Any advice on my school list?

[billybob321]

Hello everyone, I am gearing up for a potential reapplication cycle and would love some feedback on my medical school list.

Here is some information from my application:

Demographics: ORM, 23M, CA

Undergrad: T20

GPA: 3.87

MCAT: 514 (130/124/129/129) which was improved from 506

Clinical Experience:

Medical Assistant: ~1000 hours completed

Medical Scribe: 350

Research:

~1500 hours completed with 2 publications (mBio and Cell Reports Medicine).

Shadowing:

Interventional pain specialist, anesthesia, and emergency medicine (88 hours).

Volunteering:

Clinical: Hospital Volunteering: 250

Nonclinical: Teaching elementary school kids (150) and food bank (440).

Leadership:

Significant amount, not concerned about it. I did student government, was president of multiple clubs, TA for a computer science course.

Here is my school list and I would love any feedback:

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[wysdoc]

can you explain your color code, what's new on your application since last time, and whether you got any interviews last cycle?

 

[billybob321]

Dark red are schools I'm considering removing and the other colors aren't important. The main new changes are my mcat score from 506 to a 514 and my medical assistant role in my gap year. I had 4 interviews but all on waitlists or haven't heard back from them at the moment.

 

[chilly_md]

Of those, which did you apply to before and which 4 schools did you interview at?

 

[billybob321]

I would say about half of the schools. I interviewed at RFU, Drexel, Belmont, and California Northstate.

 

[chilly_md]

You have several public state schools that accept few OOS applicants without significant ties (Kansas, Minnesota etc) and several unrealistic schools like Harvard and WUSTL.

I suggest:

RFU
Drexel
Belmont
CUSM
UCI
UCD
UCR (only if from the IE)
TCU
Tulane
Vermont
Albany
NYMC
Tufts
George Washington
Georgetown
Quinnipiac
Hackensack
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Dartmouth
Rochester
VCU
EVMS
Wake
Nova MD
Miami
Oakland
Wayne State
MCW
Saint Louis
Creighton
Loyola
Rush

You can add any of the other new MD schools that may open up this cycle (eg Alice Walton)