MD Medical School List

I'm looking for advice on my school list. How many schools should I apply to? Are there any obvious cuts or adds to my list? Looking for any and all advice. Thank you.

Stats: MCAT 510, 3.81 GPA, 1000+ clinical, 400+ research (multiple poster presentations, 2 manuscripts in progress), 100 hrs volunteering, 4 year college athletics.

U of Utah
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Drexel
Wayne State
Medical College of Wisconsin
Umass
Albany
Rosalind Franklin Chicago
Wake Forrest
Tuscon
Oakland William Beaumont
Belmont University
Lewis Katz Temple
Tulane
Toledo
Penn State
Virginia Commonwealth
Phoenix
Rowan
Thomas Jefferson
Hackensack Meriden
Rutgers New Jersey
Rutgers Robert Woods
Albert Einstein
New York Medical College
UCLA
Dartmouth
Tufts

Utah resident, ties in NJ and AZ. My rational with the colors is:

Green, target - My MCAT is within 25th-75th percentile of average matriculant MCAT

Yellow, reach - My MCAT is within 10th percentile of average matriculant MCAT

Red, REACH - My MCAT is outside of 10th percentile of average matriculant MCAT (or very competitive schools)

Posted Mar 6, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC

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