MD & DO What are my chances and Where to apply - Strong Upward Trend (3.6 / 520)

[comeback_willy]

I really didn't think I wanted to go to med school freshman and sophomore year but I was a biology major and didn't put all my effort in school until junior year when I decided I wanted to be a doctor. Didn't to too well in chemistry but retook 2 chem classes in the summer after junior year and did better.

B. S Biology Major Minor - Chemistry, Psychology
GPA cGPA: 3.6 sGPA: 3.61
Fre: 3.3 (C- in Chemistry 1)
Sop: 3.06 (B- Orgo 1, C- Orgo 2, C in computer science - didn't require it)
Jun: 3.84 (Took 7 classes (20 credits) each semester - all science courses)
Summer - Retake Chem I: B+, Retake Orgo II: A-
Sen: 3.9 (Took 7 classes Science heavy (20 credits) each semester)
MCAT: 520 Balanced
State of Residence: California
Ethnicity: Asian
Undergraduate Institution: University of Miami
Clinical Volunteering: 100 hours
Other Volunteering: 150 hours
Research: 350 hours
Shadowing: 200 hrs (Plastic Surgery, Family Med, Dermatology, Radiology)
Activities: Alpha Phi Omega (Co-Ed Service Frat), Pi Sigma Phi (Co-ed Honors Frat), Boxing Club, Student Health Advisory Committee, IM-Basketball, Tae-Kwon-Do Club

I am thinking:
Couple DO schools

Hofstra, UC Riverside, UMaryland, Georgetown, George Washington, albany, NYMC, Vtech, tulane, drexel, tufts, Boston, Eastern VA, RUSH,
USC, UC Davis, WakeForest, UIllinois, USouthFlorida, loyola Chi, temple, Miami, FSU

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[Faha]

I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
Tufts
Boston University
Vermont
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
Albany
NYMC
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Georgetown
Eastern Virginia
Loyola
Miami
Tulane
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Case Western
Pittsburgh
Rochester
Medical College Wisconsin
Wake Forest
UC Riverside
UC Davis

 

[Goro]

I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
Tufts
Boston University
Vermont
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
Albany
NYMC
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Georgetown
Eastern Virginia
Loyola
Miami
Tulane
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Case Western
Pittsburgh
Rochester
Medical College Wisconsin
Wake Forest
UC Riverside
UC Davis

Faha's list is more realistic, OP. I would also add:
Dartmouth
Mayo
Columbia
UCSF
Keck (maybe)
Duke
UCI

I would also get in more clinical volunteering... you have the bare bones minimum.

 

[comeback_willy]

Would you guys recommend applying this cycle or doing an SMP at tufts or Boston instead.

 

[Goro]

Would you guys recommend applying this cycle or doing an SMP at tufts or Boston instead.

I think it's worth trying this cycle

 

[TracingFruits]

Hofstra, UC Riverside, UMaryland, Georgetown, George Washington, albany, NYMC, Vtech, tulane, drexel, tufts, Boston, Eastern VA, RUSH,
USC, UC Davis, WakeForest, UIllinois, USouthFlorida, loyola Chi, temple, Miami, FSU

Given our same GPA/MCAT and timing of our threads, Ill throw my list up here. This is my list however, and you probably won't want to include Minnesota/Wisconsin/Iowa/Ohio. In a similar vein, Faha and Goro's advice trumps a list made for me.
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia
Duke
UCSF
Yale
Pritzker
Northwestern
Boston University
Michigan
Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Cornell
Mayo Roch/AZN
Emory
Case Western
Mt Sinai
UCLA (Geffen)
Ohio State
Rochester School of Medicine
Dartmouth
Einstein
Hofstra
UW Madison
University of Cincinnati
University of Miami
Medical School of Wisconsin
University of Iowa
University Of Minnesota