Background: Will graduate this upcoming summer and will be applying to the 2019 cycle (Currently in 1st semester of Senior Year) School: Top 100 US News ranked. It's a private school. Idk if that matters. cGPA: ~3.78 sGPA: ~3.73 (Very strong trend, 3.4->3.78->4.00->hopefully a 4.0 this year) I had difficulty adjusting to college during freshman year MCAT: 515 (130 C/P, 127 CARS, 129 B/B, 129 P/S) Took it 8/18/18. Just got it back today. Excited! Hoped for higher but very content! Ethnicity: Asian (Burmese/Taiwanese) SES disadvantaged
Extracurriculars: Clinical: 300-500 hours volunteering at an underserved hospital since beginning of college career (Could be up to 500 or even more because I will be volunteering over my gap year) 100 hours shadowing ER doctors from Sophomore Year to now
Nonclinical 100 hours volunteering at a soup kitchen for the underserved between my Sophomore and Junior Year
Research: 500 hours summer research at a neuroscience lab did a poster presentation 100 hours sociology research project did a poster presentation 150 hours Health Policy Project. Made my own grant proposal and received and did a poster presentation 300 hours of Protein Crystallography Research in a Biochemistry Lab with a poster presentation
Other: 100 hours Summer Optometry Program 200 hours Secretary of my school's premed club 100 hours Pre-Med Mentor at my school 100 hours Researcher in a Health Policy Student Think Tank
Rewards: Dean's List and some academic rewards from a program in.
Hobby: Fitness. I've been overweight and have high blood pressure so I dedicate a good amount of my time to learning about my body, working out, and etc.
I live in the Bronx, NY and was wondering what schools I would have a good chance at? I really want to stay in NYC or the Bronx so Einstein is the goal but I'd be happy anywhere tbh. I'd be so grateful for one acceptance.
Below is my list so far
Anyways, what do you guys think my chances are? And what do you think of my list.
NYU
Columbia
UPitt
Mount Sinai
Cornell
Emory
Albert Einstein
Dartmouth
Georgetown
U of Miami
Indiana University
U of Illinois
Wake Forest
USF, South Florida
Thomas Jefferson
SUNY Stony Brook
Temple
Buffalo
George Washington
Vermont
Rush
Hofstra
VA Commonwealth
Wayne State
Drexel
EVA
WVA
Michigan State
Downstate
Upstate
Albany
Howard
Quinnipiac
Rochester
Tulane
Penn State
Creighton
Loyola
Western Michigan
NYMC