Hey guys, I'll give a brief cliffnotes of my application:
(Relatively cookie cutter, not taking a gap year hopefully)
> Asian (=(, non-underrep), Illinois Resident, Top 5 Engineering School
> Specific Engineering Program Ranked #2 in the Country
> 3.9 cGPA, probably 3.75+ sGPA, 36 MCAT (12 PS,11 VR, 13 BS)
> Heavily involved in fraternity philanthropy/leadership
> Various tutoring experiences (300+ hours)
> Shadowing (100+ hours)
> Misc Volunteering (250+hours)
> Clinical Volunteering (~120 hours)
> Research (~5 semesters, 2 poster presentations, 1 first author undergraduate pub, 1 coming 3rd author publication in "real" journal); REU
> Registered Student organization club head (2x)
> Teaching assistant (1 semester, introductory engineering course)
> Business consulting (1 semester, ongoing, 20% selectivity)
> Reputable internship in R+D this summer, before interviews for the upcoming cycle
> Misc competitive hobbies (powerlifting)
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Now here comes the hard part: I'm thinking of applying to 22+ schools, but I have a feeling that I need to take some selections out and add in more "target" schools. Writing so many essays, even if there is overlap, might decrease the overall quality esp since I'll be working full time from June to August + taking an online class.
Please let me know if any of the below schools are simply not worth it to apply in terms of the work required, or which schools I should consider adding/removing, esp UC schools (though I believe they are disadvantaged toward out of staters, and I don't want to pay a substantial difference in tuition between schools). But any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much in advance!!
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Illinois schools:
> UIC College of Medicine
> Loyola- Stritch
> UChicago- Pritzker
> Northwestern- Feinberg
> Rush Medical College
Remaining:
Reach:
> Harvard
> Stanford
> John Hop
> UPenn
> Wash U (?, consider removing)
> Yale
> Columbia
> Duke
> Cornell
> Vanderbilt
> NYU
Target:
> Baylor
> Case Western
> Emory
> UW Madison
> Boston
> Brown
> Dartmouth
> Georgetown
> Saint Louis University
Possibilities:
> UT South Western
> Ohio State
(Relatively cookie cutter, not taking a gap year hopefully)
> Asian (=(, non-underrep), Illinois Resident, Top 5 Engineering School
> Specific Engineering Program Ranked #2 in the Country
> 3.9 cGPA, probably 3.75+ sGPA, 36 MCAT (12 PS,11 VR, 13 BS)
> Heavily involved in fraternity philanthropy/leadership
> Various tutoring experiences (300+ hours)
> Shadowing (100+ hours)
> Misc Volunteering (250+hours)
> Clinical Volunteering (~120 hours)
> Research (~5 semesters, 2 poster presentations, 1 first author undergraduate pub, 1 coming 3rd author publication in "real" journal); REU
> Registered Student organization club head (2x)
> Teaching assistant (1 semester, introductory engineering course)
> Business consulting (1 semester, ongoing, 20% selectivity)
> Reputable internship in R+D this summer, before interviews for the upcoming cycle
> Misc competitive hobbies (powerlifting)
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Now here comes the hard part: I'm thinking of applying to 22+ schools, but I have a feeling that I need to take some selections out and add in more "target" schools. Writing so many essays, even if there is overlap, might decrease the overall quality esp since I'll be working full time from June to August + taking an online class.
Please let me know if any of the below schools are simply not worth it to apply in terms of the work required, or which schools I should consider adding/removing, esp UC schools (though I believe they are disadvantaged toward out of staters, and I don't want to pay a substantial difference in tuition between schools). But any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much in advance!!
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Illinois schools:
> UIC College of Medicine
> Loyola- Stritch
> UChicago- Pritzker
> Northwestern- Feinberg
> Rush Medical College
Remaining:
Reach:
> Harvard
> Stanford
> John Hop
> UPenn
> Wash U (?, consider removing)
> Yale
> Columbia
> Duke
> Cornell
> Vanderbilt
> NYU
Target:
> Baylor
> Case Western
> Emory
> UW Madison
> Boston
> Brown
> Dartmouth
> Georgetown
> Saint Louis University
Possibilities:
> UT South Western
> Ohio State
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