The brochures don't mention much about volunteering at student-run clinics. I found out about the CHI, but are there any other programs available? How many students (at either CCLCM or the UP) actually participate in one of these?
A large percentage of CCLCM students participate in CHI as first and second years. It's well over half, probably even 2/3 of the first year class. I did CHI as a first year.
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The only student-run clinic at this moment is CHI, but as iceman77_7 said, some people volunteer at the Cleveland Free Clinic. There are also a lot of other clinical volunteering opportunities I have heard of people doing, such as:
-Minority Men's Health Fair (CCF)
-various other community health fairs mostly held at community churches
-flu shot fairs
-women's health van (goes to a local women's shelter)
-Pride Clinic for GLBT patients (Metro)
-Cleveland City Mission
-Preterm (women's reproductive health clinic)
There are probably many others I haven't heard about. There are also plenty of people who do tangentially health-related volunteering. A few examples I know about include recruiting people to register for the National Marrow Donor Registry, teaching inner city kids about health, raising money for the American Cancer Society, volunteering for admissions, etc. Last year, the twelve people on CCLCM's Relay for Life team raised over $3000 for the ACS, which was the third highest amount raised by any Case team. That is pretty amazing considering that the two teams that raised more were both undergrad Greek teams with dozens of members. As for starting up a new student-run clinic, there is definitely enough demand for one. The Cleveland Free Clinic and CHI are both packed.
My earlier post sounded that depressed huh? Yeah well I'd be lying if I said I wasn't bummed. And yeah, as a reapplicant I know it's hard. I really was just responding to the inevitable posters saying that "plenty of people get in off hold or waitlist" or whatever, which to me has represented false hope. I don't know if last cycle was more hardcore or what, but there really was not much movement in those pools.
There is a lot of movement every year at Case, and there will be this year as well. I also feel the need to point out that being on hold does not mean that you are automatically relegated to the waitlist. Some people do go on the waitlist from hold, but it's also possible to be accepted directly from hold.
But hearing from students about the percentages of classes that come from the post-interview hold is reassuring. A huge part of my disappointment stems from me wanting the process to be over (which it would be entirely, if I got into Case). Thanks for the support. 😎
Completely understandable. Everyone would like it to be over. It doesn't help to see all the people posting acceptances. But if you think about it, only what, eight or ten people posted about getting in so far? There are at least a couple hundred more people who will get accepted to Case (and most other schools too). You wouldn't be able to tell this by reading SDN, but the truth is that the vast majority of people don't get accepted on 10/15.
I guess it's time for me to hit 'standby' (har har har) for a while before I write a letter to them eh?
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Seriously, that's the spirit. You see people saying over and over again about how med school admissions is a marathon, not a sprint, and it's true. To repeat myself: the vast majority of people do not get accepted on 10/15.
