How can I improve my school list?

[ShadyLane]

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[Lawpy]

The adcoms, @puglet and @WedgeDawg can provide stronger evaluation, but from the looks of it, you have good stats and good ECs. Just few questions. Did you have any posters, abstracts, or conference presentations? Are there anything unique about you (other than liking pugs)?

I actually think you have a bit too many mid tiers schools, so you should eliminate Georgetown (too many apps, bad review) and Colorado/OHSU (you're OOS).

 

[WedgeDawg]

Application looks like a solid, average candidate for top schools. Agree with Lawper that you can take some schools out to add more top tiers if you want.

 

[ShadyLane]

The adcoms, @puglet and @WedgeDawg can provide stronger evaluation, but from the looks of it, you have good stats and good ECs. Just few questions. Did you have any posters, abstracts, or conference presentations? Are there anything unique about you (other than liking pugs)?

I actually think you have a bit too many mid tiers schools, so you should eliminate Georgetown (too many apps, bad review) and Colorado/OHSU (you're OOS).

No posters, abstracts, or presentations - pretty unfortunate. I may have a poster presentation in July, but I don't want to include speculation at this point. I'd say my "angle" is dedication to my community. In college I mentored pregnant and parenting teens and co-founded a student org that promotes health and wellness among homeless and previously homeless women. I have a strong interest in maternal-fetal medicine, which is the nature of my current work at the hospital. I'm not sure if that's exceptionally unique, but that's me!

 

[Lawpy]

No posters, abstracts, or presentations - pretty unfortunate. I may have a poster presentation in July, but I don't want to include speculation at this point. I'd say my "angle" is dedication to my community. In college I mentored pregnant and parenting teens and co-founded a student org that promotes health and wellness among homeless and previously homeless women. I have a strong interest in maternal-fetal medicine, which is the nature of my current work at the hospital. I'm not sure if that's exceptionally unique, but that's me!

Pretty awesome stuff with your community work, though the slightly low research may hurt you for top schools. @Goro can give a more specific list, but I think you should be good to go with the current schools. Good luck!

 

[ShadyLane]

Pretty awesome stuff with your community work, though the slightly low research may hurt you for top schools. @Goro can give a more specific list, but I think you should be good to go with the current schools. Good luck!

Thanks, and yes that was one reason why I thought my list was top heavy.

 

[puglet]

I agree with the rest that your application looks good for top schools to me. Not sure what you should cut if you want to narrow your list down other than maybe cutting a couple of the low-yield schools, as was suggested already.

No posters, abstracts, or presentations - pretty unfortunate. I may have a poster presentation in July, but I don't want to include speculation at this point. I'd say my "angle" is dedication to my community. In college I mentored pregnant and parenting teens and co-founded a student org that promotes health and wellness among homeless and previously homeless women. I have a strong interest in maternal-fetal medicine, which is the nature of my current work at the hospital. I'm not sure if that's exceptionally unique, but that's me!

I like this angle. You show a pretty significant commitment to community involvement and that is impressive. Don't worry about being exceptionally unique, practically no one is going to be. Your commitment to the community does seem memorable to me, though.

I've been told that publishing isn't something you must do it in order to get into a top medical school, that it is great if you can get it, but not absolutely necessary. I'm sure this is variable depending on the school and pool of applicants. Your ~950 hours over ~2 years of research experience (if I'm reading your activities correctly) seems like a pretty good commitment. It's not exceptional, but I think it would at least fall at the moderate end of @WedgeDawg's application rating system, potentially between moderate and significant even.

 

[Goro]

You're a rock star; aim high!


I suggest:

UCLA
USC
UC Irvine
Stanford
UCSF
UCSD
UC Davis
Ohio State
U Chicago
Northwestern
Loyola
BU
Cornell
Mt. Sinai
Columbia
U Miami
NYU
Einstein
SUNY Downstate
SUNY SB
Pitt
Penn Perelman
Jefferson
Temple
U Vermont
U Colorado
U AZ
U NV (maybe)
U VM
Baylor
Tulane
Duke
Vanderbilt
Case
Mayo
Yale
Harvard
WashU
JHU

 

[ShadyLane]

You're a rock star; aim high!


I suggest:

UCLA
USC
UC Irvine
Stanford
UCSF
UCSD
UC Davis
Ohio State
U Chicago
Northwestern
Loyola
BU
Cornell
Mt. Sinai
Columbia
U Miami
NYU
Einstein
SUNY Downstate
SUNY SB
Pitt
Penn Perelman
Jefferson
Temple
U Vermont
U Colorado
U AZ
U NV (maybe)
U VM
Baylor
Tulane
Duke
Vanderbilt
Case
Mayo
Yale
Harvard
WashU
JHU

Thank you Goro! I'll look into the schools you suggested.

 

[ShadyLane]

You're a rock star; aim high!


I suggest:

UCLA
USC
UC Irvine
Stanford
UCSF
UCSD
UC Davis
Ohio State
U Chicago
Northwestern
Loyola
BU
Cornell
Mt. Sinai
Columbia
U Miami
NYU
Einstein
SUNY Downstate
SUNY SB
Pitt
Penn Perelman
Jefferson
Temple
U Vermont
U Colorado
U AZ
U NV (maybe)
U VM
Baylor
Tulane
Duke
Vanderbilt
Case
Mayo
Yale
Harvard
WashU
JHU

@Goro, you include U AZ and SUNY SB, but they both have very low OOS acceptance rates. Should I skip them?

 

[Dr Stephen T Colbert DFA]

@Goro, you include U AZ and SUNY SB, but they both have very low OOS acceptance rates. Should I skip them?

University of Arizona Phoenix (not Tucson) actually has a pretty high OOS percentage.

 

[Goro]

Ditto SUNY SB. 26 of a Class of 128.

University of Arizona Phoenix (not Tucson) actually has a pretty high OOS percentage.