WAMC/School list review (514, cGPA: 3.68, sGPA: 3.68)

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  • Year in school: First year Master's student (two year program)
  • Country/state of residence: CO, White Male
  • Cumulative GPA: 3.68
  • Science GPA: 3.68
  • Master's GPA: 3.9
  • MCAT Scores: 514 (127,126,130,131)
  • Research – include any abstracts/posters/publications and how you were credited (eg. First author, senior author, etc): 100 in organic chemistry lab mostly focused on molecular identification
  • Volunteering (clinical) – include hours/sites: 25 hours as volunteer emergency medical personnel at campus events, 25 hours teaching student and community members CPR/First Aid
  • Physician shadowing – include hours/specialties: 100 hours total in sports medicine, ortho surgery, ambulance/paramedic, emergency med, physical therapy
  • Non-clinical volunteering: 50 hours reading books and spending time with children in a reading incentive program
  • Extracurricular activities: Walk-on Division 1 athlete playing major sport
  • Leadership: 750 hours as Resident Adviser (RA), 50 hours as Student Government intern, and my sport if you want to count that
  • Employment history: 2500 hours as medical assistant, 1000 hours as equipment manager for athletics at university, 500 hours as marketing intern and ticket office representative
  • Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n): N
  • Specialty of interest: none in particular
  • Graduate degrees: MS (currently in progress)
  • Interest in rural health (y/n): No preference
All the hours estimates are what I expect to have at matriculation. My current list is as follows:

Rosalind Franklin, Hofstra, Drexel, Emory, Dartmouth, Temple, Ohio State, Brown, CU, Iowa, Pitt, NYMC, USU, Loyola, and Quinnipiac

Schools that I am considering along with those above:

Rush, Western Michigan, Michigan, UCSF (reach), UCLA (reach), Duke (reach), Arizona, Tufts, St. Louis, Stony Brook

Let me know what you guys think and if you need anymore information. I'm open to all suggestions. Thanks!

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I suggest these schools with your stats:
Colorado
TCU-UNT
Creighton
St. Louis
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Rush
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Tulane
NOVA MD
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Seton Hall
New York Medical College
Hofstra
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Tufts
 
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I'll agree it looks like you have a decent shot. Does your master's program keep track of alumni who got accepted to medical school who you could reach out to?
Not that I am aware of. Most end up in research fields but I will ask around. Thanks.
 
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