Chance me/match me: rising senior, urm, pre-med looking for targets [3.73, 1480, parents will pay 1/2 tuition]

Congratulations on your achievements.

Generally I agree with your school categorizations, but UIC GPPA (I assume BS/MD) is a reach as it has a single digit acceptance rate (UIC would be a safety without the GPPA program). Because you don’t have direct patient facing experience, I think your chances are slim, but encourage you to still try. Note that NU ED decisions will come in well before UIC GPPA…and if accepted to NU ED you would pull all other apps, so you would never know if you would have been accepted to UIC GPPA.

Spend more time on your common app essay…6/10 is not good enough for the reach schools on your list.

Run each school’s NPC to get cost estimates, note they won’t be fully updated until this Fall.

Make sure to demonstrate interest at the schools that consider that in the admissions decision (basically all your private schools, especially CWRU).

Good luck.

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