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Medical AI said:
Kind of. KH is still very new so it seems like nobody knows how to approach it. It is not a set deadline, but if I want to work with my school's "competitive scholarships office," I need to wait until early fall.
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Interesting. My school has nothing of the sort lol even the internal scholarships are DIY or SOL.
 
On the KH website there is a page with links to many many undergraduate offices who are the point of contact for KH at the institution.
 
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jecki46 said:
On the KH website there is a page with links to many many undergraduate offices who are the point of contact for KH at the institution.
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From my understanding, these school points of contact don’t really have much KH influence though, correct?
 
MemeLord said:
From my understanding, these school points of contact don’t really have much KH influence though, correct?
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Not sure what you mean by “influence.” They are the same point of contact for other fellowships like Rhodes and fullbright usually. They have experience in submitting applications and have gone through a certification process by the grantor to be a point of contact and adviser. By influence do you mean nepotism? Inside info? I really don’t think that is their purpose.
 
jecki46 said:
Not sure what you mean by “influence.” They are the same point of contact for other fellowships like Rhodes and fullbright usually. They have experience in submitting applications and have gone through a certification process by the grantor to be a point of contact and adviser. By influence do you mean nepotism? Inside info? I really don’t think that is their purpose.
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I think memelord is asking whether they talk with KH people and have any sway in the decisions made on your application. In which case, they don't (at least at my school they don't). These KH points-of-contact are usually there to provide counseling/guidance/mentoring to make your application as best as possible because if you get these prestigious scholarships/fellowships then it makes their school look good
 
Sarasa Zebra said:
An institution can endorse a candidate, and that means something - if even in the most trivial way compared to the rest of the application.
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I think this “endorsement” thing is where I was coming from. If someone is at an institution that doesn’t have this setup, then they cannot be ‘endorsed’ is I guess what I was going for. I totally get how the offices and the like help for putting the thing together, I have been on my own with selective peer review. Some office guidance would be helpful, but how trivial of an influence is an endorsed candidate? Particularly for those who come from institutions that don’t have these sorts of things.
 
MemeLord said:
I think this “endorsement” thing is where I was coming from. If someone is at an institution that doesn’t have this setup, then they cannot be ‘endorsed’ is I guess what I was going for. I totally get how the offices and the like help for putting the thing together, I have been on my own with selective peer review. Some office guidance would be helpful, but how trivial of an influence is an endorsed candidate? Particularly for those who come from institutions that don’t have these sorts of things.
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Is institutional Endorsement it addition to the two LORs?
 
MemeLord said:
Is institutional Endorsement it addition to the two LORs?
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I believe the endorsement is in addition to the two LORs, based on this link. However, as Sarasa Zebra was saying, I really do not think that the K-H endorsements hold much weight, compared to other national fellowships. There are a lot of institutions that have very robust and successful endorsement process for other fellowships and don't have anything for K-H, and are still able to produce winners, so I wouldn't worry about it.
 
Beyonce2.0 said:
I believe the endorsement is in addition to the two LORs, based on this link. However, as Sarasa Zebra was saying, I really do not think that the K-H endorsements hold much weight, compared to other national fellowships. There are a lot of institutions that have very robust and successful endorsement process for other fellowships and don't have anything for K-H, and are still able to produce winners, so I wouldn't worry about it.
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Thank you! Guess I just gotta finalize those essays, figure out the best way to go about the resume, and get this stuff going.
 
Are there any current students here who could speak at all to the Medical Education scholarly concentration? The website seems to have less information about the courses involved than for some of the other concentrations, but I am very interested in MedEd research and would love to find out more about what anyone's experience was like before submitting.
 
I'm deciding whether to do my secondary from here. I really want to work with underserved communities, and I'm nervous that being in a wealthy suburb of San Francisco instead of the city itself means that Stanford and its students don't really focus on those kinds of initiatives since that's not their main patient demographic. Does anyone know more that can speak about this?
 
ef2497ef said:
I'm deciding whether to do my secondary from here. I really want to work with underserved communities, and I'm nervous that being in a wealthy suburb of San Francisco instead of the city itself means that Stanford and its students don't really focus on those kinds of initiatives since that's not their main patient demographic. Does anyone know more that can speak about this?
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I did my Masters at Stanford. The hospital takes in people from all over the Bay Area and California. So, they serve a lot of people from underserved communities, despite the location.
 
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ef2497ef said:
I'm deciding whether to do my secondary from here. I really want to work with underserved communities, and I'm nervous that being in a wealthy suburb of San Francisco instead of the city itself means that Stanford and its students don't really focus on those kinds of initiatives since that's not their main patient demographic. Does anyone know more that can speak about this?
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Not an expert or a student but I've spoken to people there and many have backgrounds working with underserved. Also, the area around Stanford might be more affluent but there are TONS of underserved communities in the Bay Area.
 
jeff1993_10 said:
I did my Masters at Stanford. The hospital takes in people from all over the Bay Area and California. So, they serve a lot of people from underserved communities, despite the location.
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Fruitjuice said:
Not an expert or a student but I've spoken to people there and many have backgrounds working with underserved. Also, the area around Stanford might be more affluent but there are TONS of underserved communities in the Bay Area.
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Thank so much, that helps to relieve my worries for sure!

Separate question: can I use the acronyms of student organizations that they use on their website? Need to save them characters haha
 
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ef2497ef said:
I'm deciding whether to do my secondary from here. I really want to work with underserved communities, and I'm nervous that being in a wealthy suburb of San Francisco instead of the city itself means that Stanford and its students don't really focus on those kinds of initiatives since that's not their main patient demographic. Does anyone know more that can speak about this?
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There are many underserved communities embedded within the extravagant wealth that is Silicon Valley. Ethnic and socioeconomic disparities exist even between East and West Palo Alto. As others mentioned, the Stanford system also sees patients referred from central California, as Far East as Nevada. There are also big differences in pt populations seen at Stanford hospital (a private hospital), the County (Santa Clara Valley), and the VA.

Unlike UCSF, u might have to drive or travel to work on a certain community project because obviously a suburb is not as densely organized (or densely segregated) as a city. This is also a smaller med center, med school, community in general so the scale of institutional projects directly serving underserved communities is arguably smaller than at somewhere like UCSF or Penn. That said, Stanford Med has many community partners in and around the Bay Area and funding (the Valley fellowship, community-oriented cousin of Med Scholars) for students to work with those partners on a variety of service and community health projects. If you are interested in working with underserved communities on the academic or policy side, chances are even better there are faculty working on something to that end at Stanford, if not at the medical school then somewhere else at the broader university.
 
Does anyone know if its possible to submit KH after having already submitted the secondary?
 
spuding102 said:
Does anyone know if its possible to submit KH after having already submitted the secondary?
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They specifically mention to submit the KH first. If you already submitted the secondary, it is definitely worth checking with them if you can still apply to KH. Good luck!
 
Anybody know if the Depression Research Clinic, or Psychiatry research in general, falls under the Neuroscience, Behavior, and Cognition "application area" for the Scholarly Concentration?
 
Did anyone not answer the last optional essay? I know optional essays are generally actually optional and I feel like I've written about everything I wanted to.. but it feels weird not answering a question about what I as an applicant uniquely have to offer.
 
meek20 said:
Did anyone not answer the last optional essay? I know optional essays are generally actually optional and I feel like I've written about everything I wanted to.. but it feels weird not answering a question about what I as an applicant uniquely have to offer.
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I left it blank. Felt pretty well presented by the rest of the app
 
meek20 said:
Did anyone not answer the last optional essay? I know optional essays are generally actually optional and I feel like I've written about everything I wanted to.. but it feels weird not answering a question about what I as an applicant uniquely have to offer.
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Tbh most applicants don’t have anything unique to offer. I also left it blank since it would look dumb if I tried to pass myself off as unique
 
Hey do y'all think its worth me applying here? I really don't want to waste the money if its pointless. My biggest concern is that I do not have much research experience other than a required chemical engineering research lab for my undergrad (though I did write 25-35 page reports).

3.93/3.85/515 : cGPA/sGPA/MCAT
OOS-Texas
Hispanic

Thanks. I appreciate your opinions.
 
You have the stats for them to consider your application. But nobody really knows lol. The only way you will know is if you apply.
 
FreeBird21 said:
Hey do y'all think its worth me applying here? I really don't want to waste the money if its pointless. My biggest concern is that I do not have much research experience other than a required chemical engineering research lab for my undergrad (though I did write 25-35 page reports).

3.93/3.85/515 : cGPA/sGPA/MCAT
OOS-Texas
Hispanic

Thanks. I appreciate your opinions.
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Do you have a relatively unique EC or narrative? Regardless, your stats + URM indicate that you will be looked at.

One of their admissions officers said: "ideal candidates for Stanford are applicants who seem like they built a time machine, went forward into the future 5, 10, 20, 50 years in the future, saw the great things they had in the future, and brought it back to the present" Now...obviously not everyone of their student has done things to this magnitude, but the closer you are or the more qualities you possess that show this capability, the better.
 
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If our publications are currently in prep/under review, do we need to list them in the "peer-reviewed publications" applet? I'm applying to Berg Scholars as well, so they're listed there; it doesn't seem technically correct to list them in the Peer Reviewed section.
 
Supraorbital_Keyhole said:
If our publications are currently in prep/under review, do we need to list them in the "peer-reviewed publications" applet? I'm applying to Berg Scholars as well, so they're listed there; it doesn't seem technically correct to list them in the Peer Reviewed section.
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If they are currently under review then they are not currently peer-reviewed.
 
LabileEmotions said:
If you have compelling reasons for why Stanford will help you realize your ambition as a physician, and you feel you bring something special or unique to Stanford, go for it. If not, save your money.
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Thank you for your input; I really appreciate it. I probably will just save my money. Obviously Stanford has amazing opportunities and programs, but I have no specific connection or draw to Stanford. To be upfront, I am mainly interested in the name and research goals, but many schools have similar statuses and goals.

Good luck to everyone applying! Just joined SDN and am happy I did!
 
On the application it asks if you identify as LGBTQ+. You can then choose whether or not you would like your Gender/Sexual Minority identity status to be considered when they review your application - does anyone have any information on whether or not to include this? Could it be harmful in anyway or seen as trying to take advantage of this status?
 
medcraze said:
On the application it asks if you identify as LGBTQ+. You can then choose whether or not you would like your Gender/Sexual Minority identity status to be considered when they review your application - does anyone have any information on whether or not to include this? Could it be harmful in anyway or seen as trying to take advantage of this status?
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It is not harmful.
 
I completed a summer research internship while in high school. I didn't list it in my AMCAS since they generally don't count HS activities. Should I list the PI under the disclosures box? I did see my summer program under the "enrichment program" section of the app and checked the box
 
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