WAMC and School List 4.0/524/ORM Male

[thebadge]

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Hi all, Trad Applicant looking for advice on my school list. I'd love to be in a big city. Thanks!

1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
   1. 4.0 for both
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts.
   1. 524 (132/129/131/132)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
   1. Wisconsin
4. Ethnicity and/or race
   1. White
5. Undergraduate institution or category
   1. UW-Madison
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
   1. CNA on Intermediate Care Floor (600 hours)
   2. ED Volunteer (100 hours proj.)
7. Research experience and productivity
   1. Wet Lab Research Assistant (700 hours)
      1. Submitted Pub, presented poster at national and 2 local conferences
   2. Clinical Research Assistant (300 hours proj.)
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   1. Total: 70 Hours
      1. 40- Psychiatry
      2. 20-Urology
      3. 10-Orthopedics
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   1. Total: 250
      1. 150 Food Recovery Kitchen
      2. 100 Activities Volunteer at Adult Day Center
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    1. Total: 495
       1. 250- President of Global Health Club
       2. 75 Cofounder and Finanacial Lead of Food Panty
       3. 70 General Chemistry Tutor
       4. 100 Frat Academic chair
11. Relevant honors or awards
    1. Won undergraduate award of national science organization
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important

Current List:
Reach
Columbia
Cornell
NYU
Northwestern
Uchicago
UCLA
Vanderbilt
WashU
Mayo
Penn
Duke
Johns Hopkins
UCSF
Target
Albert Einstein
Icahn
Case Western
UW Madison
Pittsburgh
USC
Tufts
BU
Brown
Georgetown
Dartmouth
Less Reach
MCW
Iowa
Rosalind Franklin
UMN

 

[Faha]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews.

 

[thebadge]

Hi all, I've updated my school list and wanted to get your thoughts:

Reaches
Columbia
Cornell
NYU
Northwestern
Uchicago
UCLA
Vanderbilt
WashU
Penn
Duke
Johns Hopkins
UCSF
Harvard
Stanford
Michigan
Icahn

Targets
Albert Einstein
Case Western
Pittsburgh
USC
Tufts
BU
Brown
USF
Virginia
Ohio State
Iowa
Colorado
Umiami
UCSD

Baseline?
MCW
Rush?
Zucker SOM?
Thomas Jefferson
UIC
George Washington
Georgetown
Rosalind Franklin
UW Madison
UCIrvine
UCDavis

 

[morak]

Ohio, UC Irvine, and UC Davis are very focused on their regions afaik, so I wouldn't apply to any of those as a WI resident, especially with stats significantly above their medians.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I'll also throw in strikes against Iowa, Irvine, UIC. Rush expects more non-clinical service orientation hours than you list (like 500+).

If you want to be in a BIG city, then don't include Iowa, Virginia, USF (depending on how you define it), Brown, CWRU, Pittsburgh, Duke, or Michigan.

 

[thebadge]

Thanks for the advice. I wasn't sure about the UC schools but that makes sense! Does anyone have recommendations about a school to add that I might be missing? I'm worried the list is too top heavy.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Thanks for the advice. I wasn't sure about the UC schools but that makes sense! Does anyone have recommendations about a school to add that I might be missing? I'm worried the list is too top heavy.

I just threw in suggestions to shrink your list based on what you said you wanted with living in a big city. Note the schools I listed since some of them made your list a bit top-heavy.

If you want to make harder choices, think about schools in the same area and which of them you least prefer. For example: Columbia, NYU, Icahn, Cornell, and Einstein are all reaches (except Einstein as a target); keep three.

 

[thebadge]

Thanks for your help! So there's none I'm obviously missing that you would add?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Thanks for your help! So there's none I'm obviously missing that you would add?

To strike, no. I kept all the Chicago-area ones because of your proximity. I still defer to Faha for metrics coverage. I would need to know more about your purpose and mission fit to figure out if there are more you can strike (but that's also your homework).