Suggestions on this list of schools?

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California resident, small private college
3.63 cGPA and 3.69 sGPA
32 MCAT
clinical and nonclinical EC's
Officer Positions in 2 clubs
Peer/Academic Advisor for 20 freshmen
6 months research
Honors Program + Honors Thesis by graduation

I know this list is top-heavy, any other comments?
What's the weakest part of this app?
Suggestions for other schools to apply to?

Stanford
UCD
UCI
UCLA
UCSD
UCSF
USC
Yale
Georgetown
GWU
Northwestern
JHU
BU
Harvard
Tufts
UM
Dartmouth
Duke
Wake Forest
Columbia
NYU
OHSU
UPenn
Brown
Vanderbilt
UVA

THANKS!

 

[Showtime14]

3.63 cGPA and 3.69 sGPA- This needs to be >3.75 overall and science for you to be competitive at most of the schools listed below
32 MCAT- Check the MSAR- the average MCAT for the top schools is >36
clinical and nonclinical EC's- EXPAND
Officer Positions in 2 clubs-EXPAND
Peer/Academic Advisor for 20 freshmen- GREAT!
6 months research- Not good enough for top schools
Honors Program + Honors Thesis by graduation- O.K- no one cares abt this.

Stanford- Very slim chance
UCD-Fairly Good chances
UCI-Fairly Good chances
UCLA- Very slim chance
UCSD- Fairly good chances
UCSF- Extremely slim chance
USC- Slim chance
Yale- Very slim chance
Georgetown- Very Good chances
GWU- Excellent chances
Northwestern-Fairly Good chances
JHU-Rejection; unless you have an amazing life story
BU-Very Good chances
Harvard- Rejection; unless you have an amazing life story
Tufts-Very Good chances
UM-Extremely slim chance
Dartmouth-Slim chance
Duke-Extremely slim chance
Wake Forest-Very Good chances
Columbia-Slim chance
NYU-Very Good chances
OHSU-Very Good chances
UPenn-Rejection; unless you have an amazing life story
Brown-Fairly Good chances
Vanderbilt-Slim chance
UVA-Fairly Good chances


Unless you improve upon your cGPA/sGPA, raise your MCAT and get more research in, this is what I predict will happen. Good luck!

 

[Catalystik]

With a 3.62/32, besides appropraite state schools that don't emphasize research (are there any?) I'd have suggested schools like these:

Loma Linda, Loyola, RFU, UKentucky, Creighton, Albany, SUNY Downstate, Hofstra (new), Jefferson, MCW,
UIllinois, Wayne, Buffalo, Toledo, Drexel, Temple, Vermont, VCU, Virginia Tech Carilion (new),
GWU, FIU, Louisville, Tulane, Arizona, UNevada (from region), NYMC, MUSC, SCarolina, EVMS,
Rush, Michigan State, Oakland (new).


You give insufficient information to comment on the adequacy of your ECs.

 

[jbz24]

With a 3.62/32, besides appropraite state schools that don't emphasize research (are there any?) I'd have suggested schools like these:

Loma Linda, Loyola, RFU, UKentucky, Creighton, Albany, SUNY Downstate, Hofstra (new), Jefferson, MCW,
UIllinois, Wayne, Buffalo, Toledo, Drexel, Temple, Vermont, VCU, Virginia Tech Carilion (new),
GWU, FIU, Louisville, Tulane, Arizona, UNevada (from region), NYMC, MUSC, SCarolina, EVMS,
Rush, Michigan State, Oakland (new).


You give insufficient information to comment on the adequacy of your ECs.

Agree with this list.

OP, with your current list, you could potentially be closed out of every school you apply to. It's way too top heavy. There are some schools scattered on your list that you stand a shot, but unfortunately those schools receive huge numbers of applicants, making it difficult to predict.

 

[ucladoc2b]

California resident, small private college
3.63 cGPA and 3.69 sGPA
32 MCAT
clinical and nonclinical EC's
Officer Positions in 2 clubs
Peer/Academic Advisor for 20 freshmen
6 months research
Honors Program + Honors Thesis by graduation

I know this list is top-heavy, any other comments?
What's the weakest part of this app?
Suggestions for other schools to apply to?

Stanford
UCD
UCI
UCLA
UCSD
UCSF
USC
Yale
Georgetown
GWU
Northwestern
JHU
BU
Harvard
Tufts
UM
Dartmouth
Duke
Wake Forest
Columbia
NYU
OHSU
UPenn
Brown
Vanderbilt
UVA

THANKS!

To give you a better idea, a few questions:

1. Expand on your ECs and activities (who, what, where, when and why)
2. Do you consider yourself to be economically disadvantaged.
3. What are your career goals? How have you demonstrated your career goals?
4. Do you have a hook (something that makes you unique/diverse addition to the school).