Hey everyone! Will be applying IM this cycle and feeling a little iffy about my program list. Any feedback / bringing-down-to-earth would be greatly appreciated
Med School: Low-to-Mid Tier (East Coast)
Step 1: Pass
Step 2: 265
Clerkship grades: All honors (6/6), currently doing IM sub-I
Class rank: Top Quartile
Research: 1 published case report from undergrad, 2 abstracts, 1 poster presentation at national conference
AOA: Not released yet, but probably yes!
Gold Humanism: No
LORs: Should be strong - 1 from IM 3rd year attending (assistant PD), 1 from IM AI attending, 1 from IM department chair
ECs: 2 leadership positions, 2 additional unique academic projects, 3-4 volunteering experiences, scribed during a gap year before med school
Red flags: No
My application is definitely light on ECs and Research, but I’m hoping AOA helps me out a little here.
As of now, my list of programs is:
Reach: MGH, JHH, Columbia, UPenn, Michigan, WashU, Vandy, NW, UCLA, BIDMC, Chicago, Yale
Target: Cornell, NYU, Sinai, UPMC, UNC, Baylor, UCSD, USC, tOSU, BU, UVA, Brown, Monte, Jeff, UTH
Safety: Indiana, Tufts, JHU-Bayview, Georgetown, Wake Forest, MUSC, UMD, Northwell, Rutgers-RWJ, Temple, UMass
Does this look reasonable? What programs would be good to add/remove from the list above?
Thanks in advance for all the help!!