Howard, Mercer,...

[deleted158872]

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These schools have a little lower stats so i think they might make good safety schools.... but should i even apply to Howard and Mercer if i'm not Black?

 

[f4reignbeauty]

I don't know about Mercer, but Howard has a specific mission to help underserved communities. If that is not your personal mission, I would not advise applying there.

 

[quietninja72]

Mercer is not an HBCU, so race is a non-factor. That being said, you can only apply to Mercer as a Georgia resident (they don't accept OOS applications) and even with higher stats they're looking to fit their mission statement of training primary care doctors for rural GA. I interviewed there with stats well above their 90th percentile and ultimately got rejected because I don't fit the mission (was told afterwards by my interviewer, he tried to support me but the committee did not agree). So if you're legal residence is GA and you think you can fit the mission or lie to them (which I didn't want to do, I realize now I would not have been happy there anyways) then by all means apply to Mercer.

No idea about Howard

 

[The Helpful Aye Aye]

These schools have a little lower stats so i think they might make good safety schools.... but should i even apply to Howard and Mercer if i'm not Black?

Do you have any experiences which would suggest that you are interested in Howard's mission (look it up)? That's kind of a big deal and is something I'd imagine would be asked directly in an interview. Over 25% of the current 1st year class is neither black nor hispanic...

 

[deleted158872]

how about Morehouse?

 

[Vain Brother]

how about Morehouse?

what do you think

 

[Catalystik]

how about Morehouse?

Morehouse has a similar mission focus to Howard. If you have some years of dedicated service to needy populations who are underserved in medicine, you have a shot.

 

[Doug Underhill]

The HBCUs have a mission to train physicians who will go on to serve the African-American community. If you have a strong record of service to this community, you may get an interview.

Of course, we don't really have an example of what a strong record of service to the community is on SDN, leading to ambiguity. If you are a non-URM and go to one of these schools, what did you have on your resume?

 

[Internationalinterest]

I have a friend who is a med student at morehouse. He had little to no service other than starting a battered women's shelter in his home country (india). I think they are just looking for service in general, not necessarily service to the AA community/

 

[Goro]

Only if you have significant evidence of commitment to working with minority communities.

Otherwise, no.

These schools have a little lower stats so i think they might make good safety schools.... but should i even apply to Howard and Mercer if i'm not Black?

 

[tmobbll]

I'm a HUCM (Howard University College of Medicine) student. While it is a HBCU, my class is very diverse. The admission officers love diversity in all forms (sex, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, etc.). It honestly doesn't matter what you are or what beliefs you hold. Also, while the mission is to serve the underserved population, HUCM matches in some of the most competitive programs and specialties (especially ortho). Howard looks for great students as well as students who may just not test well. Its truly a diverse environment and one you can benefit from being in.

 

[Crooklyn Born]

I'm a HUCM (Howard University College of Medicine) student. While it is a HBCU, my class is very diverse. The admission officers love diversity in all forms (sex, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, etc.). It honestly doesn't matter what you are or what beliefs you hold. Also, while the mission is to serve the underserved population, HUCM matches in some of the most competitive programs and specialties (especially ortho). Howard looks for great students as well as students who may just not test well. Its truly a diverse environment and one you can benefit from being in.

I've been hearing about the strength of their ortho placements, and have found a few myself from looking at websites of residencies i'm interested in. Do you know if the schools has a compiled list of residency placements from recent years? I've been having trouble finding one online