WAMC + school list help please: 514 MCAT, 3.63 gpa and 3.65 sgpa

[SD01]

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Hi everyone, Does this seem like a good final school list. Are there any schools I should be adding or removing? Additionally, should I be applying DO as well? Any advice is much appreciated.

1. cGPA: 3.64, sGPA: 3.65
2. 514 MCAT: (127/129/128/130)
3. KS resident with a rural theme app
4. ORM
5. 2000 hours clinical experience as a medical scribe in multiple specialties
6. 500 hours of undergrad research without any pubs
7. 40 hours shadowing but did not think I needed much because of my clinical experience
8. Volunteering is over 1000 hours split between soccer coaching, community service, volunteering in a local hospital since high school, and working with a program that promotes friendships for people with special needs
9. LOR: 2 from Physicians and 1 from a science professor so that may be a problem at schools that require 2 science letters.

Current School List:

Reach:
Emory
Dartmouth
Ohio St
Colorado
Illinois
Tufts
Umass
Miami
UNC
Creighton


Target:
Loyola
Rush
Rosalind Franklin
Nova Southeastern
Vermont
Kimmel
Geisenger
Tulane
Rowan
Quinnipiac
George Washington
Hackensack
Temple
Medical College of Wisconsin
St. Louis University
Indiana
Walton

Baseline:
Kansas
UMKC
Wake Forest
TCU
Drexel

 

[Faha]

What is the breakdown by hours of your non clinical volunteering activities?

 

[SD01]

What is the breakdown by hours of your non clinical volunteering activities?

500 soccer coaching, 200 in the non-clinical special needs support program, and then another 300 from being on the board of a community service org

 

[Faha]

Remove UNC since they admit few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state. Rush and Loyola expect far more non clinical volunteering hours than you have (soccer coaching is not what they are looking for). Some of your reaches are too unrealistic with a MCAT of 514 and GPA of 3.64. I suggest these schools from your list:
Colorado
Illinois
Tufts
Umass
Miami
Creighton
Rosalind Franklin
Nova Southeastern
Vermont
Kimmel
Tulane
Quinnipiac
George Washington
Hackensack
Temple
Medical College of Wisconsin
St. Louis University
Indiana
Walton
Kansas
UMKC
Wake Forest
TCU
Drexel
You could add these schools:
Roseman
Belmont
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Albany
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan

 

[Mr.Smile12]

You should get priority consideration for an interview at Kansas, and I don't see anything that should prevent your file from getting a serious look.

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