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McSteamyPreMed

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  • cGPA and sGPA:
    • 3.5 cGPA, 3.33 sGPA (no trend)
  • MCAT score(s) and breakdown:
    • 520 (130/130/128/132)
  • State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US):
    • NY
  • Ethnicity and/or race:
    • URM
  • Undergraduate institution or category:
    • Top 20
  • LOR
    • 2 from PI, 1 from professor, 1 from shadowing physician, 1 from club
  • Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):
    • volunteer EMT, 6 months ~250 hours
    • Medical assistant, 1 summer ~400 hours
  • Research experience and productivity
    • 2 yrs biochemistry research ~2500 hours, 1 pubs (middle author), 1 manuscript in preparation (middle author)
    • 6 months clinical research ~700 hrs, 3 abstracts submitted to conferences, 2 manuscripts submitted (all middle author)
  • Shadowing experience and specialties represented
    • GI 40 hrs
    • heme onc 50 hrs
  • Non-clinical volunteering
    • Religious organization ~200 hrs, English tutoring ~100 hrs, college counseling ~50 hrs, firefighter ~200 hrs, assisted living center ~150 hrs
  • Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    • Intramural sports captain, Greek Life eboard
  • Relevant honors or awards
    • None

Need help with school list. I want to reach for the stars but am unsure if my GPA will bring me down. Is it worth applying to T20 or is it a waste of time?
Applying to all NY schools

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Can I ask what it is about your application profile that makes you a fit for T20 programs? What would an ideal medical school be for you?
An ideal medical school would be the one that accepts me. I like the idea of going to a prestigious school but don't have plans of working in academic medicine. I want to maximize the odds that I get into an MD school while having a shot at going to a school with name recognition.
 
Puerto Rican and Brazilian, conversational in Spanish and Portuguese
Puerto Rican and Brazilian, conversational in Spanish and Portuguese
I suggest these schools with your stats:
All 4 SUNYs
Hofstra
Einstein (free tuition)
Mount Sinai
NYU (free tuition)
Cornell
Columbia
New York Medical College
Albany
Hackensack
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Boston University
Tufts
Dartmouth
Brown
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Georgetown
George Washington
USF Morsani
Miami
TCU
Northwestern
U Chicago
Mayo (Arizona)
Colorado
Arizona (Tucson and Phoenix)
 
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