[WAMC/School List] FL, ORM, 3.99 cGPA, 4.00 sGPA, 518 MCAT

[frisbee123]

Hello everyone! I am applying for the first time and I kind of lost with regard to creating a school list and whether or not the current schools on my list are a good fit for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Here's my info:

1. GPA: 3.99 cGPA and 4.0 sGPA
2. MCAT: 518 (128/128/131/131)
3. State of residence: FL, ties to MI
4. Ethnicity and/or race: ORM
5. Undergraduate institution or category: public in-state
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):
   - 1 year volunteering as a scribe/medical assistant/Spanish language translator at a clinic for underserved populations (100 hours)
   - 1.5 years volunteering at a hospice (150 hours)

- 8 months volunteering at a cancer center helping nurses administer treatments (100 hours)

1. Research experience and productivity:
   -3 years; directed my own research project in the field of neuroscience, publication expected to be submitted for review this summer. (800 hours)
2. Shadowing experience and specialties represented:
   - 45 hours of shadowing, psychiatry.
3. Non-clinical volunteering:
   - Red Cross, helped work blood drives plus part of volunteer satisfaction team (250 hours)
   - Organized a campus-wide blood drive + bone marrow registry drive (50 hours)
4. Other extracurricular activities:
   - Campus tour guide
   - Vice-president of campus' HOSA chapter
   - Recreational dance group
   - Cultural society
   - Intramural champion
5. Relevant honors or awards:
   - Received around $3000 from a competitive research grant.
6. Letters of Rec
   - 4 letters. Expecting extremely strong ones from bio professor and PI, average ones from other professor and research coordinator.

Generally looking to stay in Florida to take advantage of lower in-state tuition rates. Hoping to apply to some T-20 schools but don't know if my extracurriculars are up to that level. Tentative school list as for now:

Cornell
Brown
Dartmouth
Case Western
WUSTL
Vanderbilt
U Chicago
Miami (FL)
Emory
Michigan
Cincinnati
U Florida
Pittsburgh
UNC
Ohio State
Wayne State
FSU
FAU
FIU
USF
UCF


Thanks again!

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[chilly_md]

Remove UNC as they take few students who aren't residents of the state.

You could add:
Mayo
Keck
Rochester
Einstein
Hofstra
Western Michigan
SLU
Iowa
Jefferson
Vermont