WAMC/School List help for 2021 Cycle

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jer1997

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Hi everyone, just trying to refine my school list for the upcoming cycle. Please let me know if there are any schools that you think I should add or drop according to my stats. I’m just graduating this semester and will be taking a gap year. Thanks for the help!
  • cGPA: 3.65, sGPA: 3.5 (upward trend for both)
  • MCAT:
    • 512 (129/129/129/125)
  • State of residence:
    • PA
  • Ethnicity and/or race:
    • White male
  • Undergraduate institution or category:
    • Pitt
  • Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):
    • ~125 Hours ER volunteer
    • ~25 Hours Hospice
  • Research experience and productivity:
    • 1000+ hours, 1 laboratory
    • 4 pubs, 1 as first author
    • 2 presentations, 1 at a national meeting other at SOM event
  • Shadowing experience and specialties represented:
    • ~30 hours ophthalmology and ENT
  • Non-clinical volunteering:
    • ~50-60 hours through University orgs
    • ~50-60 as an instructor at kids’ golf camp
  • Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc.):
    • TA for bio 1 for 2 semesters
    • Board member of University honors society for 2 years (1 as president)
      • Recognized as a top-10 chapter nationally the year I was president
  • Relevant honors or awards:
    • Dean’s List 2 semesters
    • Travel grant award for my research ARVO 2018
    • Student research award finalist ARVO 2018
Here is my list:
  • Temple
  • Geisinger Commonwealth
  • Drexel
  • Penn State
  • Sidney Kimmel at Thomas Jefferson
  • Pitt
  • Toledo
  • Boonshoft (Wright State)
  • Rutgers Robert Wood
  • Hackensack Meridian (Seton Hall)
  • USF Morsani (SELECT 2+2 Program)
  • FAU
  • Virginia Tech Carilion (Small Class)
  • VCU
  • Albany
  • New York Medical College
  • Wake Forest
  • Quinnipiac
  • Rosalind Franklin
  • Vermont Robert Larner
  • Tufts
  • Marshall
  • Creighton
  • Eastern Virginia
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
I know that Pitt is obviously a reach but it is my home institution and where I performed my research so I figure that I might as well give it a shot. Thanks again! If I missed anything important please let me know.
 
Toledo, Virginia Tech, Rutgers, Marshall accept few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state or region.
You could ad these schools:
NOVA MD
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
TCU-UNT
 
Toledo, Virginia Tech, Rutgers, Marshall accept few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state or region.
You could ad these schools:
NOVA MD
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
TCU-UNT

Thank you for the feedback! Much appreciated.
 
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