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[deleted680829]

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Hello,

I was wondering if you guys could help me out with my chances and maybe help me narrow down my school list? I know I may not be competitive for MD, was wondering if it was worth a shot.

Stats/Personal info:
Fl Resident / URM? (Puerto Rican/Nicaraguan)
UF Undergrad
3.35 Science/ 3.57 Overall
508 MCAT

EC'S

I have a letter from a DO I shadowed for 40 hours (Really liked Osteopathic medicine), shadowed MD also for 35 hours

Research 2 years (no publications)
Intern for a community outreach program
Certified HIV tester/counselor (is this clinical?)
Went on a medical mission trip
100 Shadowing Hours
150 Hospital Volunteer hours
Mentor at high-risk high school student
Worked throughout undergrad (food/campus jobs)

Be as honest as you want! Thank you for your time.

 

[Faha]

Apply to all of your Florida MD schools (include Nova if it opens for 2018) and consider these OOS schools:
New York Medical College
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
GW
Georgetown
Loyola
St. Louis
Creighton
Tulane
Oakland Beaumont
You are competitive for all DO schools so apply to several including the 2 in Florida.

 

[deleted680829]

Apply to all of your Florida MD schools (include Nova if it opens for 2018) and consider these OOS schools:
New York Medical College
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
GW
Georgetown
Loyola
St. Louis
Creighton
Tulane
Oakland Beaumont
You are competitive for all DO schools so apply to several including the 2 in Florida.

Thank you very much for your time and for your list. The list actually matches up with what I already had from going through the MSAR.

 

[gyngyn]

Add the 3 Puerto Rican schools that consider mainlanders if you speak Spanish well.

 

[deleted680829]

It's my first language. Will do!

 

[Labkid]

Research 2 years (no publications)
Worked throughout undergrad (food/campus jobs)

This is just my experience but not a single school I interviewed at even mentioned publications. They wanted to know about my project, what I did, and how it would be useful to me in the future.

Two years is a great amount of time I'm sure you have really interesting knowledge to share.

Also, working through undergrad is something I did as well and I found impressed interviewers a lot. Make sure to be ready to talk about that as well.

This is more interview advice than list-building but hopefully it helps none-the-less.

 

[deleted680829]

Thank you for this valuable information!!