WAMC/School list Help: 3.83 GPA, 520 MCAT, URM

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Hey! I'm looking for some help fine-tuning my school list. I was confident with it before, but seeing as how the consideration of URM status for admissions is likely to be outlawed in a month or so, I'm not entirely sure how I should proceed with this. I suspect my list might be far too top-heavy. Thanks in advance!

1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
   1. cGPA: 3.83, sGPA: 3.83 - Graduated 1.5 yrs ago
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown
   1. 520
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
   1. New Jersey
4. Ethnicity and/or race
   1. African-American
5. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
   1. ~900 hrs scribing (will continue)
   2. 250 hrs hospital volunteering
6. Research experience and productivity
   1. 650 hrs bio research (no pubs)
   2. 100 hrs summer clinical research (no pubs)
7. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   1. 65 hrs (Primary care, DR, IR, Ortho)
8. Non-clinical volunteering
   1. 150 hrs as a park volunteer
   2. 100 hrs food pantry
   3. 55 hrs at the food bank
9. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
   1. ~350 hours MCAT tutoring
   2. Hobby - Musical instruments
   3. A semester in Jazz Ensemble (lol)
10. Relevant honors or awards
    1. Bunch of deans list

School List:

• University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
• University of Michigan Medical School
• NYU Grossman School of Medicine
• University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen SOM + Charles R. Drew
• Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
• Harvard Medical School
• Stanford University School of Medicine
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
• Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
• Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
• Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
• Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
• Emory University School of Medicine
• University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
• Weill Cornell Medicine
• Yale School of Medicine
• University of Virginia School of Medicine
• Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Duke University School of Medicine
• Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
• Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
• Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
• University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
• USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
• Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Thanks!

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You have a good list and should receive many interviews.

 

[LeaveNoTrace]

Rock star!

 

[Art of Fugue]

Ruling was as expected. Bumping to see if any adjustments have to be made. List is currently extremely top-heavy. Thanks!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Ruling was as expected. Bumping to see if any adjustments have to be made. List is currently extremely top-heavy. Thanks!

I suspect most schools made adjustments since arguments were held last November. Stay focused on your mission fit.