Please help me cut down my school list

[qazwsx123456]

So I've been going through the MSAR and looking more into which schools I'll apply to this June. I'm at 39 schools so far and looking to cut that down to around 25. Here's the list:

Baylor

Brown

BU

Case Western

Columbia

Cornell

Dartmouth

Duke

Emory

Georgetown

GW

Harvard

Icahn at Mt Sinai

Iowa

Johns Hopkins

Miami

Michigan

Northwestern

NYU

OSU

Penn (Perelman)

Pitt

Rochester

Thomas Jefferson

Tufts

Tulane

U Colorado

UC

Uchicago

Umass

UNC

UVA

Vanderbilt

VCU

Wake Forrest

WashU

Wisconsin

WVU

Yale

My state of residence will be either Ohio or Mass., so based on which one I'm a resident of I'll either cut out UMass or OSU and UC.

Stats: 520 MCAT, 3.81 GPA, top-25 private undergrad. 2000 hours of research in 2 different labs, 1 publication (5th author) and 1 poster. Hopefully submitting another manuscript by June, but not guaranteed. ~200 hours of clinical volunteering, ~200 hours non-clinical volunteering. Biology tutor, random employment on campus, and other on campus extracurriculars like frisbee team, intramural sports, and writer for the school newspaper. Secretary and then Vice President of a club. Also, kind of unique, coach for a differently-abled sports team. I have also undertaken independent baseball research, presented it at a large Sabermetrics conference, and contribute as a writer to this baseball website, which I hope helps me stand out. Will get really good LOR.

~50 shadowing hours across 4 specialties, half of those hours were surgery. I'm also white. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

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[Luka75]

With those stats, you should skip med school altogether and become a Dr....

 

[ciestar]

Start with cutting:
GT, GW, UWash, Brown, Tufts, Iowa (IS bias?), WVU

 

[WedgeDawg]

moving to wamc

 

[Goro]

I suggest:


BU
Case Western
Columbia
Cornell
Duke
Emory
Harvard
Icahn at Mt Sinai
Johns Hopkins
Miami
Northwestern
NYU
Penn (Perelman)
Pitt
Rochester (NOTE: suggest Hofstra and/or Keck instead)
Thomas Jefferson
Tulane
Uchicago
UVA OR Iowa OR U MI
Vanderbilt
WashU
Yale
OSU OR U MA OR Wisconsin

My state of residence will be either Ohio or Mass., so based on which one I'm a resident of I'll either cut out UMass or OSU and UC.

Stats: 520 MCAT, 3.81 GPA, top-25 private undergrad. 2000 hours of research in 2 different labs, 1 publication (5th author) and 1 poster. Hopefully submitting another manuscript by June, but not guaranteed. ~200 hours of clinical volunteering, ~200 hours non-clinical volunteering. Biology tutor, random employment on campus, and other on campus extracurriculars like frisbee team, intramural sports, and writer for the school newspaper. Secretary and then Vice President of a club. Also, kind of unique, coach for a differently-abled sports team. I have also undertaken independent baseball research, presented it at a large Sabermetrics conference, and contribute as a writer to this baseball website, which I hope helps me stand out. Will get really good LOR.

~50 shadowing hours across 4 specialties, half of those hours were surgery. I'm also white. Any input would be greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE]

 

[qazwsx123456]

I suggest:


BU
Case Western
Columbia
Cornell
Duke
Emory
Harvard
Icahn at Mt Sinai
Johns Hopkins
Miami
Northwestern
NYU
Penn (Perelman)
Pitt
Rochester (NOTE: suggest Hofstra and/or Keck instead)
Thomas Jefferson
Tulane
Uchicago
UVA OR Iowa OR U MI
Vanderbilt
WashU
Yale
OSU OR U MA OR Wisconsin

My state of residence will be either Ohio or Mass., so based on which one I'm a resident of I'll either cut out UMass or OSU and UC.

Stats: 520 MCAT, 3.81 GPA, top-25 private undergrad. 2000 hours of research in 2 different labs, 1 publication (5th author) and 1 poster. Hopefully submitting another manuscript by June, but not guaranteed. ~200 hours of clinical volunteering, ~200 hours non-clinical volunteering. Biology tutor, random employment on campus, and other on campus extracurriculars like frisbee team, intramural sports, and writer for the school newspaper. Secretary and then Vice President of a club. Also, kind of unique, coach for a differently-abled sports team. I have also undertaken independent baseball research, presented it at a large Sabermetrics conference, and contribute as a writer to this baseball website, which I hope helps me stand out. Will get really good LOR.

~50 shadowing hours across 4 specialties, half of those hours were surgery. I'm also white. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

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Thank you for the insight!

 

[masnerj]

I suggest:


BU
Case Western
Columbia
Cornell
Duke
Emory
Harvard
Icahn at Mt Sinai
Johns Hopkins
Miami
Northwestern
NYU
Penn (Perelman)
Pitt
Rochester (NOTE: suggest Hofstra and/or Keck instead)
Thomas Jefferson
Tulane
Uchicago
UVA OR Iowa OR U MI
Vanderbilt
WashU
Yale
OSU OR U MA OR Wisconsin

My state of residence will be either Ohio or Mass., so based on which one I'm a resident of I'll either cut out UMass or OSU and UC.

Stats: 520 MCAT, 3.81 GPA, top-25 private undergrad. 2000 hours of research in 2 different labs, 1 publication (5th author) and 1 poster. Hopefully submitting another manuscript by June, but not guaranteed. ~200 hours of clinical volunteering, ~200 hours non-clinical volunteering. Biology tutor, random employment on campus, and other on campus extracurriculars like frisbee team, intramural sports, and writer for the school newspaper. Secretary and then Vice President of a club. Also, kind of unique, coach for a differently-abled sports team. I have also undertaken independent baseball research, presented it at a large Sabermetrics conference, and contribute as a writer to this baseball website, which I hope helps me stand out. Will get really good LOR.

~50 shadowing hours across 4 specialties, half of those hours were surgery. I'm also white. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

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@Goro, may I ask why you suggest Hostra and/or Keck over Rochester? Just wondering.

 

[WedgeDawg]

Baylor - cut
Brown - cut
BU - keep only if you're staying in MA, but consider cutting anyway
Case Western
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Duke
Emory
Georgetown - cut
GW - cut
Harvard
Icahn at Mt Sinai
Iowa - cut
Johns Hopkins
Miami
Michigan
Northwestern
NYU
OSU - keep even if you are massachussetts
Penn (Perelman)
Pitt
Rochester
Thomas Jefferson - cut
Tufts - cut
Tulane - cut
U Colorado - cut
UC - what school is this
Uchicago
Umass - stay MA resident and keep
UNC - cut
UVA
Vanderbilt
VCU - cut
Wake Forrest - cut
WashU
Wisconsin - cut
WVU - cut
Yale

 

[qazwsx123456]

Baylor - cut
Brown - cut
BU - keep only if you're staying in MA, but consider cutting anyway
Case Western
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Duke
Emory
Georgetown - cut
GW - cut
Harvard
Icahn at Mt Sinai
Iowa - cut
Johns Hopkins
Miami
Michigan
Northwestern
NYU
OSU - keep even if you are massachussetts
Penn (Perelman)
Pitt
Rochester
Thomas Jefferson - cut
Tufts - cut
Tulane - cut
U Colorado - cut
UC - what school is this
Uchicago
Umass - stay MA resident and keep
UNC - cut
UVA
Vanderbilt
VCU - cut
Wake Forrest - cut
WashU
Wisconsin - cut
WVU - cut
Yale

UC is Cinci. Thanks for the response, I really appreciate it.