WAMC/School List Advice: CA ORM 524/3.94 GPA

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jerrysuwu

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Hi! I'm looking for advice on my school list/chances; I'm a bit worried that my list is a bit too top heavy rn, so would love any recommendations for schools to add.

  1. cGPA 3.94, sGPA 3.91
  2. MCAT 524 (130/132/132/130)
  3. CA ORM (Indian)
  4. T20 public school for undergrad, graduated this May
  5. Clinical experience: 140 hrs hospital volunteering, 250 hrs free clinic volunteering, 50 hrs phlebotomy at another free clinic + 2000 projected hours from gap yr MA job (not on primary)
  6. 2300 hrs research, resulting pubs will probably be submitted this month but nothing definite yet, have some research awards from my school for this
  7. 80 hrs shadowing, all from 1 specialty
  8. Non-clinical volunteering: 250 hospice, 50 hrs soup kitchen
  9. Leadership: 250 hrs premed club president, ~300 hrs total from 2 other non-premed related clubs
  10. 400 hrs TA
  11. LORs: 2 very strong, 3 probably just good
Primary was verified 6/27 and have been trying to submit secondaries within 2 weeks. my main concern is that i wouldn't consider my writing to be particularly strong, and i don't really have a super cohesive theme. i'm also just not a very interesting person in general lol 🙁 i'm worried that my app might be too boring for higher tier schools, so i'm hoping to add some more mid-tiers if anyone has any recommendations!! also would love any realistic thoughts about my chances in general.

Current school list: NYU Grossman, Columbia, Yale, Harvard, Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, Northwestern Feinberg, UChicago Pritzker, WashU, Vanderbilt, Duke, UVA, CWRU, Icahn at Mt Sinai, Stanford, Weill Cornell, UMich, Keck USC, Kaiser, UCSF, Emory, Cincinnati, UCI, UCSD, Dartmouth, UPitt, Ohio State, NYMC, Tufts, UCLA, Sidney Kimmel, UC Davis, Temple, Drexel, UCR, Albany, USF, Perelman, Wayne State
 
Schools such as Albany, Wayne State, Drexel will probably "yield protect" with your stats. You could add these schools:
Brown
Boston University
Hofstra
Einstein (free tuition)
USF Morsani
 
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