What are my chances? Okay ECs, Nice grades

[CoolGuy2002]

Hey guys! Got lots of schools I'm trying to pick from. Having a tough time in identifying how competitive my application is, and where I should allocate my apps. I'm not a huge gunner for T20 schools or anything, I'm really just happy to go about anywhere to study medicine (except the Caribbean).

I'm also a biochemistry B.S. major, currently a senior.

1. cGpa: 3.88 sGPA: 3.88
2. MCAT: 520, bio/biochem: 130, Chem/phys: 131, CARS: 128, Psych: 131
3. Technically a resident of Wisconsin
4. Caucasian
5. University of Washington

Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)\

• Summer Internship at Neurology Clinic (120 hrs)
• Clinical Research assistant UW Dermatology, 2.5 yrs (700 hrs)
• Program assistant in clinic for homeless HIV patients 1 yr (150 hrs) (volunteering)

Research experience and productivity

• As above Clinical Research assistant, probs no pubs by the time I apply
• Neurotech Lab Research Assistant 1.5 yrs (600 hrs)

Shadowing experience and specialties represented

Shadowing:
Neurology (10 hrs), neuropsychology (35hrs), neuroradiology (5 hrs), neurosurgery (4 hrs)
Primary Care, general internist (20hrs)
Dermatology (25 hrs)

Non-clinical volunteering

• Food Bank, 1.5 yrs (350 hrs)
• Blood bank, 2 yrs (80 hrs)
• Hunger Task Force Farm Volunteer (80 hrs)

Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)

• Co-Director for a fundraising Club at school for Seattle Childrens Hospital (1 yr, 300 hrs)
• President and Cofounder of an Electronic Music Production Club at UW (2 yrs)
• College Radio Host (1 yrs)
• Home Renovator for a real estate company every summer

Relevant honors or awards
Deans List every quarter, Purple and Gold Scholarship. Not much here

Taking a Gap Year in Chicago as an EMT-B, and just keeping my volunteering up.

I'm looking to apply to about 25-30 schools, my current list has about 38, so I guess what do y'all think my chances are and what schools do you think I should take off/add on? There are a few too many reach on here I know, this is a very prelim list for me! Thanks a lot. List is below!

1. Northwestern Medical School (Feinberg)
2. Pritzker School of Medicine
3. Rush Odds: Pretty good
4. University of Wisconsin Madison
5. University of Maryland Odds:
6. University of Washington odds :
7. UNiversity of Michigan Ann Arbor
8. University of Pennyslvania
9. University in St. Louis
10. University of Minnesota
11. University of Massecheussetts
12. Dartmouth (ez letters)
13. University of Iowa
14. Boston University
15. Jefferson University Philidelphia
16. Medical College of wisconsin
17. Wright state
18. Albany
19. Albert Einstein, Bronx NY
20. Case Western Reserve
21. COlumbia (reach)
22. Drexel
23. Emory university, atlanta,
24. George Washington University
25. Georgetown
26. Indiana University
27. Loyola
28. Ohio state university
29. Oregon health and science university
30. University of Vermont
31. SUNY Brooklyn
32. Tufts
33. University of Colorado
34. Rosalind Franklin university
35. University of north carolina
36. UPitt
37. U Virginia
38. Wash U

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[Faha]

You should receive several interviews from your list. You could remove many of the state public schools where you are not a resident such as Minnesota, North Carolina, Oregon, Colorado, Indiana, Wright State, UMass, Maryland, SUNY Brooklyn. Also schools such as Drexel, Albany, George Washington are low yield for you due to your high stats.

 

[Walter Raleigh]

Get more clinical volunteering hours: 150 is slightly low. Not sure the clinical research assistant and the neuroscience internship jobs would count as clinical experience. Another 50 or 100 by application time would put you in a very good place. Good luck!

 

[Goro]

Here's a list that your app merits.

1. Northwestern Medical School (Feinberg)
2. Pritzker School of Medicine
3. University of Wisconsin Madison
4. UNiversity of Michigan Ann Arbor
5. University of Pennyslvania
6. Dartmouth
7. University of Iowa
8. Boston University
9. Jefferson University Philidelphia
10. Medical College of wisconsin
11. Albert Einstein, Bronx NY
12. Case Western Reserve
13. COlumbia (reach)
14. Emory university, atlanta,
15. Ohio state university
16. University of Vermont
17. UPitt
18. U Virginia
19. Wash U

Also add:
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
Vandy
Cornell
Hofstra
Rochester
Keck
Mt Sinai
Western MI
U Miami
UCSF
UCLA
NYU
EDIT: Duke
Mayo
U VM
U Cincy

 

[Walter Raleigh]

Goro, I think this is the most top-heavy list I've ever seen you break out. That should be hugely encouraging, @CoolGuy2002! You might want to add your state schools.

 

[Goro]

Goro, I think this is the most top-heavy list I've ever seen you break out. That should be hugely encouraging, @CoolGuy2002! You might want to add your state schools.

I have enough Keck and Einstein/Hofstra class schools to balance out the Harvard/Stanford class battlewagons

 

[Walter Raleigh]

That you do. You didn't encourage OP to apply to his state schools, which you always do, even for rockstars.