MD What are my chances/what schools should I apply to?

[ohheytherekeeners]

Just some background info on my self

Year: 3rd
State of Residence: IL
cGPA: 3.97
sGPA: 3/96
MCAT: 515 (130/126/131/128)
Research: toxicology lab for 150 hours for 6 months, 1 year at a biology lab working full-time during the summer and doing thesis during the year (600+ hours) presented one poster and hopeful pub, 100 hours over 6 months at a genome association lab
Clinical Volunteering: 300 hours volunteering in a rural hospital over 3 years, 100 hours volunteering in a cardiology clinic over 6 months
Physician Shadowing: 60 hours with 1 doctor (should I diversify??)
Non-clinical Volunteering: volunteering at a homeless shelter for over 100 hours over 1 year
Employment History: 2 years as an intramural ref, 2 summers as a research assistant

I currently have no idea about what schools I should apply to... also if theres anything I could do this semester to beef up my app please let me know!

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[Faha]

Apply to all the MD schools in Illinois and Medical College Wisconsin, St. Louis. Where else in the country are you interested in?

 

[Goro]

I suggest:

I suggest the following. Nothing wrong with aiming high; the ones I have in bold are schools where your MCAT score is 2-3 points below their avg, and your GPA is ~ the same as the school avg. Thus, proceed with caution on these, but I feel you're in striking distance for some.

U VM
U Toledo (maybe)
Miami
St. Louis
Albany
Albert Einstein
Rochester
Rush (note: very service/experience oriented with a 150hr service requirement. Avg student has 800 hours of community service, and >1800 hours of health care exposure.)
Rosy Franklin
NYMC
EVMS
Wake Forest
Jefferson
Temple
Drexel
Creighton
Tulane
USC/Keck
Dartmouth
MCW
Loyola
USF Morsani
UCF
Emory
BU
Mayo
Duke
Case
JHU
Pitt
Northwestern
NYU
Mt Sinai
Vanderbilt
Columbia
Hofstra.
Oakland B
Western MI
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Your state school(s), but skip SIU IF you're not from southern ILL.

Just some background info on my self

Year: 3rd
State of Residence: IL
cGPA: 3.97
sGPA: 3/96
MCAT: 515 (130/126/131/128)
Research: toxicology lab for 150 hours for 6 months, 1 year at a biology lab working full-time during the summer and doing thesis during the year (600+ hours) presented one poster and hopeful pub, 100 hours over 6 months at a genome association lab
Clinical Volunteering: 300 hours volunteering in a rural hospital over 3 years, 100 hours volunteering in a cardiology clinic over 6 months
Physician Shadowing: 60 hours with 1 doctor (should I diversify??)
Non-clinical Volunteering: volunteering at a homeless shelter for over 100 hours over 1 year
Employment History: 2 years as an intramural ref, 2 summers as a research assistant

I currently have no idea about what schools I should apply to... also if theres anything I could do this semester to beef up my app please let me know!