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Hey everyone! I am currently a New York resident applying to schools next week when the app opens. Not sure what to think about my school list. I have about 80 schools. I am aware primaries will be 3162$ and secondaries will likely range between $2500-$4500; I have saved extra financial aid money for years and money from working to prepare for this cost. I want to ensure I am accepted somewhere the first time around, My plan is to apply to all schools in my state (NY), all schools in florida (thats where my undergrad school is) which is about 22 schools right there. Then I added all private schools that I feel competitive at stat-wise, and some dream/reach schools. Then I analyzed all public OOS schools with good statistics (MSAR) for accepting OOS and apply there as well. I also plan on applying to some safe schools as well. What do you all think of this plan? My main concern is actually filling out the secondaries. I don't feel as though I could possibly fill out 80 secondaries, assuming every school sends them? (Especially with my 56 hour/week research commitment this summer. ) My philosophy is to cast a wide net, and go to the very best school I get into. What do you all think??
TL;DR.... I have a ton of schools, don't know if I can handle all the secondaries with busy schedule, don't know which to cut, and don't know if i have adequate safe schools
I am a traditional student, will matriculate right after finishing senior year in undergrad. I am white, normal range SES, no particular hardships. Very well written Personal statement, and fairly adequate work/ activities section. well rounded overall
Year in school: Summer after junior year with Senior credit standing (105) Currently I am in an Undergraduate summer research fellowship grant work program
Cumulative/Science GPA: 3.67/3.88 (yes sGPA is much higher, my non-sGPA from freshman year was around 2.1) Strong upward trend.
MCAT: 509- 82%ile
Research – 2 posters (1 first auth, 1 second auth) in a neuroscience lab in the College of medicine on my campus, will be first author on a paper in the next 2 months, and second author on another paper in the next 1 to 3 months. over 400 hours thus far, likely 800 by matriculation. Considered paid work, and lab/research work.(the fellowship is a paid grant.)
Volunteering (clinical) – ~50 hours in the hospital PACU ~400 hours at chemo center
Physician shadowing – 200 hours at one specialty hospital surgery service. -150 hours local hospital, various areas and local physician offices
Non-clinical volunteering: ~150 hours nature/environmental education center
Employment history:~ 200 hours clinical pharmacy tech ~250 hours in research lab (fellowship)
Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n) none
Country/state of residence: New York
Schools to which I am applying:
Reach: Cornell, Columbia, Mt. Sinai, New York University, Harvard, Yale.
Not sure where my other schools fit in, in terms of target/ safety. Do I have adequate safety schools? I have no desire to apply DO, I have nothing against DO's, but I have no propensity for osteopathic medicine, and also would like to avoid the Caribbean at all costs.
Here is my total list:
Albany Medical College
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
CA Northstate Univ COM
Columbia University College of P & S
Creighton University School of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Emory University School of Medicine
FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Florida State University
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
George Washington University Sch of Med & Hlth Sci
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra University
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Indiana University School of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffa
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Keck Sch. of Med.University of Southern California
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medici
Marshall Univ Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
Meharry Medical College
Morehouse School of Medicine
New York Medical College
New York University
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Quinnipiac University SOM
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Scien
Rush Medical College
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Stanford University School of Medicine
State University of New York Downstate Medical Cen
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
SUNY Upstate Medical University
The Commonwealth Medical College
The Ohio State Univ. Coll. of Med.
The University of Miami School of Medicine
The University of Vermont College of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
Uni. of North Dakota Sch. of Med. & Hlth. Sci.
Uniformed Services University of the Health Scienc
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson
University of California San Francisco
University of Central Florida COM
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
University of Florida
University of Hawaii John A. Burns Sch. of Med. (not great OOS acceptance, but I have some family living there, so that's a connection to the state)
University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine
University of Louisville School of Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
University of Missouri - Kansas City
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Den
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville
University of Utah School of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
University of Wisconsin
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicin
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Weill Cornell Medicine
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
TL;DR.... I have a ton of schools, don't know if I can handle all the secondaries with busy schedule, don't know which to cut, and don't know if i have adequate safe schools
I am a traditional student, will matriculate right after finishing senior year in undergrad. I am white, normal range SES, no particular hardships. Very well written Personal statement, and fairly adequate work/ activities section. well rounded overall
Year in school: Summer after junior year with Senior credit standing (105) Currently I am in an Undergraduate summer research fellowship grant work program
Cumulative/Science GPA: 3.67/3.88 (yes sGPA is much higher, my non-sGPA from freshman year was around 2.1) Strong upward trend.
MCAT: 509- 82%ile
Research – 2 posters (1 first auth, 1 second auth) in a neuroscience lab in the College of medicine on my campus, will be first author on a paper in the next 2 months, and second author on another paper in the next 1 to 3 months. over 400 hours thus far, likely 800 by matriculation. Considered paid work, and lab/research work.(the fellowship is a paid grant.)
Volunteering (clinical) – ~50 hours in the hospital PACU ~400 hours at chemo center
Physician shadowing – 200 hours at one specialty hospital surgery service. -150 hours local hospital, various areas and local physician offices
Non-clinical volunteering: ~150 hours nature/environmental education center
Employment history:~ 200 hours clinical pharmacy tech ~250 hours in research lab (fellowship)
Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n) none
Country/state of residence: New York
Schools to which I am applying:
Reach: Cornell, Columbia, Mt. Sinai, New York University, Harvard, Yale.
Not sure where my other schools fit in, in terms of target/ safety. Do I have adequate safety schools? I have no desire to apply DO, I have nothing against DO's, but I have no propensity for osteopathic medicine, and also would like to avoid the Caribbean at all costs.
Here is my total list:
Albany Medical College
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
CA Northstate Univ COM
Columbia University College of P & S
Creighton University School of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Emory University School of Medicine
FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Florida State University
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
George Washington University Sch of Med & Hlth Sci
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra University
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Indiana University School of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffa
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Keck Sch. of Med.University of Southern California
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medici
Marshall Univ Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
Meharry Medical College
Morehouse School of Medicine
New York Medical College
New York University
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Quinnipiac University SOM
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Scien
Rush Medical College
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Stanford University School of Medicine
State University of New York Downstate Medical Cen
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
SUNY Upstate Medical University
The Commonwealth Medical College
The Ohio State Univ. Coll. of Med.
The University of Miami School of Medicine
The University of Vermont College of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
Uni. of North Dakota Sch. of Med. & Hlth. Sci.
Uniformed Services University of the Health Scienc
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson
University of California San Francisco
University of Central Florida COM
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
University of Florida
University of Hawaii John A. Burns Sch. of Med. (not great OOS acceptance, but I have some family living there, so that's a connection to the state)
University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine
University of Louisville School of Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
University of Missouri - Kansas City
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Den
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville
University of Utah School of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
University of Wisconsin
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicin
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Weill Cornell Medicine
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
