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Hello! Looking to cut down my school list a little and see if there are any schools that I need not apply to with my profile. I tried to provide as much detail without revealing myself.

1. cGPA 3.93, sGPA 3.86
2. MCAT: 516 (129, 127, 130, 130)
3. CA Resident
4. Asian (ORM)
5. UC
6. Clinical experience
   1. Volunteer (1100 hours)
      1. Patient advocate at local hospital across 3 years --> broadband role of working 1:1 with many oncology patients and later worked in a COVID-related role
   2. CRC (1000 hours + 2200 more hours in upcoming year)
      1. Working in a cancer department
7. Research experience
   1. 1350 hours
      1. 1000 at a traditional wet lab
         1. 1 publication at high-tier journal
      2. 350 hours in country abroad through research program at my undergrad university
         1. Published first-person abstract + presentation at a conference
8. Shadowing experience
   1. 120 hours with local pediatrician across 5 months
   2. 30 hours with OB-GYN in clinic --> observed small procedures as well
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   1. 400 hours with local underserved population --> specifically as a mentor for middle school students focused on advocacy and social justice -->
   2. 250 hours as a Crisis Text Line Counselor --> 150 more hours to come
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    1. Dancer for the past 17 years --> main hobby
    2. Paid research at a biotech company for a summer internship--> unique project that I initiated
    3. Teaching assistant for public health program-> taught a weekly class to undergraduates and served as a coordinator
    4. President of Public Health club on campus
11. Relevant honors or awards
    1. Fellowship to conduct research project abroad
    2. Fellowship for the public health club --> received from the national organization
    3. Received a Volunteer Leadership award from mentorship organization
    4. Grant from CRC role --> for staff dedicated to oncology research
    5. PBK inductee
    6. Deans Honors List all semesters
    7. High Distinction at graduation
12. Anything else not listed
    1. Strong interest in public health and global health --> would be interested in potentially pursuing an MD/MPH
       1. A lot of my research experiences and background fall into these categories

School List (no particular order)

1. UC Davis (Nor-Cal ties)
2. UC Irvine
3. UCLA
4. UCSF
5. UCSD
6. UCR
7. Keck
8. Kaiser
9. Stanford
10. University of Colorado (strong ties to the state)
11. Tufts
12. Thomas Jefferson
13. UPitt
14. Albert Einstein
15. Creighton
16. Georgetown
17. Dartmouth
18. Loyola Chicago
19. Temple
20. Drexel
21. Emory
22. Rosalind Franklin
23. University of Vermont
24. Eastern Virginia
25. Penn State
26. Quinnipiac University
27. Duke (strong connection to Durham area)
28. Boston Univ
29. Rochester
30. Case Western
31. Ichan Mt Sinai
32. Northwestern
33. Oakland University
34. UChicago
35. Albany Medical College
36. NYMC
37. VCU

Please let me know if this school list is ok and if there is anything that I can delete (or replace). Thank you in advance 🙂

Are you from the Riverside region or Inland Empire or do you have ties there? Otherwise, UCR may not be a wise choice to apply to.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Non-clinical volunteering

1. 400 hours with local underserved population --> specifically as a mentor for middle school students focused on advocacy and social justice -->
2. 250 hours as a Crisis Text Line Counselor --> 150 more hours to come

Please be more specific with your role as a mentor. It might sway some interest, but I'm not sure it places you outside your comfort zone and shows your ability to be comfortable around those in dire need or distress. Crisis text line is also nice, but it is not in-person experience, so this activity may not be as valuable. As a result, you could be lacking in "service orientation" activities outside of clinical roles, which puts your application in a position of getting screened out at most schools.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I worked with at-risk youth who were dealing with living in communities facing a lot of extenuating circumstances (houselessness, gun violence, drug use, etc). I was specifically working with them to empower them to seek other opportunities in their community and building up their advocacy skills to fight for what they wanted in their community.

I appreciate your insight.

Okay. So how are you involved with their families/parents in this role?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I'll let others critique your list further, where I do see some schools I would strike.

Which PRIME programs best fit your purpose as a physician? That's important for some UC schools where you don't have a geographic connection.

Which schools on your list emphasize patient connections? Which ones can you serve as a patient navigator?

 

[Faha]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews. Loyola expects far more non clinical volunteering hours than you have.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

would be interested in potentially pursuing an MD/MPH

Have you done any of these programs?

Public Health Pathways for Premedical Students

Learn about public health training opportunities for premedical and prehealth students.

students-residents.aamc.org

Also, many schools in Arizona have public health certificates, and I think AT Still (DO) offers a public health certificate as part of your medical education (please verify). So as I look at your list, the Arizona schools are remarkably absent.

Are you also looking up HPSP or NHSC?

 

[soupysoup789]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews. Loyola expects far more non clinical volunteering hours than you have.

Thank you Faha. I will cut Loyola from my list.