Med School: Top 25
Step 1 247
Step 2 Taking in Sept
Pre-Clinical: Mix of As & B+s. Honestly probably more B+ than A.
Clinical: H peds, neuro. HP medicine, ob/gyn, family. P in psych. Surgery grade pending
Rank: 2nd quartile
Research: 1 paper on algae biodiesel research in undergrad. 2 papers, 2 abstracts, and 1 poster presentation on ortho research in med school (decided I wasn't a surgery person)
EC: Not much in med school. Volunteered at a health fair screening BP and talking about general health maintenance, healthy diet, exercise, etc.. Spoke at some panels for pre-meds. Might do some low-income clinic work later this semester. Some cool stuff in undergrad but I'm not sure how much that really matters.
LORS: should be strong. 2 medicine, can get 1 peds or 2 neuro letters as well (any thoughts on this?)
AL: UAB yes
CA: Cedars-Sinai yes, UCLA maybe+, LA County/UCLA yes, USC yes, UCSF probably not
IL: UChicago maybe -, Northwestern maybe +
MA: BID maybe +, Tufts yes, BU yes, B&W probably not, MGH probably not
MI: Michigan yes
MN: Mayo yes
MO: WashU maybe +
NY: Columbia probably not, NYU maybe ++, mt sinai yes
NC: Duke maybe +
OR: OHSU yes
PA: Penn maybe -, Pitt yes
TN: Vandy maybe +
TX: UTSW maybe +, BCM yes, UT Houston yes but why, Methodist yes but why, UTSA yes but why,
VA: UVA yes, great program
WA: UW maybe -
Strong interest in going to the Pacific Northwest, particularly UW, because I have family up there. However, it wouldn't be the end of the world if I ended up somewhere else.
What are my chances at these programs? Also, do I need more safety programs?