Chances of getting into top med school

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[sunUCB]

you have about a 23.4384973897% chance.

oh, wait....you're a URM...in that case, you're in🙂

jk....it's impossible to say, the top schools (and really any medical school) will look past your grades and mcat score.....extracurriculars and clinical/research experience are just as important and if you have excellent activities and letters of rec, they may look past a slightly lower gpa.

Hi, I'm a few years out of college. I majored in bio at an ivy and with a 3.3 overall gpa, 3.2 science gpa. I'm also a female URM. After graduating, I wasn't sure if I should go the PhD or MD route. Big coin toss. I picked grad school at another ivy but dropped out with an MA. I decided I'd rather practice medicine than do medical research. I expect a decent MCAT >34 or so, but I haven't received scores yet. I'm wondering how good my chances would be at a top ten medical school: Columbia, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, etc. Does my gpa sound low? I took several courses while in grad school and got As & Bs. Thanks for your input.

 

[Fermata]

You stand a better chance that most who have that gpa given that you come from an ivy and are a URM.

If you do reasonably well on the MCAT then you have a decent shot at a "top" med school.

 

[agp4]

The problem is that with top10/top25 schools, its practically a crapshoot. They have more than enough qualified applications for their spots, so its a matter of being enthusiastic about that specific school and interviewing well to get you in. Your stats seem good enough to get interviews at some of them, after which its up to you to put forward your best face. Good luck!

 

[adamj61]

**** the iveys...why do people say that? Just ****ing say where you went to school, that is what matters....at the very least you could say I went to a good school.

 

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[drguy22]

no such thing as a top medical school....

 

[towens5]

is 34 or greater only "decent" if you went to school in the iveys?

 

[MadameLULU]

Hi, I'm a few years out of college. I majored in bio at an ivy and with a 3.3 overall gpa, 3.2 science gpa. I'm also a female URM. After graduating, I wasn't sure if I should go the PhD or MD route. Big coin toss. I picked grad school at another ivy but dropped out with an MA. I decided I'd rather practice medicine than do medical research. I expect a decent MCAT >34 or so, but I haven't received scores yet. I'm wondering how good my chances would be at a top ten medical school: Columbia, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, etc. Does my gpa sound low? I took several courses while in grad school and got As & Bs. Thanks for your input.

Yes, if you want to go to Harvard. I know of a couple people who have been accepted from my undergrad with similar stats.

 

[NYCDesi]

no such thing as a top medical school....

LOL, hate to burst your bubble drguy, but your statement is quite inaccurate. There are some schools that are CLEARLY better than others. Yes, if you are trying to choose b/w Harvard and Yale, that's a tough choice. But Harvard vs podunk....lol, come on.

As to the OP, with your background, I'd say you should definitely go for it. Shoot for all the top 10s with a few mid to low tier schools tossed in just to be safe and you should come out alrite.

Good Luck

 

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[skhichi]

no such thing as a top medical school....

There is definitely a such thing as a top medical school. I guess it would be expected of someone that didnt' get into one to say something like that.

 

[constructor]

There is definitely a such thing as a top medical school. I guess it would be expected of someone that didnt' get into one to say something like that.

LOL! hatin' words but hillllarious!!!

 

[Dr. N]

are you really serious, or you just having fun here? top schools with 3.3? I am not trying to be mean, but please be realistic. Like someone said it before me: unless you brought democracy to Cuba, and have 44, do n't even count on it.

Hi, I'm a few years out of college. I majored in bio at an ivy and with a 3.3 overall gpa, 3.2 science gpa. I'm also a female URM. After graduating, I wasn't sure if I should go the PhD or MD route. Big coin toss. I picked grad school at another ivy but dropped out with an MA. I decided I'd rather practice medicine than do medical research. I expect a decent MCAT >34 or so, but I haven't received scores yet. I'm wondering how good my chances would be at a top ten medical school: Columbia, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, etc. Does my gpa sound low? I took several courses while in grad school and got As & Bs. Thanks for your input.

 

[BigRedPingpong]

are you really serious, or you just having fun here? top schools with 3.3? I am not trying to be mean, but please be realistic. Like someone said it before me: unless you brought democracy to Cuba, and have 44, do n't even count on it.

Dude, did you miss the part where she said she was URM?

 

[skhichi]

yeah, like it or not, being an URM allows a 3.3 serious consideration at a top school. Where as for the most part even with a great MCAT score that GPA would be a lead anchor for all non-urm candidates.

 

[principessa]

are you really serious, or you just having fun here? top schools with 3.3? I am not trying to be mean, but please be realistic. Like someone said it before me: unless you brought democracy to Cuba, and have 44, do n't even count on it.

Very few people "count on" getting into a top med school. You can only try and see what happens, and this looks like someone with a decent shot.

 

[NYCDesi]

There is definitely a such thing as a top medical school. I guess it would be expected of someone that didnt' get into one to say something like that.

LOL well said

 

[JohnB79]

whats a URM

 

[Fermata]

whats a URM

Under-represented minority.

AKA Those with which AA can help get them into schools. I'm not saying this is always the case, but they are defined as such for AA purposes.

(And please - don't turn this into an AA thread. Thanks in advance.)

 

[45408]

whats a URM

usually blacks, but it could include anything from American Indians to <insert minority from a country starting with Z>

 

[Fermata]

usually blacks, but it could include anything from American Indians to <insert minority from a country starting with Z>

It's amusing to me, because every year or two back in grade school the map of Africa would change significantly.

DRC, Zimbabwe, etc.

 

[Mumpu]

Your GPA is on the low side but the general rule is that the farther out you go from college, the less weight gets placed on your GPA, and the more weight gets placed on what you did in the interim period. You should certainly apply (worst-case scenario is that you'll be out a few hundred bucks) but also apply to schools where you know you have a strong chance.

 

[gizmoduck]

Who gives a flaming turd what school you go to?

As the doctor I asked put it, "You're a doctor no matter where you go."

As the immuno professor who used to at east coast med schools I asked put it, "Those Harvard kids don't know their ass from a hole in the ground."

 

[skhichi]

Who gives a flaming turd what school you go to?

As the doctor I asked put it, "You're a doctor no matter where you go."

As the immuno professor who used to at east coast med schools I asked put it, "Those Harvard kids don't know their ass from a hole in the ground."

so what if that's what an immuno professor said, if you ask me he sounds a little bitter.

 

[drguy22]

There is definitely a such thing as a top medical school. I guess it would be expected of someone that didnt' get into one to say something like that.

hes totally hatin....and i think hes quite arrogant....anyway...u really shouldnt talk much since u havent gotten in ANY medical school YET.

 

[jennie 21]

I think you've got a decent chance with your stats. I'm a non-URM with a similar profile: 3.4 overall GPA, 3.2 science, 38-40 on the MCAT, went to an Ivy. I got interviews at a number of top-10 schools and waitlisted at a couple, and ended up at NYU (not a top 10, but a very strong school, and my top choice for personal reasons). The fact that you are a URM will work to your advantage, and I wouldn't be surprised if you did get into some top 10 schools with your stats. It's never a sure thing, though, so apply to some mid-range and lower ranked schools as back-ups as well.

 

[drguy22]

o and anyway....how do you know wat a top medical school is anyway???? u use US news???? well thats all bull**it, those ranking are the biggest joke I have ever seen....they only take a few things into consideration. the real key is how successful the graduates are...and let me tell ya my friend all of the grads of any accreditated medical school are successful...it all depends on ur boards ....anyone tat goes to a private skool just wasted a lot of money and thats all. I will make as just as much as someone who went to harvard assuming i have the same board scores as them, and that is totally up to me.

 

[W222]

ABOUT GETTING INTO A TOP TEN: You better have a damn good excuse why you left grad school because most adcoms will look at that and say, "well, she couldn't cut it in grad school, what makes her think she will cut it in med school?" This was explained to me multiple times from people on Adcoms. They dont want to waste a spot on you if they even have the slightest idea you may not finish.

Also, your GPA is a little low even for an URM. There are URMs out there with 38 mcats, 4.0s and great ECs who dont get into top tens. Try shooting a little lower, I would apply to 5 top ten schools, and 10 middle of the road schools.

 

[Pinkertinkle]

There are URMs out there with 38 mcats, 4.0s and great ECs who dont get into top tens. Try shooting a little lower, I would apply to 5 top ten schools, and 10 middle of the road schools.

Whoa whoa, I'm pretty sure a URM with a background like that would have his/her pick of top 10 schools.

 

[MadameLULU]

Also, your GPA is a little low even for an URM. There are URMs out there with 38 mcats, 4.0s and great ECs who dont get into top tens. Try shooting a little lower, I would apply to 5 top ten schools, and 10 middle of the road schools.

I don't buy this UNLESS the person messed up his/her interview.

To the OP, I said it before--I think you have a good chance. I went to a very good school for undergrad and know some ppl in your shoes that got accepted to Harvard. Go for it!

 

[cottagepepper]

Going into Top 10 means that you will have a significant advantage if you want to go into academic/research field. Or...at least that is my personal observation! Academic medicine is very much about politics, where you went and/or where you work and how many people seem to cite your paper....
I haven't read the threads before so maybe I am going off on a tangent here so I apologize in advance 😛

 

[W222]

I met a guy who was URM last year. Graduated with great scores and excellent ECs, interviewed at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Stanford. Did get into any, explain that to me? He was nice and came off well talking to him, didnt notice any outright problems.

 

[Pinkertinkle]

I met a guy who was URM last year. Graduated with great scores and excellent ECs, interviewed at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Stanford. Did get into any, explain that to me? He was nice and came off well talking to him, didnt notice any outright problems.

Well that would be anecdotal evidence, and clearly all those schools were confident enough in his application to grant him interviews, so that's saying a lot already.

 

[BigRedPingpong]

All this arguing about if it matters where one attends medical school can be solved so easily. Get two match lists side by side and compare where they matched and into what. Here is an example:


NYMC (not a "top 50 US news")
Career Choice
Hospital Name
Total


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Anesthesiology
B I Deaconess Med Ctr-MA 1
Boston University Medical Center 1
Brigham & Womens Hosp-MA 2
Cleveland Clinic Fdn-OH 1
Mt Sinai Hospital-NY 1
NYP Hosp-Colum Presby-NY 1
NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY 1
NYU School Of Medicine 1
St Vincents Hosp-NY 1
SUNY HSC Brooklyn-NY 1
U Southern California 1
UMDNJ-New Jersey Med-Newark 1
Univ. TX Southwestern 1


Anesthesiology Total 14


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Emergency Medicine
Brooklyn Hospital-Caledonian 1
Brown Univ-Rhode Island Hospital 1
Einstein/Jacobi Med Ctr-NY 3
Loma Linda Univ. Med. Center 1
Mayo Graduate School of Med. 1
N.Y.U. Medical Center 1
Orlando Regional Medical Ctr. 1
St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hosp. Ctr. 1
Stanford Affiliated Hospital 1
SUNY HSC Brooklyn-NY 1
Univ. of CA-Davis Med. Ctr. Sact 1
Wayne State Univ./Detroit Med. Ctr 1


Emergency Medicine Total 14


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Family Practice
Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital 1
Catholic Medical Center 1
Kaiser Permanente Woodland - CA 1
NCC MGMC-Andrews AFB Bethesda 1
San Jose Medical Center 1
Scripps Memorial Hospital 1
St. Josephs Medical Center 1
Tacoma Family Medicine 1
Univ. of CA-Davis Med. Ctr. Sact 1
Univ. of Minnesota Hosp. & Clinic 1


Family Practice Total 10


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Internal Medicine
Boston U Medical Center-MA 2
Brown U Int Med Res 1
Greenwich Hospital 1
Johns Hopkins U/Bayview Med Ctr. 1
Kaiser Perman. Med. Ctr. LA/CA 2
Lenox Hill Hospital 1
Long Island Jewish Med. Ctr. 6
Massachusetts General Hosp. 1
Metropolitan Hosp Ctr- NYMC 1
Montefiore/Einstein Affil. Hosps 5
National Naval Medical Center 1
Naval Medical Center-San Diego 2
New England Medical Ctr. Hosp. 1
North Shore University Hosp. 2
NY Med. Coll. - West. Co. Med. C 2
Olive View Medical Center 1
Presbyterian Hospital - N.Y.C. 1
Santa Clara Valley Med. Ctr. 2
St. Vincents Hosp - Manh 4
St. Vincents Med Ctr- SI 1
Stony Brook Teaching Hosps. 1
Strong Memorial Hospital 1
Temple University Hospital 1
The Mount Sinai Hospital 1
The Staten Island U Hospital 1
U.C.L.A. Medical Center 1
U.C.S.D. Medical Center 1
Univ. of CA-Davis Med. Ctr. Sact 1
Univ. of CA-Irvine Medical Center 1
Univ. of Colorado Sch. of Med. 1
Univ. of FL Med. Ctr.-Shands Hosp 1
Wake Forest Baptist Med Ctr. 1
Yale-New Haven Hospital 2


Internal Medicine Total 52


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Medicine-Pediatrics
Baystate Medical Center Inc. 1


Medicine-Pediatrics Total 1


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Neurology
New York Medical College 1
U California - Davis 1
U California - LA 1


Neurology Total 3


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Ob/Gyn
Lenox Hill Hospital 1
New England Medical Ctr. Hosp. 1
Ochsner Clinic Foundation-LA 1
San Antonio Uniformed Serv. Hlth 1


Ob/Gyn Total 4


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Ophthalmology
New York Eye & Ear Infirmary 1
New York Medical College 1
New York University Medical C 1


Ophthalmology Total 3


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Pathology
Univ. of Southern CA Med. Sch. 1


Pathology Total 1


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Pediatrics
Brown Univ-Rhode Island Hospital 2
Childrens Hosp. Natl. Med. Ctr. 1
Childrens Hospital Oakland 2
Childrens Hospital of LA 1
Long Island Jewish Med. Ctr. 4
Med Coll Wisconsin Aff Hosps 1
Montefiore/Einstein Affil. Hosps 3
N.Y.U. Medical Center 1
NY Med. Coll. - West. Co. Med. C 1
Presbyterian Hospital - N.Y.C. 1
St. Christophers Hospital 1
Strong Memorial Hospital 1
The Mount Sinai Hospital 2
The New York Hospital 1
Thomas Jeff. U/Dupont Children 1
White Memorial Medical Ctr. 1
Yale-New Haven Hospital 1


Pediatrics Total 25


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Physical Medicine & Rehab.
Harvard/Spaulding-MA 1
National Rehab Hosp-DC 1
NYP Hosp-Colum Presby-NY 1
NYU School Of Medicine 1
Sinai Hosp-Baltimore-MD 1
UMDNJ-New Jersey Med-Newark 1
VA Greater LA Hlth Sys-CA 1


Physical Medicine & Rehab. Total 7


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Psychiatry
Boston U Medical Center-MA 1
Brown Univ-Rhode Island Hospital 1
Georgetown University Hospital 1
Harvard Longwood Psychiatry 1
Maine Medical Center 1
St. Vincents Hosp - Manh 1
The New York Hospital 1
UMDNJ-Robert W. Johnson Med. Sch 1
Univ. Hlth. Ctr. of Pittsburgh 1


Psychiatry Total 9


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Radiation Oncology
SUNY Upstate Medical University 1


Radiation Oncology Total 1


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Radiology - Diagnostic
Beth Israel Med Ctr-NY 1
Brigham & Womens Hosp-MA 1
Duke Univ Med Ctr-NC 2
Einstein/Jacobi Med Ctr-NY 2
Henry Ford Hospital 1
Indiana Univ Sch Of Med 1
Loma Linda University-CA 1
Long Island Jewish-NY 3
Maimonides Med Ctr-NY 1
Morristown Mem Hosp-NJ 1
Mt Auburn Hospital-MA 1
N Shore U-Manhasset-NY 1
New England Med Ctr-MA 1
Norwalk Hosp-CT 1
NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY 1
NYU School Of Medicine 1
Santa Barbara Cottage Hosp-CA 1
St Lukes-Roosevelt-NY 1
Univ of Connecticut 1
Westchester Med Ctr-NY 1
Winthrop-Univ Hosp-NY 1


Radiology - Diagnostic Total 25


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Surgery - General
Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr 1
Boston U Medical Center-MA 1
Cabrini Medical Center 1
Hospital of St. Raphael-CT 1
Loma Linda Univ. Med. Center 2
N.Y.U. Medical Center 1
NY Med. Coll. - West. Co. Med. C 1
San Antonio Uniformed Serv. Hlth 1
St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hosp. Ctr. 1
St. Vincents Hosp - Manh 2
U.C.L.A. Medical Center 1
U.C.S.D. Medical Center 1
UC San Francisco-Fresno-CA 1
Univ. of CA-Davis Med. Ctr. Sact 1


Surgery - General Total 16


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Surgery - Orthopedic Surgery
Boston U Medical Center-MA 1
NY Med. Coll. - West. Co. Med. C 1
Stony Brook Teaching Hosps. 1
SUNY HSC Brooklyn-NY 1


Surgery - Orthopedic Surgery Total 4


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Surgery - Otorhinolaryngology
SUNY - Stony Brook 1


Surgery - Otorhinolaryngology Total 1


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Surgery - Urology
University of Nebraska 1


Surgery - Urology Total 1




Grand Total 191

Going into Top 10 means that you will have a significant advantage if you want to go into academic/research field. Or...at least that is my personal observation! Academic medicine is very much about politics, where you went and/or where you work and how many people seem to cite your paper....
I haven't read the threads before so maybe I am going off on a tangent here so I apologize in advance 😛

 

[BigRedPingpong]

Weill Med (a "top 50 US news")

Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Postgraduate Appointments
Class of 2004
Name Speciality Location City State
Agrawal, Shantanu Emergency Medicine Hosp of the Univ of PA Philadelphia PA
Ahmad, Sahar Other Graduate Study
Alexander, Elizabeth L. Internal Medicine Mt. Sinai Hospital-NY New York NY
Altschuler, Cheryl Pediatrics Research
Amprey, Joseph Internal Medicine NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Arora, Nimmi K. General Surgery NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Bartscher, James F. Medicine-Preliminary Yale-New Haven Hosp-CT New Haven CT
Neurology Harvard/MGH & BWH Boston MA
Borrego, John P. Transitional Austin Med Educ Progs-TX Austin TX
Anesthesiology Hosp of the Univ of PA Philadelphia PA
Brogan, Kelly V. Psychiatry NYU School of Medicine New York NY
Chai, Samantha J. Transitional Baylor Coll Med-TX Houston TX
Ophthalmology Baylor Coll Med-TX Houston TX
Chang, Sidney T. Transitional NY Hosp/Med Ctr Queens Flushing NY
Ophthalmology U Rochester Rochester NY
Cheng, Elaine Y. Surgery-Preliminary NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Cheng, Henry Pediatrics UC San Francisco-CA
San
Francisco CA
Cho, Jennifer E. OB/GYN Johns Hopkins Hosp-MD Baltimore MD
Chrostowski, Mark Medicine-Preliminary Brown U Int Med Res-RI Providence RI
Anesthesiology Massachusetts Gen Hosp Boston MA
Close, Georgia M. Internal Medicine NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Cohen, Paul Internal Medicine NYP Hosp-Colum Presby-NY New York NY
Daley, Devorah C. OB/GYN Yale-New Haven Hosp-CT New Haven CT
Darken, Rachel Post Doc Research-
Neuro-oncology
Barcelona Spain
Davis, Glen P. Psychiatry Cambridge Hospital/CHA-MA Cambridge MA
Dawson, Elizabeth S. Medicine-Preliminary Lenox Hill Hospital-NY New York NY
Dermatology
Oregon Health & Science
Univ Portland OR
Downs, Jennifer Alzos Medicine-Primary NYP Hosp-Colum Presby-NY New York NY
Drukteinis, Dainius S. Emergency Medicine NYU School of Medicine New York NY
Duda, Maria Internal Medicine
Einstein/Montefiore Med Ctr-
NY Bronx NY
Feuerstadt, Paul Internal Medicine NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Finkell, Jared N. Psychiatry NYU School of Medicine New York NY
Fisher, Flora Medicine-Preliminary Washington Hosp Ctr-DC Washington DC
Ophthalmology UMDNJ-New Jersey MS Jersey City NJ
Forde, Jenice M. Emergency Medicine NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Fraser, Justin Surgery-Preliminary NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Neurosurgery NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Friedman, Debbie Pediatrics Childrens Natl Med Ctr-DC Washington DC
Fu, Jennifer M. Medicine-Preliminary St Joseph-Ann Arbor-MI Ann Arbor MI
Dermatology UC San Francisco-CA
San
Francisco CA
Gordon-Elliott, Janna Psychiatry McGill Univ Med Ctr Montreal Quebec
Greenberg, Edward Medicine-Preliminary Beth Israel Med Ctr-NY New York NY
Radiology-Diagnostic NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Griffiths, Eric R. General Surgery U TX SW Med Sch-Dallas Dallas TX
Gunther, Cary S. Psych/Payne Whitney NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Halpern, David J. Medicine-Primary Hosp of the Univ of PA Philadelphia PA
Hanson, Holly L. Transitional Emory Univ SOM-GA Atlanta GA
Dermatology Emory Univ SOM-GA Atlanta GA
Harrison-Restelli,
Catherine OB/GYN Johns Hopkins Hosp-MD Baltimore MD
Hernandez, Adam B. Internal Medicine Mt. Sinai Hospital-NY New York NY
Hertz, Miki Medicine-Preliminary
Long Island Jewish Med Ctr-
NY
New Hyde
Park NY
Radiology-Diagnostic UCLA Medical Center-CA Los Angeles CA
Hong, Richard Medicine-Preliminary U Hawaii Int Med Res Honolulu HI
Radiology-Diagnostic NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Horochiwsky, Zirka Anesthesiology NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Hughes, Duncan B. General Surgery NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Kamat, Lukshmi G. Pediatrics NYP Hosp-Colum Presby-NY New York NY
Kassenoff, Tali Lando Otolaryngology NYP Hosp-Colum Presby-NY New York NY
Kim, Brian Yong Family Prac/Harborview U Washington Affil Hosps Seattle WA
Kless-Seigel, Sarah S. Peds-Primary/Social
Einstein/Montefiore Med Ctr-
NY Bronx NY
Lam, Du Pediatrics NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Langevin, Claude-Jean Orofacial-Maxillary Surg. NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Lee, Timothy Pediatrics
Kaiser Permanente-Oakland-
CA Oakland CA
Libow, Adam D. Psych/Payne Whitney NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Lin, Amy W. Internal Medicine NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Lindenberg, Dania J. Pediatrics Stanford Univ Progs-CA Stanford CA
Lyon, Gholson
Psychiatry-Columbia-
NYPH NYP Hosp-Colum Presby-NY New York NY
Madore, Gigi Emergency Medicine NYU School of Medicine New York NY
Margolis, Ron Medicine-Preliminary St Vincents Hosp-NY New York NY
Ophthalmology Cleveland Clinic Found. Cleveland OH
McMenamin, Daniel T. Psychiatry NYU School of Medicine New York NY
Meyer, Marc A. Pediatrics NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Mohan, Raakhi Master's-Public Health
Morimoto, Kenji W. Pediatrics UCLA Medical Center-CA Los Angeles CA
Mullan, Paul C. Pediatrics Childrens Hosp-Phila-PA Philadelphia PA
Musunuru, Kiran Internal Medicine
Brigham & Womens Hosp-
MA Boston MA
Nejat, Edward J. Master's-Business Adm. Cornell University Ithaca NY
Ng, Casey K. Surgery-Preliminary NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Urology NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Nguyen, Thomas Internal Medicine NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Ogunnaike, Damilola Pediatrics Duke Univ Med Ctr-NC Durham NC
Ortiz, Elizabeth C. Internal Medicine U Southern California Los Angeles CA
Ortiz, Gabriel Internal Medicine UC San Francisco-CA
San
Francisco CA
Paraskevas, Lilly-Rose Internal Medicine Mt. Sinai Hospital-NY New York NY
Parikh, Kavita H. Pediatrics Childrens Hosp-Phila-PA Philadelphia PA
Park, Tae K. Medicine-Preliminary NY Hosp/Med Ctr Queens Flushing NY
Emergency Medicine Lincoln Medical Ctr-NY Bronx NY
Pfeffer, Michael A. Internal Medicine UCLA Medical Center-CA Los Angeles CA
Polania, Laura M. OB/GYN NYU School of Medicine New York NY
Poon, Kimble Internal Medicine UCLA Medical Center-CA Los Angeles CA
Porter, Simone Pediatrics Duke Univ Med Ctr-NC Durham NC
Quinn, Mariah A.
Medicine-
Primary/HVMA
Brigham & Womens Hosp-
MA Boston MA
Rafii, Daniela Y. Pediatrics NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Raspberry, Dara Transitional Alameda Co Med Ctr-CA Oakland CA
Emergency Medicine Einstein/Jacobi Med Ctr-NY Bronx NY
Rivera, Rene J. Internal Medicine St-Lukes-Roosevelt-NY New York NY
Roediger, Frederick C. Otolaryngology UC San Francisco-CA
San
Francisco CA
Roman, Jessica A. Medicine-Preliminary NY Hosp/Med Ctr Queens Flushing NY
Anesthesiology Stony Brook Teach Hosps-NY Stony Brook NY
Rosell, Daniel
Psychiatry-Columbia-
NYPH NYP Hosp-Colum Presby-NY New York NY
Rosenbach, Misha A. Medicine-Preliminary Hosp of the Univ of PA Philadelphia PA
Dermatology Hosp of the Univ of PA Philadelphia PA
Rozenberg, Marina Internal Medicine NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Ryzhikov, Alex Internal Medicine Yale-New Haven Hosp-CT New Haven CT
Sanchez, Jessica L. Medicine-Preliminary Washington Hosp Ctr-DC Washington DC
Radiology-Diagnostic George Washington Univ-DC Washington DC
Sharma, Sonali Psychiatry UC San Francisco-CA
San
Francisco CA
Stahl, Peter J. Surgery-Preliminary NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Urology NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Stember, Atara F. Psych/Payne Whitney NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Tauschek, Heather C Medicine-Preliminary U Hawaii Int Med Res Honolulu HI
Radiology-Diagnostic Barnes-Jewish Hosp-MO St. Louis MO
Thevarajah, Sarmela Otolaryngology Stanford Univ Progs-CA Stanford CA
Towe, Christopher General Surgery NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Travassos, Mark Pediatrics Univ Hosps Cleveland-OH Cleveland OH
Treyster, Artur M. Emergency Medicine N Shore U-Manhasset-NY Manhasset NY
Tseng, Michael D. Orthopaedic Surgery William Beaumont Hosp-MI Royal Oak MI
Tsirilakis, Kalliope Pediatrics NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Tuttle, Sara L. Emergency Medicine NYU School of Medicine New York NY
Wang, Angel Internal Medicine Kaiser Permanente-SF-CA
San
Francisco CA
Wang, Frank Medicine-Preliminary UPMC-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA
Wang, Lillian Medicine-Preliminary Yale-New Haven Hosp-CT New Haven CT
Ophthalmology NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Weine, Douglas M. Internal Medicine NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Wilson, Melanie T. Pediatrics NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Winderbaum, Jamie Medicine-Preliminary NY Hosp/Med Ctr Queens Flushing NY
Psychiatry Stanford Univ Progs-CA Stanford CA
Winkfield, Tawana K. Pediatrics SUNY HSC Brooklyn-NY Brooklyn NY
Wong, Andrew Medicine-Preliminary St-Lukes-Roosevelt-NY New York NY
Anesthesiology Hosp of the Univ of PA Philadelphia PA
Yadegar, Daniel Internal Medicine Lenox Hill Hospital-NY New York NY
Yang, Edward Brig/Faulk Med-Prelim
Brigham & Womens Hosp-
MA Boston MA
Radiology-Diag/Rsch 5 yr Hosp of the Univ of PA Philadelphia PA
Yang, Felix Internal Medicine NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY
Yu, Hua-Yin Urology UCLA Medical Center-CA Los Angeles CA
Zelenko, Natalie Medicine-Preliminary Staten Island U Hosp-NY Staten Island NY
Radiology-Diagnostic Maimonides Med Ctr-NY Brooklyn NY
Zhang, WenYong Pathology NYP Hosp-NY Cornell-NY New York NY


You decide if a difference exists.

 

[KNightInBlue]

hes totally hatin....and i think hes quite arrogant....anyway...u really shouldnt talk much since u havent gotten in ANY medical school YET.

Correct me if I am wrong, but weren't you the one bitching about not being able to break a 25 on the MCAT? Skhichi HAS A 40!! Do you even know what a 40 looks like?? You couldn't crack the national AVERAGE and lucked out by getting into the ba/md program and you have the balls to point out that he hasn't gotten in YET?? Do you have any idea how this application process works? Ok, so he didn't apply to a ba/md program, but regular applicants don't get notification of their acceptances until october 15 einstein. And if I had to bet money right now, with his 40/3.9, I'd say he's going to a TOP school.
(And please don't give me that tired old garbage about MCAT scores not meaning anything. Of course they don't. But as far as getting into a TOP school goes, they do)

As for your oh-so-well-researched-critique on what constitutes a TOP school, not everyone goes by US News. I go by the individual merits of the school. Let's take Stanford for example. ALL 4 yrs pass/fail, shuffle system for clerkships (unlike computer lottery everywhere else) which allows for far greater flexibility, Med Scholars/ Traveling Scholars - research positions that actually PAY you(and I am not talking min wage, some have actually paid off loans with this), FREE 5th year to pursue a scholarly concentration (like Bioengineering for example) on how to strategically invent medical devices, fund their development, and build a company around them (being that Stanford is in the heart of Silicon Valley, if you have aspirations in medical device, biotech, or dot.com business, you will find no better place to meet the right people and venture capitalists than here, which in turn leads to FILTHY amounts of money), kick ass match list with graduates matching into practially every competitive specialty, one of the BEST financial aid programs in the country - there are ppl who have graduated from stanford with ZERO debt!!

Trust me, the list can take up an entire post on this forum. Point is, some schools are TOP for a reason. I can consider Cornell top just for the doors it can open and opportunities it can make available for me. You can consider NJMS as a top school since it's the only one you got into.

Either way, good luck.

P.S. I will most probably get flamed for this, but I can't resist. If Harvard or Yale or Stanford or any other TOP school gave you a spot right now, you are telling me you wouldn't turn down NJMS? (regardless of finances or family issues)

 

[Pinkertinkle]

OOOo its on now, fight fight.

 

[45408]

Correct me if I am wrong, but weren't you the one bitching about not being able to break a 25 on the MCAT? Skhichi HAS A 40!! Do you even know what a 40 looks like?? You couldn't crack the national AVERAGE and lucked out by getting into the ba/md program and you have the balls to point out that he hasn't gotten in YET??

Oh, snap!

 

[drguy22]

OOOo its on now, fight fight.

there isnt really any need to fight a worthless scumbag. There are just some jealous abnoxious desi's out there that act they are all superior, but watever, thank god i dont act like that. All i was pointing out was that any medical school is a good school, as long as you work hard. IN THE END , ONLY YOUR BOARD SCORES MATTER.

let me tell you one more thing. With that arrogant attitude of yours, knight, ur gonna lose patients fast. I could just see you in a malpractice suit. i hope medical schools look past ur "superb" numbers and look at your arrogance.

 

[drguy22]

https://admin-njms.umdnj.edu/StudentAffairs/MatchResults.aspx?tabid=19


click on class year to see the match lists from previous years. enjoy.

 

[KNightInBlue]

there isnt really any need to fight a worthless scumbag. There are just some jealous abnoxious desi's out there that act they are all superior, but watever, thank god i dont act like that. All i was pointing out was that any medical school is a good school, as long as you work hard. IN THE END , ONLY YOUR BOARD SCORES MATTER.

let me tell you one more thing. With that arrogant attitude of yours, knight, ur gonna lose patients fast. I could just see you in a malpractice suit. i hope medical schools look past ur "superb" numbers and look at your arrogance.

Wow! "worthless scumbag", "jealous obnoxious desi".....THESE are the terms you use to articulate your argument? How about you try to show ONE flaw in my argument regarding med schools?

Dude, this is a forum. People try to gain knowledge and perspective here. The OP asked a specific question to which your answer had absolutely nothing to do with. Granted I might have gotten a little infuriated when you pretty much said "ALL MED SCHOOLS ARE THE SAME" when in reality they are not, in retrospect, after rereading my post, I apologise. I was in a bitchy mood and didn't mean to come down so hard. But my statement remains - some schools are top, some are not.

Once again, I apologise to you drguy, 'cuz if there's one thing I have noticed in medicine, it's that desis should help each other out. My bad.
knightinblue

Good Luck

P.S. By the way, board scores are NOT the only thing that matter. You can go to any graduate forum and ask. No, it's not just board scores, grades and recommendations either. As far as competitivve specialties go, it's connections. It's all about your networking skills. But I wont argue this moot point, I'll leave it to you to talk to seniors at your school and find out.

 

[drguy22]

Wow! "worthless scumbag", "jealous obnoxious desi".....THESE are the terms you use to articulate your argument? How about you try to show ONE flaw in my argument regarding med schools?

Dude, this is a forum. People try to gain knowledge and perspective here. The OP asked a specific question to which your answer had absolutely nothing to do with. Granted I might have gotten a little infuriated when you pretty much said "ALL MED SCHOOLS ARE THE SAME" when in reality they are not, in retrospect, after rereading my post, I apologise. I was in a bitchy mood and didn't mean to come down so hard. But my statement remains - some schools are top, some are not.

Once again, I apologise to you drguy, 'cuz if there's one thing I have noticed in medicine, it's that desis should help each other out. My bad.
knightinblue

Good Luck

P.S. By the way, board scores are NOT the only thing that matter. You can go to any graduate forum and ask. No, it's not just board scores, grades and recommendations either. As far as competitivve specialties go, it's connections. It's all about your networking skills. But I wont argue this moot point, I'll leave it to you to talk to seniors at your school and find out.

its cool...i should apologize too....so im sorry..and yes desi's should help each other out 🙂...i dunno at my school, people(students) get mad pissed when desi's get into med school...lol...i dunno y but they do (maybe its cuz when they look at the list of people accepted, 80% are desi's) lol. but anyway.... everyone can have their own opinion...but I kinda like the match list NJMS has, and i guess u may differ....although tat section of ur post bout my MCAT score was just plain wrong. but its cool.... 👍

 

[skhichi]

Knight, first off thank you for the honest opinion. Your response was like a ray of sunshine on a landscape clouded by ignorance...you know what i'm talking about. Anyway, I really don't want to infuriate anyone but Drguy the comment about medical schools being the same was ridiculous and uninformed. This has nothing to do with being a desi or arrogant. It has a lot to do with being informed. Sorry if I offended anyone

 

[45408]

there isnt really any need to fight a worthless scumbag. There are just some jealous abnoxious desi's out there that act they are all superior, but watever, thank god i dont act like that. All i was pointing out was that any medical school is a good school, as long as you work hard. IN THE END , ONLY YOUR BOARD SCORES MATTER.

let me tell you one more thing. With that arrogant attitude of yours, knight, ur gonna lose patients fast. I could just see you in a malpractice suit. i hope medical schools look past ur "superb" numbers and look at your arrogance.

Please, you're the one who's been arrogant from the start the way you started your bashing.

 

[Pinkertinkle]

This thread reeks of reverse racism.

 

[KNightInBlue]

Please, you're the one who's been arrogant from the start the way you started your bashing.

Alrite ppl, let's chill. Obviously this thread took a wrong turn somewhere and I apologised for my part in it.
Point is, the OP asked a question to which we all gave contrasting opinions, but that's part of what a forum is. It's up to the OP to make up his/her own mind based on the info we provided.

So let's just agree to disagree, shall we?

Later

P.S. drguy, you are right, my comment on your MCAT scores was wrong. I was having a bad night, but that's no excuse. I apologise. (And the NJMS match list is quite impressive, but that wasn't part of my beef, but like I said, let's drop it).

 

[drguy22]

Alrite ppl, let's chill. Obviously this thread took a wrong turn somewhere and I apologised for my part in it.
Point is, the OP asked a question to which we all gave contrasting opinions, but that's part of what a forum is. It's up to the OP to make up his/her own mind based on the info we provided.

So let's just agree to disagree, shall we?

Later

P.S. drguy, you are right, my comment on your MCAT scores was wrong. I was having a bad night, but that's no excuse. I apologise. (And the NJMS match list is quite impressive, but that wasn't part of my beef, but like I said, let's drop it).

i agree 🙂...lets just forget bout it.....anyway..pinkertinkle...maybe this is a dumb ?....but thats REVERSE racisim?? i know wat racism is....but not reverse??? 😎

 

[Pinkertinkle]

Oh, its just all the desis should help each other out comments are making me fell left out. How about, all premeds should help each other out? I'd feel much more included.

 

[drguy22]

Oh, its just all the desis should help each other out comments are making me fell left out. How about, all premeds should help each other out? I'd feel much more included.

LOL...sorry...ok..fine...all pre-meds should help each other out..🙂 i didnt mean it tat way 🙂 im sorry .... 👍 😀 can i be forgiven pls???