Hi everyone. This is my first time applying to MD programs and am looking for help creating my school list. Right now, I'm a little overwhelmed with finalizing my list. I have a solid list of schools I want to go to/am competitive for, and am looking to apply to 20-25 total. Having trouble filling in the last 10 or so. I just don't know enough about the schools out there and which ones I would be competitive for. If you see any on my current list I shouldn't be applying to, please let me know! Also looking for suggestions on where else to apply. Thanks!
Here is some of my info:
Here is some of my info:
- State: WI (state school for undergrad)
- URM: No (white, male, 24 y/o)
- cGPA: 3.9
- sGPA: 3.85
- MCAT: 512
- Clinical Experience: 2500+ hours inpatient nursing assistant, med-surg unit
- Research Experience: ~300 hours doing research at my university
- Non-Clinical: 1000 hours at my current job, a molecular diagnostics company. I work full time and plan to have 2000+ more hours by matriculation. Also have hundreds of summer work hours as a crew leader at a local moving company
- Leadership: collegiate rugby. ~1500 hours over 4 years. served as club president and various other roles.
- Volunteer: 3 summers as counselor for kid's whose parents have cancer, local youth rugby coach, service trip to Nicaragua
- Shadowing: 12 hours shadowing internist (fairly weak but I worked with/around doctors every day at the hospital)
- Letters: 2 science profs, 1 non-science prof, 1 doc, 1 nurse manager (1 sci prof and my nurse manager will be extremely strong. others will be good)
- Schools: these are schools I'm fairly set on applying to (unless someone would advise me otherwise)
- University of Wisconsin
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- U of Iowa
- U of Minnesota
- U of Colorado
- Indiana University
- Ohio State
- University of Cinci
- Creighton
- Brown
- Dartmouth
- Loyola
- Rush
- Rosiland Franklin
- University of Rochester
- Wake Forest
- Stanford
- Georgetown
- Suggestions??
