School List Review

Hey! Would appreciate any advice for my school list, especially schools that are strong in bioengineering/regenerative medicine. All my hours are rough estimates but are +/- 25 lol. Thanks!

  • 4.0/522, 21M ORM, GA + NY ties
  • T10 Public University
  • 3,500 research hours
    • 1 first-author published, 1 first-author almost submitted
    • 2 second-author, 2 mid-author pubs
    • Multiple local national poster + oral presentations
  • 750 clinical hours - unique experience with underserved youth as a medical center director
  • 125 shadowing hours across multiple specialties
  • 1250 volunteering
    • 700 clinical at a children’s hospital for BMT and SCD patients in long-term hospitalization (direct patient contact through STEM education)
    • 300 non-clinical with a non-profit focused on pediatric cancer patients
    • 200 non-clinical doing STEM activities with underserved K-8 students
    • 50 providing school supplies to Title I schools
  • Extracurriculars:
    • President + Music Director of my a cappella group
    • State liaison for youth overdose prevention
    • Treasurer of professional society
    • Research ambassador at university
    • Head TA for Chemistry Lab + TA for 6 semesters
    • Pre-Health Peer Advisor for mentoring other undergraduates
  • Awards:
    • 1 national award, multiple university-level awards
    • Fulbright semi-finalist (jury is still out on the final notifications grr)

School List: Baylor, CWRU, Columbia, Duke, Emory, Indiana, Michigan, tOSU, Northwestern, Stanford, Penn, Pitt/CMU, Vandy, WashU, Miami, Hopkins, UCSD, UCSF

Main question: My list is way too top-heavy so I would appreciate other schools? Any recommendations are appreciated. Thanks so much!!

Posted Apr 8, 2026, 6:08 PM UTC

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