help with school list? 3.9x/525 low research
hi! applying this cycle and struggling with school list since admit just gives me research-heavy schools as “targets” but they all seem like crazy reaches and i’d like to make a balanced list!
NC resident ORM
MCAT 525, GPA 3.9x
Community Service (800 hrs)
- Americorps - teach nutrition classes to underserved population + help run a free community resource center at local middle school + support community health assessment
Research (400 hrs)
- 2 years in neurophysiology lab, 1 poster about honors thesis at university symposium (honestly didnt feel like i did much)
- 90 hours doing nutrition research in community i work in, but this was just starting up and was paused by cdc (way more meaningful and interesting research to me tho)
Clinical (900 hrs)
- Scribing at rural primary care clinic (under Americorps service)
Leadership (~1200 hrs)
- National President of student org. Main thing I did in undergrad, led leadership workshops around country, supported conferences, represented the org to partners etc
- 150 hours in minor leadership role in prehealth org (2yrs)
- 80 hours stu gov comms doing graphic design
Nonclinical volunteering + employment
- 150 hours taught nutrition classes at elementary school afterschool
- 150 hours volunteering for same national student org at conferences + 50 hours doing free graphic design for them (t shirts logos etc)
- 500 hours as cook in food service (gap semester freshman fall, worked full time then and summer after freshman yr too)
- 50 hrs caregiver for elderly (paid)
Shadowing (hopefully 50 hrs but i need to get on this)
Honors - Phi Beta Kappa - GPA Based x 2
i made this list but it feels top heavy: UNC Duke (PC Leadership Track) ECU BU UChicago Einstein Columbia Bassett (maybe) Emory WashU Mt. Sinai
would really appreciate any help/school suggestions - thank you!