WAMC and school list help

[talyn86]

Hey guys, I would really appreciate if anyone could rate my application and school list for the upcoming cycle!

Year in School: Junior
Major: Neuroscience, Minor: Chemistry
Certificate in Conceptual Foundations of Medicine
Country/ State of Residence: PA
Ethnicity: Asian
Cumulative GPA: 3.79
Science GPA: 3.67
MCAT Scores: Taking in May; AAMC practice scores have been 515/518/514
Research:
Schizophrenia research with UPMC (350 hours), continuing; upcoming poster (first author) and publication
Water channels research for coursework (40 hours); public poster presentation
Volunteering (clinical):
Hospice Music Therapist (100 Hours), 2 hours/week
Physician Shadowing:
20 hours in primary care, 20 hours in neurology, 15 hours in oncology, 20 hours in orthopedics
Non-clinical Volunteering:
Days for Girls (30.5 hours), 2 hours/week
Annual Church Mission Trips (~1250 hours), continuing
My Choice Medical Clinic Receptionist (18 hours)
Extracurricular Activities:
American Medical Student Association (31 hours), 1 hour/week
North Way Christian Community, President (105 hours), continuing
Church Worship Band (~440 hours), weekly
Employment History:
Clerical filing with a medical equipment company (730 hours), over summer and winter breaks
Freelance writing and transcription/captioning
Immediate Family Members in Medicine: No
Specialty of Interest: Neurology/Neurosurgery
Graduate Degrees: N/A
Interest in Rural Health: No; I have an interest in global health, though.
Schools to which you are applying:
DO:
Lake Erie College of Medicine (I have friends here)
Philadelphia College of Medicine
MD:
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (currently here for undergrad)
Drexel University College of Medicine
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Lewis Kratz School of Medicine
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
University of Louisville School of Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Ohio State University School of Medicine
Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine (SUNY Buffalo)
Indiana University School of Medicine

I live in Western PA and am trying to stay close to home (within 7 hours) for family if possible. I am a recipient of FAP, so I can apply to up to 20 MD schools for free. I'm also a first-generation college student if that helps. Thanks!

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[TheDataKing]

Without an MCAT score, it's impossible to predict your chances. Reach back out once you get your score back!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Without your scores, your geographically-centered list seems reasonable. Keep leveraging your network with admissions recruiters within Pennsylvania. You could try to expand to Ohio (OUCOM, CWRU if MCAT is high) since that's well within 7 hours of Pittsburgh.