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Hey guys! So I'm going to reapply for the 2016-2017 cycle. I applied for the 204-2015 cycle, hers the results:
Stats: 3.8, 38, Hispanic (Puerto Rican)
ECs:
Shadowing physician from around my college(Urgent Care)
Hospital volunteer
Tutoring both for the school
Youth tutoring/mentoring
nominal research ( one summer, oral and poster presentation) not a lot however
small club leadership
New ECs from this summer/senior year:
Org started with friends, deals with getting youth involved in volunteer activities.
Shadowed an Puerto Rican doctor (in Puerto Rico)
PBK
Eight schools:
Applied:
Columbia
Interviewed:
NYU
Mt. Sinai
UChicago
Upenn
Boston U
Stanford
Cornell
Accepted:
So obviously, I drank the URM kool aid too deeply, applied too top heavy, and didn't get in anywhere. Knowing that, i wanted advice on:
Stats: 3.8, 38, Hispanic (Puerto Rican)
ECs:
Shadowing physician from around my college(Urgent Care)
Hospital volunteer
Tutoring both for the school
Youth tutoring/mentoring
nominal research ( one summer, oral and poster presentation) not a lot however
small club leadership
New ECs from this summer/senior year:
Org started with friends, deals with getting youth involved in volunteer activities.
Shadowed an Puerto Rican doctor (in Puerto Rico)
PBK
Eight schools:
Applied:
Columbia
Interviewed:
NYU
Mt. Sinai
UChicago
Upenn
Boston U
Stanford
Cornell
Accepted:
So obviously, I drank the URM kool aid too deeply, applied too top heavy, and didn't get in anywhere. Knowing that, i wanted advice on:
- Again, I'm admitting that I applied too top heavy. however, I think that 0/7 schools interviewed still makes me believe that my interview skills are suspect also. what are some things I can do in the next year-year and a half to really prepare me for the interviews? My university does have a career center, however I do not live near my university at all.
- I am getting a job in an unrelated field for the next two years, but what are someone there things that i can do to boost my chances? This need not only needed to be connected to medicine, one problem that occurred was I probably was too immature in the eyes of the adcom, is there anything in particular that you think i could do to prove my maturity?
- What should my list look like next time? Can I reapply to some of the schools(1 or 2) that I already interviewed at last time?