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ORM, 519 fairly balanced MCAT (only taken once). ~3.8 cGPA, and slighly higher sGPA. Probably going to stay the same or increase after this year. Major in one of the Natural Sciences. Non-prestigious Undergrad. Will be applying the next cycle after graduation in Spring 2017. Looking at either clinical or lab work for the gap year, and do have prior clinical work experience (and connections) which should help in finding a job. Going to up the shadowing a bit, and continue clinical volunteering and/or nonclinical (dependent on where I end up living).
Experiences:
All within the last three years:
Clinical:
>1000 hrs. between paid and volunteer work (~200 hours of which is clinical volunteering).
Shadowing sufficient/will improve on over this year.
Research:
>2 years between two labs. No publications, but do have posters.
Non-clinical:
Student government committee 3 years.
Leadership position and several smaller roles >2 years, many hours
Nonclinical volunteering, longitudinal and also some sporadic, >200 hours total
Employment >3000 hours.
Slightly less common hobbies that will be on app.
*Will fill in primary application with greater detail.
LORs should be very good, as I have developed great relations with my PI, and other letter writers.
My main hope is to minimize the amount of debt. I know school policy can differ for parental & student contribution, and I am looking to apply to those which may be generous given my situation. I know I probably have a shot at many of these schools although I am not a top candidate. I would like to apply to those where I might be a potential scholarship/good financial aid candidate, and am aware that best case scenario; I would be just average for many of the schools currently on my list.
Current School List:
*EDIT* LIST UPDATED AFTER RECEIVING FEEDBACK; put here to help future applicants.
Hopkins
U. Chicago (Pritzker)
Stanford
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
U. Michigan
Vanderbilt
Case Western
Sinai
NYU
Emory
Einstein
Duke
Penn.
WashU (St. Louis)
USC - Keck
Rochester
Mayo (AZ), Mayo (MN)
Northwestern
*State schools (which I'm very blessed to have good options for)
-Would like to potentially place: Baylor, UCLA (bad for OOS?), Mayo (MN) on my list. Is it worth it to extend my list beyond ~20? I could if needed spare the money, but am off put by the total cost of applying that I will probably have (Primaries + Secondaries currently would be about $3000, not including potential interviews!).
Other criteria that I value for schools that I used to formulate my current list(not all meet all criteria): Have VA hospital affiliations (I hear students can make a pretty good impact through the VA on rotations to help influence their patients lives and treatment), student run clinics, good global health programs, P/F (pretty much every top school has this for the first two years), collaborative environment, no mandatory lecture.
@LizzyM @Goro @WedgeDawg @Catalystik @gyngyn
Experiences:
All within the last three years:
Clinical:
>1000 hrs. between paid and volunteer work (~200 hours of which is clinical volunteering).
Shadowing sufficient/will improve on over this year.
Research:
>2 years between two labs. No publications, but do have posters.
Non-clinical:
Student government committee 3 years.
Leadership position and several smaller roles >2 years, many hours
Nonclinical volunteering, longitudinal and also some sporadic, >200 hours total
Employment >3000 hours.
Slightly less common hobbies that will be on app.
*Will fill in primary application with greater detail.
LORs should be very good, as I have developed great relations with my PI, and other letter writers.
My main hope is to minimize the amount of debt. I know school policy can differ for parental & student contribution, and I am looking to apply to those which may be generous given my situation. I know I probably have a shot at many of these schools although I am not a top candidate. I would like to apply to those where I might be a potential scholarship/good financial aid candidate, and am aware that best case scenario; I would be just average for many of the schools currently on my list.
Current School List:
*EDIT* LIST UPDATED AFTER RECEIVING FEEDBACK; put here to help future applicants.
Hopkins
U. Chicago (Pritzker)
Stanford
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
U. Michigan
Vanderbilt
Case Western
Sinai
NYU
Emory
Einstein
Duke
Penn.
WashU (St. Louis)
USC - Keck
Rochester
Mayo (AZ), Mayo (MN)
Northwestern
*State schools (which I'm very blessed to have good options for)
-Would like to potentially place: Baylor, UCLA (bad for OOS?), Mayo (MN) on my list. Is it worth it to extend my list beyond ~20? I could if needed spare the money, but am off put by the total cost of applying that I will probably have (Primaries + Secondaries currently would be about $3000, not including potential interviews!).
Other criteria that I value for schools that I used to formulate my current list(not all meet all criteria): Have VA hospital affiliations (I hear students can make a pretty good impact through the VA on rotations to help influence their patients lives and treatment), student run clinics, good global health programs, P/F (pretty much every top school has this for the first two years), collaborative environment, no mandatory lecture.
@LizzyM @Goro @WedgeDawg @Catalystik @gyngyn
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