Is being complete mid/late August too late?

[inasaur]

I'm thinking of adding a few schools to my list (Vanderbilt, Duke, Baylor, USC Keck, WUSTL, etc.). Is being complete mid-late August still okay for someone who is LM 81, or is it too late to bother?

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[freedoctor17]

With your stats it's definitely not too late. If your EC's are also pretty good you'll definitely be fine. Baylor, Keck, and wash u aren't bad but vandy and Duke may take a while so you might wanna get started right away.

 

[Catalystik]

I'm thinking of adding a few schools to my list (Vanderbilt, Duke, Baylor, USC Keck, WUSTL, etc.).
1) Is being complete mid-late August still okay for someone who is LM 81, or
2) is it too late to bother?

1) Yes.
2) No.

 

[W19]

Wow... @Catalystik is still giving advice in SDN. Thanks for all you have done for this website.

 

[Goro]

I'm thinking of adding a few schools to my list (Vanderbilt, Duke, Baylor, USC Keck, WUSTL, etc.). Is being complete mid-late August still okay for someone who is LM 81, or is it too late to bother?

No

 

[Catalystik]

Wow... @Catalystik is still giving advice in SDN.

As are you, apparently.

 

[inasaur]

With your stats it's definitely not too late. If your EC's are also pretty good you'll definitely be fine. Baylor, Keck, and wash u aren't bad but vandy and Duke may take a while so you might wanna get started right away.

For ECs I have:

• about 2 years of research, 1 poster, 1 funding award, no pubs
• 60ish hours of shadowing
  
• about 500 hours of clinical volunteering as an EMT
• about 200 hours of nonclinical volunteering as a tutor for lower income communities/migrant kids
  
• 1 student org leadership position
• hundreds of hours paid TAing/tutoring experience

Is this okay?

 

[freedoctor17]

For ECs I have:

• about 2 years of research, 1 poster, 1 funding award, no pubs
• 60ish hours of shadowing
  
• about 500 hours of clinical volunteering as an EMT
• about 200 hours of nonclinical volunteering as a tutor for lower income communities/migrant kids
  
• 1 student org leadership position
• hundreds of hours paid TAing/tutoring experience

Is this okay?

Those sound pretty good to me!

 

[Catalystik]

For ECs I have:

• about 2 years of research, 1 poster, 1 funding award, no pubs
• 60ish hours of shadowing
  
• about 500 hours of clinical volunteering as an EMT
• about 200 hours of nonclinical volunteering as a tutor for lower income communities/migrant kids
  
• 1 student org leadership position
• hundreds of hours paid TAing/tutoring experience

Is this okay?

Very "Okay"! Any Hobbies or Artistic Endeavors listed? How would you judge the strength of the leadership role?

 

[inasaur]

Very "Okay"! Any Hobbies or Artistic Endeavors listed? How would you judge the strength of the leadership role?

In terms of hobbies, I competed in national level taekwondo sparring tournaments during college. As for the leadership role, I was the was the housing treasurer of a professional fraternity during a major (around $300,000) renovation.

 

[PursuingHappy]

I'm thinking of adding a few schools to my list (Vanderbilt, Duke, Baylor, USC Keck, WUSTL, etc.). Is being complete mid-late August still okay for someone who is LM 81, or is it too late to bother?

I wasn't complete until 8/20 - 8/21 at all of my schools. Both Duke and Vandy reached out to me about it, so I don't think it was too much of a problem. And my stats aren't nearly as high as yours lol.