or two of these schools? Is it a foolish hope? Or is there a chance maybe they'll see something they like, and could be impressed by the SMP I'm going into?