Which schools to look into

[RxSpark]

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Hello Everyone,

I just recently made the switch to pre-pharmacy and needed help finding some schools that would take me with my stats. I have looked through numerous handbooks and guides that show acceptance stats of students but thought I could get some more advice based on experiences everyone else has had.

I will be applying for admissions for Fall of 2016.

Stats:
Major: Microbiology
Cum GPA:3.1 (Hopefully around 3.25 when I graduate next year)
My GPA hasn't been the best and that has mostly been because of the amount of time I spend on some of my extracurriculars. Unfortunately for me, I should have focused more on it than stuff outside of classes.
Pre-Req GPA for most schools hovers around a 3.4
PCAT: Practice tests show me getting around an 86 --> Will take it within the next few months

Extracurriculars:
2 Years as a Senior Research Fellow for a Non-Profit Organization (20 hours/week)
2 Years as a Undergraduate Researcher in the Biochemistry Department (15 hours/week)
3 Years helping manage a local business (10 hours/week)
50 Hours Shadowing at a local pharmacy
20 Hours Shadowing Clinical and Hospital Pharmacists
Currently looking for positions as a pharm tech --> I have an interview soon so that will give me a few months experience before applying to PharmCas
Pre-Pharmacy Club, Rubiks cube club, Habitat for Humanity, and 2 or three other small activities

Schools I am looking at include
Chicago State, Mercer, UGA, University of Cincinnati, UToledo, Temple

Does anyone have any other suggestions to schools that I may be able to get into, or about my application as a whole?

I appreciate the help in advance!

 

[Thestrugglez]

Pretty sure you'll get into least half of those, if not all of them (assuming your PCAT is about the same as expected). Other schools to apply to - any that would give you in-state tuition 1st or 2nd year.

Examples: UNC, UMB.

Other schools I would suggest (that seem friendly to OOS) are Minnesota and VCU.

As for application advice, get some good letters and write a decent personal statement.

 

[RxSpark]

I can definitely get great letters from my PI and one of the founders of the non-profit I work at. My biggest worry was that my GPA is pretty low compared to some of the averages I see when I look at the school specific sites. For example, UC was something like 3.5ish.

Also, thanks again for your input and suggestions! I'll def look into those!