WAMC and School List: 521 MCAT/3.86 sGPA

[Marr97]

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Hey everyone, new user here! I'm trying to get my list in order to apply soon after narrowing it down from 36 schools originally. I'd greatly appreciate any feedback you guys might have on my list or my chances at these schools- I'm worried that I'm deluding myself by having too top-heavy a list.
cGPA: 3.87 / sGPA: 3.86
MCAT: 521
GA resident
Biology major at state school
Clinical experience:
-150 hours volunteering with a local urban hospital
-150 hours volunteering at a hospice
Research experience: ~3300 hours total
-96 hours in an engineering lab (produced data used in one publication, not listed as an author)
-5 semesters/980 hours in a biology lab (honors research thesis, one stipend award from school for summer research, 2 conferences [one poster and one oral presentation], third author on upcoming publication)
-140 hours as undergrad research assistant
-2080 hours as full-time paid research fellow
Shadowing: ~60 hours, mostly in pediatrics
Non-clinical volunteering:
-110 hours volunteering with undergrad service/honors fraternity, various group service projects with orgs around the city and on campus
Other extracurriculars:
-Scholarship Coordinator for undergrad service/honors fraternity
-Scholarship Chair and Recording Secretary for my social fraternity (4 semesters, ~130 hours)
Awards:
-Senior Award from my social fraternity
-Dean's List every semester, graduated with Highest Honors
Here's my shortened list:
Augusta Medical College of Georgia
Ohio State
University of Cincinnati
Emory
USC Keck
UVA
Baylor
University of Maryland
Albert Einstein
Mount Sinai
UNC Chapel Hill
Case Western
Kaiser
Northwestern
University of Pittsburgh
University of Chicago Pritzker
Vanderbilt
Duke
University of Michigan
Washington University St. Louis
Cornell
NYU
UCLA
UCSF
Yale
And here are the ones I took off to trim it down:
University of Alabama Birmingham
Stanford
Mercer
University of Iowa Carver
Johns Hopkins
Harvard
Mayo
Columbia
University of Rochester
Wake Forest
University of Pennsylvania (Perelman)
Thanks in advance for any feedback!

 

[deleted972488]

You’re competitive for everywhere on your list. I’d take off Baylor, Maryland, UNC, UCSF, and UCLA. Replace them with Stanford, Columbia, Hopkins, Harvard, and Penn.

 

[Marr97]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate the advice!

 

[Goro]

Hey everyone, new user here! I'm trying to get my list in order to apply soon after narrowing it down from 36 schools originally. I'd greatly appreciate any feedback you guys might have on my list or my chances at these schools- I'm worried that I'm deluding myself by having too top-heavy a list.
cGPA: 3.87 / sGPA: 3.86
MCAT: 521 (131/131/129/130)
GA resident
White female
Georgia Tech Biology major
Clinical experience:
-150 hours volunteering with a local urban hospital in 3 different departments
-150 hours volunteering at a free cancer hospice
Research experience: ~3300 hours total
-96 hours in a biomechanics lab (produced data used in one publication, not listed as an author)
-5 semesters/980 hours in a protein lab (honors research thesis, one stipend award from school for summer research, 2 conferences [one poster and one oral presentation], third author on upcoming publication)
-140 hours as undergrad research assistant in branch of CDC working with fungal diseases and clinical samples
-2080 hours as full-time paid research fellow in another branch of the CDC (it's my gap year job, I'm including the total number of hours I'll spend there in a year)
Shadowing: ~60 hours, mostly in pediatrics (anesthesia and neurology)
Non-clinical volunteering:
-110 hours volunteering with undergrad service/honors fraternity, various group service projects with orgs around the city and on campus
Other extracurriculars:
-Scholarship Coordinator for undergrad service/honors fraternity
-Scholarship Chair and Recording Secretary for my social coed fraternity (4 semesters, ~130 hours)
Awards:
-Senior Award from my social coed fraternity
-Dean's List every semester, graduated with Highest Honors
Here's my shortened list:
Augusta Medical College of Georgia
Ohio State
University of Cincinnati
Emory
USC Keck
UVA
Baylor
University of Maryland
Albert Einstein
Mount Sinai
UNC Chapel Hill
Case Western
Kaiser
Northwestern
University of Pittsburgh
University of Chicago Pritzker
Vanderbilt
Duke
University of Michigan
Washington University St. Louis
Cornell
NYU
UCLA
UCSF
Yale
And here are the ones I took off to trim it down:
University of Alabama Birmingham
Stanford
Mercer
University of Iowa Carver
Johns Hopkins
Harvard
Mayo
Columbia
University of Rochester
Wake Forest
University of Pennsylvania (Perelman)
Thanks in advance for any feedback!

Nothing wrong with aiming high.

I recommend:
NYU
Vanderbilt
WashU
Yale
JHU
U Chicago
U Penn
Northwestern
Columbia
Harvard
Stanford
Mayo
Cornell
Sinai
BU
U VA
Duke
Baylor
Case
UCSD
UCSF
UCLA
U MI
Albert Einstein
Hofstra
Ohio State
Pitt
U Cincy
USF Morsani
Dartmouth
Rochester
USC/Keck
Western MI
Emory
Jefferson
Miami
SLU
Tufts
U IA
U VM
Mercer
MCG