Being Overlooked by Top Schools

[Cal_Irish04]

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What deficiencies are most noticed by top schools? While my application is pretty solid I am fearful of a flood of pre-secondary rejections that will cut my school list in half or more. Hopefully my first publication will convince some to look harder.

 

[Habari]

i woudln't worry about it-

the only school that 'harshly' pre-secondary screens is ucsf - some people that got into many of the top schools were rejected pre-secondary there. otherwise it's not something to be too concerned about considering that most don't screen at all.

also don't worry about the publication thing - only two or three person in my class had publications [none in big name journals to my knowledge] and among us we were accepted to all the top schools in the country. again - its about presentation and a compelling reason to do an mdphd corroborated by appropriate experiences.