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nobody can really predict whether or not someone will get merit aid. Could be you get a scholarship. Could be you dont.
There are certainly schools known to be more generous with aid than others: Cleveland Clinic, Mayo, WashU, Northwestern, Dell Med, to name a few.
After 5 years of observing medical school cycles I can count the people with full COAs I know personally on one hand.
There are certainly schools known to be more generous with aid than others: Cleveland Clinic, Mayo, WashU, Northwestern, Dell Med, to name a few.
After 5 years of observing medical school cycles I can count the people with full COAs I know personally on one hand.
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Just to add to @Lucca post.
1st: You have great metrics.
2nd: But the reality is that there are hundreds (if not thousands) of other applicants with better metrics and stats. As @Goro stated, "4.0/528 automatons are a dime-a-dozen."
Therefore before you start worrying about scholarships, worry about getting an acceptance first. I assume that you listed your publications and the scribe hours because they are your best ECs. But they are not likely to be enough to get you accepted. You need significant hours of clinical volunteering experience (think active patient interaction) and non-clinincal volunteering experience to those less fortunate, and others...
As reference, see the following:
GL!!
1st: You have great metrics.
2nd: But the reality is that there are hundreds (if not thousands) of other applicants with better metrics and stats. As @Goro stated, "4.0/528 automatons are a dime-a-dozen."
Therefore before you start worrying about scholarships, worry about getting an acceptance first. I assume that you listed your publications and the scribe hours because they are your best ECs. But they are not likely to be enough to get you accepted. You need significant hours of clinical volunteering experience (think active patient interaction) and non-clinincal volunteering experience to those less fortunate, and others...
As reference, see the following:
GL!!
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Honestly, top undergraduate schools tend to place very well into the schools you mentioned, even those without hundreds of hours volunteering. I've tended to notice that many undergrads who go on to attend heavy research institutions (like the ones OP wants to attend) don't have large amounts of volunteering but do fine.
The question is really, are you unique enough for schools to give you a full COA scholarship. 2 co-authorships is nice, but doesn't necessarily make you a research superstar. Scribing is great too, but still does not differentiate you from the others. Anything is possible of course, but I would try and find a thread in your application to make it more compelling for COA scholarships.
The question is really, are you unique enough for schools to give you a full COA scholarship. 2 co-authorships is nice, but doesn't necessarily make you a research superstar. Scribing is great too, but still does not differentiate you from the others. Anything is possible of course, but I would try and find a thread in your application to make it more compelling for COA scholarships.
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Anyone with these stats and ECs have some chance, I don't see you being above average for MD school to significantly stand out.
I heard form MD friend that recently one was given full ride at our school. But his dad is alumni/professor, he did several years of Post-Bacc research, own pubs, and some invention(s) in medicine in addition to awesome stats.
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That's the ONLY reason.
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It depends on how much the schools want you. If you have a compelling narrative and application, then you may net a few full scholarships. Getting a merit scholarship is like a step above getting into those very competitive schools - not only do you have to impress them, you have to really impress them. But yes, people with your stats have gotten full scholarships (but not just because they had great stats).
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really really really impress them.
But these schools already get outstanding students, so, something else besides stats have to be your selling point.
It really depends on what the school wants. You don't have to be an Olympic athlete to get a full scholarship (though that certainly doesn't hurt). If the school really wants students talented in the arts and you are one of those students, then you might get a scholarship from them whereas other schools won't give you a scholarship. Or if the school wants research superstar and you're it, you might get a hefty scholarship from them. That's why I call these so-called "merit" scholarships enticement packages.
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Yes you do.
Full scholarships just don't happen unless daddy is on the ADCOMs team.
Knew people with 4.0 GPA/40+ MCAT/Amazing EC's get 66-75% scholarships at mid-tier MD schools.
Well, let's say that some of my closest friends have received full scholarships from places like Pritzker (specifically Pritzker) and my own institution without superhuman feats. Like I said earlier, stats don't get you ****. It's your narrative, how compelling it is, and how much the school wants you.
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You should go to a medical school interview and start bargaining your free tuition.
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Just to clarify, you know people with a 74 LizzyM that are ORM and typical research app narrative, who have full tuition merit packages at Pritzker?
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I know your question wasn't directed at me, but I do know people who are on full merit scholarships at pritzker and northwestern who fit that description! Maybe not "typical" research, but definitely research that goes above and beyond box checking.
Define "typical." OP's research app is not "typical," even by SDN standards. He or she has two co-authored papers (assuming that he or she had a substantial role in at least one of them).
But to be more specific, one of my closest friends is an Asian male with similar stats (~99th percentile MCAT, 3.7 GPA) with stellar research app (I would characterize OP's research app as quite stellar, unless given more details that he or she didn't have a role in those publications) who received a full scholarship from Pritzker. He went somewhere else though, also on full scholarship.
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There you have it OP, it can be done with papers.
It would be misleading to say that it can be done with papers. It all has to do with how much the school wants you. Everybody who is admitted to those top schools are already superstars in their own right. But when you're picking the Avengers, you don't want ten iron men and no hulk. Who gets a scholarship depends on what characteristics that school wants in that particular year. That's why I call these "enticement packages."
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