Medical What schools should I apply to?

[Goro]

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Hello! I am hoping to get someone's opinion on schools that I should consider given my application materials. I would also love any feedback you may have about weaknesses in my application. Don't hold back.

• Major: Anthropology
• Minor: Biology
• cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS
  • cGPA: 3.94
  • sGPA: 3.88
• MCAT score(s) and breakdown
  • 523 –– 130/132/129/132
• State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
  • WA
• Ethnicity and/or race
  • Asian-American ORM
• Undergraduate institution or category
  • WashU
• Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
  • Clinic and surgical receptionist in orthopedics practice - 400 hours
  • Hospital volunteer - 30 hours (COVID canceled)
  • COVID Testing Site - 150 hours
• Research experience and productivity
  • 1 summer bio wetlab + poster, no pubs
  • 1 semester microbio lab, no pubs or posters
  • 1 honors thesis in medical anthropology - 2 poster presentations + thesis
• Shadowing experience and specialties represented
  • Orthopedic surgeon (20 hours)
  • Anesthesiologist (8 hours)
  • Emergency medicine (50 hours)
  • Internal medicine (8 hours)
• Non-clinical volunteering
  • Tutor/mentoring organization that incorporates physical activity (100 hours)
  • Homeless shelter (200 hours)
• Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
  • Co-founder of pick-up soccer club on campus (3 years)
  • PR Director for public health student group on campus (2 years)
  • Resident Advisor for sophomores and first-year students (2 years)
  • Intramural sports (soccer, basketball, futsal, ultimate frisbee),
  • Various jobs during summers and some school semesters (house painter, soccer referee)
• Relevant honors or awards
  • Honors Thesis + Latin Honors
  • Undergraduate research grant
  • Dean's List all 8 semesters of college
  • (Lambda Alpha) Anthropology honor society
  • RA of the Year 2018-2019
• LOR
  • Letters of rec will likely be 2 strong non-science, 2 good science and 1 strong from RA supervisor

You're golden. I suggest:
NYU
Columbia
WashU
Vanderbilt
Yale
JHU
U Chicago
U Penn
Northwestern
Harvard
Mayo
Cornell
Stanford
Case
Duke
Sinai
U VA
BU
Baylor
UCSF
Pitt
USC/Keck
UCSD
UCLA
U MI
Rochester
Hofstra
Ohio State
U Cincy
Dartmouth
Western MI
USF Morsani
U MA
U IA
Albert Einstein
Emory
Tufts
NYU-LI
Jefferson
Miami
U CO
SLU
U VM
U WI
U WA
WSU

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I presume you have followed the advice of the prehealth advising office at WashU St Louis (right undergrad?). Otherwise, IMO, do some networking with current medical students, and make sure the schools on your wish list want you.