InJailButOutSoon
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Hello, I hope you are doing well! I have just completed and am currently applying to medical school. My application is centered around research experiences and wanting to work as a physician to not only advocate for patients, but to use the knowledge of unmet needs that I see in the clinic to drive research that solves societal level problems. As such, the largest experience on my application is my research hours by far. However, as I intended on applying to medical school and trying to increase my clinical experiences, my PI kept telling me to cut corners and just get his MD friends to "sign a letter" to "appease the admissions re*****" (his words not mine, and this is not a joke). He had also previously asked me to do unethical things, none of which I did and have screenshots of him writing essays to try to convince me. Needless to say, after all of this, I had enough and quit the lab. I have very high stats from a top 10 undergrad (3.95+, 524) and want to target research oriented schools because they fit my mission. I have 3 pubs (2 4th author, 1 2nd author abstract) with this PI and it is one of my major experiences, but I will not have a letter of rec from this PI. Will this raise eyebrows at research oriented programs and affect my ability to get an interview? Thank you very much for your time, it is much appreciated.
Brief summary of profile just for context:
Research Hours: 1700 (all with PI discussed above)
Research startup: 800 (also with said PI)
Teaching: 1000 (various TA)
Hospital Volunteering: 250
Nonclinical Volunteering: 250 (teaching)
Shadowing: 50 (family med, cardiology, vascular surgery)
Brief summary of profile just for context:
Research Hours: 1700 (all with PI discussed above)
Research startup: 800 (also with said PI)
Teaching: 1000 (various TA)
Hospital Volunteering: 250
Nonclinical Volunteering: 250 (teaching)
Shadowing: 50 (family med, cardiology, vascular surgery)