Realistic School List Help
Applying this cycle and would appreciate any feedback (I also feel like I may have too many schools so let me know if there are any I should remove)
• State/Country of Residence: Midwest
• URM? (Y/N): Yes — Black female, traditional, immigrant/low-income background
• Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Biology Major Spanish Minor
• Cumulative GPA: 4.0
• Science GPA: 4.0
• MCAT: 518
Research Experience:
• 400 Hours Pediatric Cardiology Research - Internship that ended with a poster presentation at the hospital’s summer intern poster day
• ~100+ Hours Sleep Health Equity Lab Research - Focused on improving sleep health in the local community
Clinical Experience:
• ~100+ Hours Volunteering in a free clinic
• ~600+ Hours Patient Access Representative (a little weak clinically but it’s in a hospital psychiatric crisis department and I feel like I was fairly involved)
Physician Shadowing:
• ~36 hours across a few specialties
Leadership:
• ~600+ hours RA
• ~300+ Ochem lab TA
• ~500+ Leading in religious ministry on campus
Non-Clinical Volunteering:
• ~30 hours volunteering in at my local library’s school help center
LORs:
• Sleep Research PI
• Science Professor (took his class + TA for him)
• Science Professor (oversaw a science service learning class)
• Spanish Professor
• Spanish Instructor (Is a grad student but taught the course entirely, not sure if this would be a good letter?)
I don’t want to shoot for the stars (I want to go into peds so don’t think I need to stand out like crazy for residency😭) I just want to maximize my chances of getting in anywhere