Hi all, would love some help in finalizing my school list! Here are my stats:
cGPA/sGPA
3.92c/3.92s
MCAT score(s) and breakdown
519 (129, 129, 130, 131)
State of residence
CA Resident at a public school, graduated 2017
Ethnicity and/or race
ORM
Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
900 hours total,
· 450 hours hospital volunteering
· 300 hours as a clinic assistant at a clinic for the uninsured/homeless
· 150 hours with a club at my university organizing health fairs
Research experience and productivity
· 400 hours as an undergrad in a retinal biochemistry lab
· 800 hours, currently working as a research assistant in a cornea biology lab
· No posters/pubs
Shadowing experience and specialties represented
45 hours total, 15 hours family medicine, 30 hours anesthesiology
Non-clinical volunteering
· 75 hours at an animal shelter
· 60 hours fostering rabbits for my local House Rabbit Society chapter
Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
240 hours as a math tutor for elementary school children
Tentative school list:
Stanford
Hopkins
UCSF
UPenn
WashU
Columbia
Chicago
UCLA
NYU
Emory
Vanderbilt
Pitt
UCSD
Cornell
Northwestern
Mt. Sinai
Case Western
UVA
Ohio State
USC
Rochester
Dartmouth
Einstein
Hofstra
Cincinnati
UCI
BU
I feel like my current list is too top heavy; are there any mid-tiers I should add, or schools I should remove? Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks for looking this over!
cGPA/sGPA
3.92c/3.92s
MCAT score(s) and breakdown
519 (129, 129, 130, 131)
State of residence
CA Resident at a public school, graduated 2017
Ethnicity and/or race
ORM
Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
900 hours total,
· 450 hours hospital volunteering
· 300 hours as a clinic assistant at a clinic for the uninsured/homeless
· 150 hours with a club at my university organizing health fairs
Research experience and productivity
· 400 hours as an undergrad in a retinal biochemistry lab
· 800 hours, currently working as a research assistant in a cornea biology lab
· No posters/pubs
Shadowing experience and specialties represented
45 hours total, 15 hours family medicine, 30 hours anesthesiology
Non-clinical volunteering
· 75 hours at an animal shelter
· 60 hours fostering rabbits for my local House Rabbit Society chapter
Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
240 hours as a math tutor for elementary school children
Tentative school list:
Stanford
Hopkins
UCSF
UPenn
WashU
Columbia
Chicago
UCLA
NYU
Emory
Vanderbilt
Pitt
UCSD
Cornell
Northwestern
Mt. Sinai
Case Western
UVA
Ohio State
USC
Rochester
Dartmouth
Einstein
Hofstra
Cincinnati
UCI
BU
I feel like my current list is too top heavy; are there any mid-tiers I should add, or schools I should remove? Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks for looking this over!
