MD What are your thoughts?

Hey everyone, currently trying to decide where to apply. But first, here is a few of my stats. Residence: CA cGPA: 3.8 sGPA: 3.9 MCAT: 31 (12/7/12) I realize that my VR score is rather low and I may get screened some places (how would I find out where?) I’ve decided that I’m going to apply this next cycle, and if I don’t get in I’ll muster up the courage to retake. Reason I’m not retaking before next cycle is that I legitimately do not think I can get VR score much higher than it is. By the time I apply, I’ll have approximately: 150 clinical hours 400 research hours in leukemia lab 100 hours shadowing 50 hours of non-clinical volunteer 300 hours of work as a lab assistant (no research involved, just lab crap work of the lab) Member of Pre-Med Fraternity Mentor of undergraduate students Member of a Health Professionals Mentor program (essentially shadowing) The way I compiled the following list is based on my LizzyM Score, as well as an OOS acceptance rate greater than 50%. Yes, I know I shouldn’t determine schools based off of this stat, but it’s a starting point relative to my GPA/MCAT. I have yet to consider qualities of a school such as grading system and focus on research/clinical. Although there are almost 30 schools here, I plan to cut the list down to 15-20. I just don’t know where to start. 1. UC Davis 2. New York Medical 3. Vermont 4. Arizona-Phoenix 5. Creighton 6. Wake Forest 7. George Washington 8. Albany 9. Temple 10. Southern Cal-Keck 11. Virg...
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