Got buried in the last thread. Would love opinions, thanks! 25 Caucasian Male

GPA * cGPA 3.27 sGPA 3.19, BA Neurobiology

• SMP GPA 3.76 - Tufts Med (medical classes), 4.0 in my second semester in physiology, anatomy, pathology, among other classes. Prospective Masters upon thesis.

MCAT

• 2015 MCAT 514 (91%) Overall / Chem 131 (99t%) / CARS 126 (70%) / Bio 130 (97%) / Psych 127 (75%)
• Three years ago I scored really poorly with a 26. I'm ecstatic, I went from a 6 (27th %) to a 70% on verbal, and 55-99% on Chem!

Research Experience

• 1/2 year at Neuroendocrine lab at Tufts Vet (undergrad)
• 3 years at Harvard Med lab at MGH (undergrad)
• 2 years full time tech at Harvard Med lab at BWH (post grad)

Publications

• 3 published (1 as second author)
• 1 in review at nature med

Clinical Shadowing and Volunteering

• Accumulated over 300 hours of shadowing with various physicians from work.
• 100 hours of clinical volunteering through a hospital volunteer program.
• Spent the last 4 months volunteering in a clinic for underserved patients working hand in hand with med students and physicians, performing physical exams and patient workups.

Non clinical volunteering

• 2 weeks in Thailand as a veterinary surgery assistant.
• Volunteered at a school in Malaysia.

EC

• 2 years as a stage manager leadership role in college student theater. Organized and managed over 10 main stage theater productions, involved in lighting, sound, building, props, costume, actor blocking, cues, etc.
• Recreational ice hockey player
• Rock Climbing/Bouldering
• Taught myself guitar and composing music, been playing for 20 years

Letters of Recommendation

• 2 letters, each from a Harvard affiliated Chief Attending of a clinical department at 2 major hospitals.
• 1 letter from another well established physician scientist. Committee Letter from Tufts Med, advisor is a DO.

Schools I'm complete at:

Reach/Mid-Upper

• Albert E
• BU
• Rochester
• Emory

More target-ish

• Loyola **

• Miami **

• MCWisconsin **

• Wafeforest **

• GT **

• GWU **

• Dartmouth

• SLU

• Tufts - SMP, linkage

• VTech

• Jefferson

• Tulane

Lower/Mid schools that are maybe safer but nothing is safe

• Vermont
• EVMS
• Albany
• NYMC
• Drexel **
• Rosy F
• Temple
• VCU ** screening
• Oakland
• Western Mich
• Quinnipiac
• Creighton **
• Penn State
• Wright State
• WVU

** Schools I have yet to submit secondary

So far the schools I really hope I get a shot at are Vermont, Albany, Oakland, Tufts, Tulane, Miami