What Are My Chances

[Beantown101]

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Hey guys thanks in advance for your input/ help. I am an URM (hispanic)/ disadvantaged, CA resident, went to a top 20 undergraduate school, had a sGPA of 3.94 and cGPA of 3.95. MCAT 516. Had 3 research experiences, shadowing experience, volunteering at hospitals and retirement home, TA of a science class, member of a few honors societies and had leadership positions in multiple clubs in my school. I think my essays/ LOR are good but I cant be sure. I was making my list of schools and i added a bunch of schools, but I feel like it may be top heavy. I was wondering what you guys think I should be aiming for.

 

[Goro]

Hey guys thanks in advance for your input/ help. I am an URM (hispanic)/ disadvantaged, CA resident, went to a top 20 undergraduate school, had a sGPA of 3.94 and cGPA of 3.95. MCAT 516. Had 3 research experiences, shadowing experience, volunteering at hospitals and retirement home, TA of a science class, member of a few honors societies and had leadership positions in multiple clubs in my school. I think my essays/ LOR are good but I cant be sure. I was making my list of schools and i added a bunch of schools, but I feel like it may be top heavy. I was wondering what you guys think I should be aiming for.

Nothing wrong with aiming high.
I suggest:
Wash U
U Chicago
U Penn
NYU
Vanderbilt
Columbia
Sinai
Cornell
Northwestern
Case
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
JHU
U VA
U MI
U AZ
U VM
Ohio State
U IA
UCSF
UCLA,
UCSD,
UCI,
UCR (IF you’re from the Inland Empire)
Miami
Tulane
Albert Einstein
Emory
BU
USC/Keck
Mayo
Rochester
Dartmouth
Duke
Pitt
Hofstra

 

[Beantown101]

Nothing wrong with aiming high.
I suggest:
Wash U
U Chicago
U Penn
NYU
Vanderbilt
Columbia
Sinai
Cornell
Northwestern
Case
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
JHU
U VA
U MI
U AZ
U VM
Ohio State
U IA
UCSF
UCLA,
UCSD,
UCI,
UCR (IF you’re from the Inland Empire)
Miami
Tulane
Albert Einstein
Emory
BU
USC/Keck
Mayo
Rochester
Dartmouth
Duke
Pitt
Hofstra

Thanks for your input. Many of the schools you put I am applying except some like pitt, tulane, rochester, mayo, U IA, Ohio State, U VM, mich, U VA and stuff like that. Is it a waste of time to apply to schools at the top you said like harvard? Especially chicago, vandy and wash U since they have averages of 520 or 521 mcat

 

[Goro]

Thanks for your input. Many of the schools you put I am applying except some like pitt, tulane, rochester, mayo, U IA, Ohio State, U VM, mich, U VA and stuff like that. Is it a waste of time to apply to schools at the top you said like harvard? Especially chicago, vandy and wash U since they have averages of 520 or 521 mcat

You're in striking distance for WashU/NYU/UPenn/U Chicago; you can hedge your bets by going for one of these four.

For Harvard/Stanford class schools, you're in range!