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[924766]

I wanted to see if I had a chance if applied to any of the UC med schools and whether I needed to take a gap year in order to boost my chances? Also, are there schools I should try to apply to with my stats?
(*Stats are a bit deflated to preserve anonymity)
Top UC
cGPA 3.8
sGPA 3.7
MCAT 518

Pretty decent ECs/hobbies, 1 year of research, significant life experience/obstacles

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Do you have physician shadowing and clinical volunteering hours or employment ?

 

[924766]

Yes, +500 hours of clinical volunteering with ~100 shadowing hours

 

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You should receive interviews at the UC's with your stats. However, for CA residents it is always a good idea to apply to OOS schools also and I suggest these with your stats:
Boston University
Tufts
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
NYU
Jefferson
Duke
Miami
Tulane
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Case Western
Washington University

 

[924766]

Thank you! Also, when picking schools, how should I use the MSAR? Should I be focusing more on the mission statements as opposed to stats?

 

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Thank you! Also, when picking schools, how should I use the MSAR? Should I be focusing more on the mission statements as opposed to stats?

Stats are more important.

 

[Goro]

I wanted to see if I had a chance if applied to any of the UC med schools and whether I needed to take a gap year in order to boost my chances? Also, are there schools I should try to apply to with my stats?
(*Stats are a bit deflated to preserve anonymity)
Top UC
cGPA 3.8
sGPA 3.7
MCAT 518

Pretty decent ECs/hobbies, 1 year of research, significant life experience/obstacles

I suggest:
NYU
Vanderbilt
WashU
Yale
JHU
Northwestern
U Chicago
U Penn
Columbia
Duke
Harvard
Sinai
Cornell
Stanford
U MI
U VA
BU
Case
Mayo
Pitt
ALL UCs, but UCR (only IF you’re from the Inland Empire)
Hofstra
Ohio State
U Cincy
USC/Keck
USF Morsani
Albert Einstein
Dartmouth
Emory
Rochester
U AZ (maybe)
Jefferson
Miami
U IA
U VM
Western MI