Medical School Questions

mcat2
Sat, 08 Dec 2012 23:44:21 +0000

IMHO, the list seems to be too top-heavy for most applicants, unless you are a hooked applicant. (Being a D1 athlete could be a semi-hook. None of others you listed are.)

Also, geographically, it is all over the places – It would be tough to go to all these locations for interview (if invited to many of them), especially if you do not take a gap year. Many med schools may have some regional bias.

Which are your in-state public schools? It is generally considered as unwise to NOT apply to all or almost all of your in-state schools. (I do not know anything about California though. It may be somewhat different there.)

Usually, an applicant decides the list of schools after he has had his MCAT scores, not before.

Regarding the list being top heavy and the lack of focus on the kind (e.g., region and missions) of schools in your list: DS was a relatively high stats applicant. But still, he only applied to 3 schools (actually 2 in the end, as one was dropped in the middle of application cycle) in your list and he applied to slightly over 20 schools.