Hi everyone, Canadian here (22F) considering applying to USMDs this cycle – i'm primarily interested in Canadian schools, but would love to attend a T20 (but ik my mcat might hold me back)
1) I know my clinical hours are low but I had clinical experience in high school – enough to tell me medicine was for me, and I also have some family members in medicine so grew up knowing a lot more about the profession, hence didn't feel the need to pursue more clinical opportunities in undergrad (and it isn't a necessity for Canadian schools). Am I screwed for the US?
2) I'm South Asian, which I know is ORM. However, I'm Sri Lankan – we're underrepresented in medicine, almost all of the South Asians in medicine are Indian. I'm thus wondering: would I be URM or ORM?
Any help is appreciated, thanks everyone for your time!
- 3.99cGPA and 4.0sGPA
- 515 (128/127/129/131), first time 508 (129/124/127/128)
- Canadian from Ontario
- South Asian but Sri Lankan specifically
- Canadian university (won't list)
- only 40-60 hours from undergrad screening pediatric patients for vision, 180 from high school (GI surgical ward + w/ geriatric patient populations)
- 1200+ research hours (two summers in a neurodegenerative research lab + thesis with them, 4 research funding awards, 3 pubs, 4 presentations, 3 presentation awards)
- N/A
- Best Buddies (160 hours), Spiritual teacher at temple (230 hours), Community service coordinator at temple (40 but then paused to move to South America for a year abroad), 200 hours from South American volunteering
- Varsity Rowing team coxswain in junior year alone (330 hours), Indian instrument (700 hours), Teaching Assistant for genchem (60 hours)
- Outside of research awards, I have a sports leadership award, two sports honours recognitions for being a student-athlete with a high GPA, a medal from a varsity rowing regatta, and a $30k prestigious scholarship to study abroad (chose to move to South America to learn Spanish, currently at a B2)
- I can now speak 4 languages, interested in learning more (two native proficiency, two B2). Under hobbies I plan to list singing (did lessons for two years, and a Juilliard Vocal Extension program). Almost made it onto American Idol last season lol but hope to audition again during my upcoming gap year.
1) I know my clinical hours are low but I had clinical experience in high school – enough to tell me medicine was for me, and I also have some family members in medicine so grew up knowing a lot more about the profession, hence didn't feel the need to pursue more clinical opportunities in undergrad (and it isn't a necessity for Canadian schools). Am I screwed for the US?
2) I'm South Asian, which I know is ORM. However, I'm Sri Lankan – we're underrepresented in medicine, almost all of the South Asians in medicine are Indian. I'm thus wondering: would I be URM or ORM?
Any help is appreciated, thanks everyone for your time!
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