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I am a 26 year old white nontrad applying economically disadvantaged to both MD and DO this cycle. I am a Massachusetts resident. Looking for input on my school selection.
ECs are weak. I worked full time all through college as an ED tech (~11,000 hours). I have independently backpacked the Middle East, most of Europe, all of Central America, lots of N. Africa. I also got a very competitive gov't grant to study Arabic abroad. I hiked the Appalachian Trail for charity last year, and recently hiked the Long Trail in VT for fun. I have been tutoring recently released inmates for the GED since April (I am a GED recipient myself) and so will have about 160 hours by August of next year (if that counts). I have ~80 hours of shadowing an EP in a community hospital.
DO:
PCOM
CCOM
Nova
NYIT
UMDNJ
AT KCOM
AT SOMA
MD:
Drexel
Cooper/Rowan
Geisel/Darmouth (super reach, but love that it is on the AT)
George Washington
Georgetown
Loma Linda
Loyola
MCW
Penn State
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
Commonwealth
UVM (another top choice for location)
UK (family from/lives in KY)
Louisville (family from/lives in KY)
UMass (state school)
Wayne
There was very little reasoning behind most of my school selection aside from the fact that I would consider living there, and my scores are within their median.
Edit: Also, I have not taken biochem or genetics. And I have two science LORs, one nonscience/academic adviser, and one MD letter.
Thanks!
ECs are weak. I worked full time all through college as an ED tech (~11,000 hours). I have independently backpacked the Middle East, most of Europe, all of Central America, lots of N. Africa. I also got a very competitive gov't grant to study Arabic abroad. I hiked the Appalachian Trail for charity last year, and recently hiked the Long Trail in VT for fun. I have been tutoring recently released inmates for the GED since April (I am a GED recipient myself) and so will have about 160 hours by August of next year (if that counts). I have ~80 hours of shadowing an EP in a community hospital.
DO:
PCOM
CCOM
Nova
NYIT
UMDNJ
AT KCOM
AT SOMA
MD:
Drexel
Cooper/Rowan
Geisel/Darmouth (super reach, but love that it is on the AT)
George Washington
Georgetown
Loma Linda
Loyola
MCW
Penn State
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
Commonwealth
UVM (another top choice for location)
UK (family from/lives in KY)
Louisville (family from/lives in KY)
UMass (state school)
Wayne
There was very little reasoning behind most of my school selection aside from the fact that I would consider living there, and my scores are within their median.
Edit: Also, I have not taken biochem or genetics. And I have two science LORs, one nonscience/academic adviser, and one MD letter.
Thanks!
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