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[Nancy d-26]

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Hi everyone, I made a rough school list, and I was wondering if anyone had any advice/opinions on schools that would be a good fit for me

A little about me: college junior (applying straight through), 3.97 cGPA, 3.94 BCPM, 518 MCAT. Asian Female

Hours: ~1000 research (3 poster presentations, 1 pub in progress); ~300 volunteering; ~75 shadowing; ~300 clinical; ~150 on campus job

Interests: working with underserved populations, learning about diverse perspectives, humanities, pediatrics, neuroscience/psychiatry, medical Spanish

Location: I'm from Pittsburgh, PA residency I am mainly applying on the east coast as I don't want to be too far from family.

Without further ado, here's what I have so far:

Drexel, Geisinger, Jefferson-Kimmel, Lewis Katz- Temple, Penn State, Perelman- Penn, Pitt, Case Western, Ohio State, Univ. of Cincinnati, Hackensack Meridian, Rutgers New Jersey, Rutgers RWJ, Georgetown, Miami Miller, USF- Morsani, Emory, BU, Tufts, UMich, Cornell, Mount Sinai, Einstein, Brown, UVA, Johns Hopkins

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[Faha]

What does your 300 hours of volunteering and 300 clinical hours consist of?

 

[candbgirl]

Please fill this in completely. You’ll get much better info if we know more about you and your application.
Good luck!

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[Mr.Smile12]

Don't forget: why is medicine your purpose? Skill-wise you should be good for the Philly schools (though metrics may make it tough for Penn). You won't go wrong with any of the other Philly, Geisinger, and NJ schools.

 

[Nancy d-26]

Volunteer internship at a free psych STAR clinic ( scribe role) and some office work. Volunteering at a hospital dementia clinic. Clinical hours as CNA. Plus some hours at a hospice

 

[Faha]

Rutgers admits few non residents. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Geisinger
Pittsburgh
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Hofstra
Rochester
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Tufts
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
USF Morsani
Belmont
Alice Walton
TCU
Washington University (in St. Louis)
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Roseman
You do not appear to have any non clinical volunteering hours. Some schools screen at 150 hours for non clinical volunteering.

 

[Nancy d-26]

Rutgers admits few non residents. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Geisinger
Pittsburgh
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Hofstra
Rochester
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Tufts
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
USF Morsani
Belmont
Alice Walton
TCU
Washington University (in St. Louis)
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Roseman
You do not appear to have any non clinical volunteering hours. Some schools screen at 150 hours for non clinical volunteering.

150 hours with girls inc, teaching elementary kids in underserved areas, working with dementia patients in a hospital setting doing activities to keep them engaged.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

You need 150 hours of service orientation activities like food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, legal support, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation; otherwise, your file may be screened out at many schools. For the high-metrics pool, you should have 250 before submission to keep up with other applicants. Teaching and tutoring show academic competency, and since they are present in practically every application, they don't help you stand out.

Are you leaning towards the psych/mental health angle for your purpose?

 

[Nancy d-26]

You need 150 hours of service orientation activities like food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, legal support, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation; otherwise, your file may be screened out at many schools. For the high-metrics pool, you should have 250 before submission to keep up with other applicants.

Are you leaning towards the psych/mental health angle for your p

I work with elementary students in underserved areas through girls inc and also doing activities with dementia patients in a hospital setting. Would these count towards non clinical volunteering

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Sorry... as we were both responding simultaneously, I added this sentence.

Teaching and tutoring show academic competency (not service orientation), and since they are present in practically every application, they don't help you stand out. You can classify them as non-clinical volunteering, but I'm talking competencies, not activities classifications.

 

[Nancy d-26]

Rutgers admits few non residents. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Geisinger
Pittsburgh
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Hofstra
Rochester
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Tufts
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
USF Morsani
Belmont
Alice Walton
TCU
Washington University (in St. Louis)
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Roseman
You do not appear to have any non clinical volunteering hours. Some schools screen at 150 hours for non clinical volunteering.

Wisconsin, Vermont are they oos friendly? You don't recommend applying to any of the Ohio schools?

 

[Faha]

Wisconsin, Vermont are they oos friendly?

Vermont and Medical College Wisconsin (not U Wisconsin) are OOS friendly.

 

[Nancy d-26]

Rutgers admits few non residents. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Geisinger
Pittsburgh
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Hofstra
Rochester
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Tufts
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
USF Morsani
Belmont
Alice Walton
TCU
Washington University (in St. Louis)
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Roseman
You do not appear to have any non clinical volunteering hours. Some schools screen at 150 hours for non clinical volunteering.

Also you don't recommend applying to any of the Ohio schools?

 

[Faha]

Also you don't recommend applying to any of the Ohio schools?

The Ohio state public schools prefer their own residents. You could try Cincinnati.

 

[Nancy d-26]

The Ohio state public schools prefer their own residents. You could try Cincinnati.

Thanks so much for your help