Under peer-reviewed publications, it says not to put unpublished articles... I'm assuming this means I can't cite something that was accepted/in-press?
worst is when you already sent a school an email about it
Unless it's a super significant activity I would leave it blank
That MCAT is likely lethal at Stanford. I wouldn't waste your money
Thank you for your honesty-that's what I figured. Thank you!
If it’s officially been acccepted and is in press, I think you can (if it’s availabe online)! Because at that point it should have a PMID number. I think they mainly mean that they don’t want to hear about articles that have only just been submitted or are “under preparation”Under peer-reviewed publications, it says not to put unpublished articles... I'm assuming this means I can't cite something that was accepted/in-press?
whats a "safe" MCAT score for stanford? O_O
General rule of thumb is to be above the 25th percentile of accepted which is a 516 for stanford. A "safe" mcat I guess you could say is a 519 which is their median. Their 10th percentile is a 513 so if you fit the mission well and/or are URM you could use it as a reach school if you are 513-516. Anything below a 513 you likely need URM and/or super unique and strong EC's.
cool thanks!
Many physician scientists don’t have PhDs so that would be fine I think! Pick the one that your background makes the best case for IMO since the question asked you to justify your choice with your experiences
^^^. If there is overlap between 2 choices then it probably doesn't matter much which you choose, just how you back it up
Yes. When they say optional they actually mean optional. They don't want meaningless dribble
Thanks.
Not sure either I couldn't figure out how to... does anyone know?
I think they really just want (yet another) breakdown of your shadowing/volunteering/TA/etc. activities. IIRC, they say at the beginning of the MSTP portion of the secondary that it will be the first thing the MSTP AdCom looks at, although they will also have access to your primary and the rest of the secondary. So, with that in mind, it sounds like we simply have to rehash what we've already written...again...
I couldn't figure out how but maybe they only allow you if you get an II?
It seems like they pretty clearly want the individual letters...lol.
I think they really just want (yet another) breakdown of your shadowing/volunteering/TA/etc. activities. IIRC, they say at the beginning of the MSTP portion of the secondary that it will be the first thing the MSTP AdCom looks at, although they will also have access to your primary and the rest of the secondary. So, with that in mind, it sounds like we simply have to rehash what we've already written...again...
Feel like your comments regarding the additional information section are a little strong, although I don't disagree with you in principle. Its definitely fine to leave it blank, but its definitely also fine to include something like your current plans for the year or anything you didn't have time to cover in your primary there too, even if you aren't doing some new groundbreaking EC. I personally included a few sentences about my current research and what I had been up to since my primary, and had no issues.
I genuinely believe they are actually discriminating applicants with this survey. I answered the questions how a liberal, research-focused medical school would want me to. Sometimes, you gotta dance with the devil to get to the angel.
Like @freedoctor17 mentioned, you either do everything in one foundation area (12 units + research), or do a foundation + application, with things split between both (6+6).
...the scholarly concentration reqs are more minimums rather than maximums. One of the unique things about Stanford is you're free to register for any course across the university as p/f (so not just auditing but having it on your transcript, but with zero pressure due to no grades). You're given more than enough elective credits to take whatever you want and while you have no obligation to beyond meeting the scholarly concentration reqs, most take advantage of this since its pretty amazing to take stuff you're interested in to learn and explore, especially after years of worrying about As through premed. There's nothing stopping you from taking more courses in your scholarly concentration, courses in other concentrations/offered by the medschool, or even things like the biodesign courses done with business/engineering students (very popular, and have produced many projects that have been funded and brought to market), intro (or advanced!) compsci courses etc. The curriculum is designed to give you time for this and research - you have every Wed off during MS1-2, and no classes after noon on Tue/Thu all of MS2 + MS1 after Q2.
Definitely, I just thought I'd look up if the data for the survey has been used before, and in fact Stanford did publish their results several years ago. That's where it shows "empathetic." Either way, you're right, it's not part of admissions.
They changed how they process secondaries to a completely new system a few weeks ago, as there were a bunch of technical issues with the old system last cycle. My best guess is that in the rush to get everything ready for this cycle whoever ported over the survey mistyped it, or incorrectly autocorrected the wording.
