WAMC: Any Advice Welcome (GPA: 3.84 / MCAT: 525)

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Windonka

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From CA, ORM, private university in the Northeast

Here are my extracurriculars:

Clinical volunteering: 100 hrs last summer + going back for more from May till December
Non-clinical volunteering: 200+ hrs at food bank

Research:
1000+ hrs as student leader on organic chemistry research project
-Best poster at international conference
-upcoming poster presentation at international conference (july)
-upcoming poster presentation at national confernce (sept.)
-poster presentation at university conference (2018)

Fulltime research at biotech startup for 6 months (1000 hrs)

Lab Assistant (300 hrs)

This summer, will be conducting global health research abroad with a doctor.

Leadership:
Conference organizer (1000+ hours)
-organized undergraduate conference on global health
-organizing a second conference to be held 2020
-oral presentation at national conference

Founder of sustainability action committee for students (400 hrs)

Teaching/Mentoring
Fulltime STEM TA at international school for 5 months (800 hrs)

Shadowing:
Pediatric geneticist (80 hrs)

Other:
Reporter for independent university student paper (100 hrs)
Writer and editor for student STEM magazine (360 hrs)

Awards:
-2 research awards
-Dean's List all semesters

School List:
All of the UCs
Albert Einstein School of Medicine
Baylor School of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Emory University School of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Harvard Medical School
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Yale School of Medicine

Any help is appreciated! I'm worried about the cost of all these schools and was wondering if I should switch out some of the top tier for lower tier schools.

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From CA, ORM, private university in the Northeast

Here are my extracurriculars:

Clinical volunteering: 100 hrs last summer + going back for more from May till December
Non-clinical volunteering: 200+ hrs at food bank

Research:
1000+ hrs as student leader on organic chemistry research project
-Best poster at international conference
-upcoming poster presentation at international conference (july)
-upcoming poster presentation at national confernce (sept.)
-poster presentation at university conference (2018)

Fulltime research at biotech startup for 6 months (1000 hrs)

Lab Assistant (300 hrs)

This summer, will be conducting global health research abroad with a doctor.

Leadership:
Conference organizer (1000+ hours)
-organized undergraduate conference on global health
-organizing a second conference to be held 2020
-oral presentation at national conference

Founder of sustainability action committee for students (400 hrs)

Teaching/Mentoring
Fulltime STEM TA at international school for 5 months (800 hrs)

Shadowing:
Pediatric geneticist (80 hrs)

Other:
Reporter for independent university student paper (100 hrs)
Writer and editor for student STEM magazine (360 hrs)

Awards:
-2 research awards
-Dean's List all semesters

School List:
All of the UCs
Albert Einstein School of Medicine
Baylor School of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Emory University School of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Harvard Medical School
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Yale School of Medicine

Any help is appreciated! I'm worried about the cost of all these schools and was wondering if I should switch out some of the top tier for lower tier schools.
I recommend:
NYU
Vanderbilt
WashU
Yale
JHU
U Chicago
U Penn
Northwestern
Columbia
Harvard
Stanford
Mayo
Cornell
Sinai
BU
U VA
Duke
Baylor
Case
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
Your state school
 
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I recommend:
NYU
Vanderbilt
WashU
Yale
JHU
U Chicago
U Penn
Northwestern
Columbia
Harvard
Stanford
Mayo
Cornell
Sinai
BU
U VA
Duke
Baylor
Case
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
Your state school

Thank you! Can I ask what your reasoning is for this list?
 
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