By “region” I mean Midwest. Not just my state and adjacent states. I got an invite to every Midwest program I applied to except 2 I think. But I didn’t apply to many. But I’m from the northeast. I got 3 invites in the northeast and two of them were directly from emailing the PD.
My region is “northwest,” there are like 5 programs out here between WA and OR. I also really don’t want to go to cali.
It's not just regional but also setting that influences invites, I think. If you're from a rural place and want to train in another rural place, then worth listing
This is concerning as I go to school in Philly but want to match in NY, where I'm originally from. Do you have any suggestions on how to increase our chances in a specific region? Or just directly email the PD and hope for the best lol. Also, when is a good time to email the PD if you see time is going by and you aren't getting interviews?
I’m pretty sure Philly and NY would be considered the same region, so you should be fine
Once you see initial interview waves for that program go out. Or, 2-3 weeks into the cycle. That's my plan at least.
Agree.
Rads definitely had most people on the spreadsheet saying not to reach out and then they were actively doing it themselves. It was apparent later during the season when people let it slip.
thought spreadsheets were anonymous? How can u tell its the same people saying reaching out is not advised compared to the people who did it themselves ?
They are anonymous but there were instances of people saying things like "at first I said it was too early but the 3 I did send anyway resulted in interviews" and also by correlating writing styles and small details to people who posted the same things in the discord.
I've heard spanish can be pretty important for certain programs too.
That sounds pretty ridiculous.
Nah it's more than that from the several friends i know who are Eagle Scouts
If you've met any Mormons then chances are one of them was an Eagle scout.
I don't know if it's totally regional so much as generational? like, i don't think anyone in my direct peer group would be super impressed, but people my parents age seem to place more cultural weight on it. which is why it can be useful on a resume, because the old guard will place significance in it. I don't know if that will still be true decades from now when my generation is the "old guard", but maybe.
not saying that those experiences are at all on the same level, but that from a civilian perspective they both seem to attract a specific type of person? which is the cultural weight it carries. And I specifically mention academy because I think eagle scout lines up more with that route to the military than people I know who were enlisted. there's definitely socioeconomic factors involved as well
Yea same i thought you accumulated badges over years of outdoorsy boy scout activities and then did a service project as a teenager
Well I can see why the mormons love boy scouts
I read they automatically get a pay and/or rank bump in the military.
Never seen those stats, but impressive! Now I wonder what % of male medical students are eagle scouts.
They do not. At least at the Naval academy, they make like $75 a month during plebe summer and like $150 a month the rest of the year once all their expenses are deducted. When they graduate, they commission as an O-1 with less than 2 years. Pretty sure all the service academies are similar to that.
Interesting. Had no idea.
Yes. Just change your account settings from any AAMC account-related thing. Pretty sure you can do it directly through ERAS too. But if you change your VSAS email or anything like that, it'll automatically default all AAMC things to that email. At least that's what happened when I changed mine.
This is the long story: https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Scouts-BSA-Requirements-3321619.pdf
Depends on what you mean by significance. Remember these projects are being carried out by teenagers (18th birthday is the cutoff for getting ES), but they are generally more significant than just cleaning up a street. It’s a whole process to get a project set up, you have to submit a proposal to a council who has to approve it. The proposal is supposed to highlight exactly why your project is beneficial to the community, how it will be carried out, who will help, and how many hours it will take (it has to take so many hours, like it can’t just be a show up and bang it out kind of deal with no planning).
Yep.
