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[Walter Raleigh]

Was the tutoring and sports instructing volunteer or not? If not, you lacked important nonclinical volunteering. You had four interviews, and there's a good chance one will net you an acceptance. If not: make sure you're applying with at least 200 hours each of clinical and nonclinical volunteering. Have maybe eight top-20s, ten or twelve midtiers, and your state schools. The nonclinical volunteering is the most important; if you are applying not this summer but next you should be able to get another 140 hours between now and application time. Good luck.

 

[deleted966008]

Was the tutoring and sports instructing volunteer or not? If not, you lacked important nonclinical volunteering. You had four interviews, and there's a good chance one will net you an acceptance. If not: make sure you're applying with at least 200 hours each of clinical and nonclinical volunteering. Have maybe eight top-20s, ten or twelve midtiers, and your state schools. The nonclinical volunteering is the most important; if you are applying not this summer but next you should be able to get another 140 hours between now and application time. Good luck.

Those were both paid positions which understandably diminishes any “altruistic” aspects. Say I reach 100 hrs non clinical by this summer and continue during application season, is that enough? Really think I’m ready to reapply if I don’t get in and would prefer this not be a 2 year delay. Mostly just looking for schools

 

[Walter Raleigh]

100 nonclinical hours is a bit low.

 

[ginsengreset]

When did you submit your secondaries?

 

[deleted966008]

When did you submit your secondaries?

All were submitted before the end of July.

 

[deleted966008]

@Goro any advice? As an adcom you’d have an acumen for these sorts of situations

 

[Goro]

@Goro any advice? As an adcom you’d have an acumen for these sorts of situations

Your app looked really good to me.. you go IIs, which is good, and wait listing seems to be the common thing these days for everyone, even rock stars.

Continue to engage in service to others less fortunate than yourself.
Was the tutoring to poor kids? Or just on campus to peers? If the former, play that up.

Work on interview skills

Rewrite all essays and have multiple eyeballs vet them.

And remember that this is an Olympic event. It's hyper competitive.

I suggest maybe any three of the bolded:

Vanderbilt
WashU (maybe)
Yale
JHU
U Chicago
Northwestern
Columbia
Harvard
Stanford
Mayo

and any of these. But have a decent mix of the Keck and Einstein/Emory class schools.
Cornell
Sinai
BU
U VA
Duke
Baylor
Case
U MI
Albert Einstein
Hofstra
Ohio State
Pitt
U Cincy
USF Morsani
Dartmouth
Rochester
USC/Keck
Western MI
Emory
Jefferson
Miami
SLU
Tufts
U IA
U VM
Your state schools (but skip SIU if you're not from southern ILL)

IF you're a reapplicant, and IF you have no love by November, throw in some DO schools. Beggars can't be choosy!

 

[deleted966008]

Your app looked really good to me.. you go IIs, which is good, and wait listing seems to be the common thing these days for everyone, even rock stars.

Continue to engage in service to others less fortunate than yourself.
Was the tutoring to poor kids? Or just on campus to peers? If the former, play that up.

Work on interview skills

Rewrite all essays and have multiple eyeballs vet them.

And remember that this is an Olympic event. It's hyper competitive.

I suggest maybe any three of the bolded:

Vanderbilt
WashU (maybe)
Yale
JHU
U Chicago
Northwestern
Columbia
Harvard
Stanford
Mayo

and any of these. But have a decent mix of the Keck and Einstein/Emory class schools.
Cornell
Sinai
BU
U VA
Duke
Baylor
Case
U MI
Albert Einstein
Hofstra
Ohio State
Pitt
U Cincy
USF Morsani
Dartmouth
Rochester
USC/Keck
Western MI
Emory
Jefferson
Miami
SLU
Tufts
U IA
U VM
Your state schools (but skip SIU if you're not from southern ILL)

IF you're a reapplicant, and IF you have no love by November, throw in some DO schools. Beggars can't be choosy!

Thank you for your advice! The tutoring was part of a free course offered for incoming freshmen at my university who came from relatively disadvantaged backgrounds, so in a way, yes to your question.

I will certainly adhere to the list you’d provided - if I have to reapply will I have a better shot at the ones I already applied to because they knew I was interested the first time or does that not matter a whole lot? Thanks!

 

[Walter Raleigh]

Before considering DO schools, consider this: would you rather wait another year and address that deficiency regarding nonclinical hours, or have a superb shot at a DO school next year? The low nonclinical hours are your biggest weakness.

 

[deleted966008]

Before considering DO schools, consider this: would you rather wait another year and address that deficiency regarding nonclinical hours, or have a superb shot at a DO school next year? The low nonclinical hours are your biggest weakness.

I will not be applying DO. I remain confident in my ability to obtain an MD acceptance this year or next, I really just think I needed a better school list. Thank you for your input, however.

 

[deleted966008]

To update, my state school (IL) offered me an acceptance this past Friday! That is to say for any future applicants who don’t get acceptances before March 15, hang in there and keep the (relevant) update letters going! It’s a long cycle.