School List Help Please (526, 4.0, ORM)

[eggfriedrice]

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[AJS59]

You have (as far as I can see) a pretty bombproof/rockstar application as far as I can tell, so congrats!

Others will probably ask you about mission fit — i.e. what types of populations do you wish to serve, how does that fit with your career as a physician, etc.

If you're looking for further networking, be sure to reach out to MSPA (Med Student Pride Alliance).

And honestly your list looks solid given your stats, though you could always drop a few of T20 types and replace with others again depending on your mission fit. Either way, great work and you can shoot for the moon if paired with good LORs, writing, and timely submissions.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

You can print your ticket anywhere as long as you know what you're doing once you're there. (TL/DR: What's your mission fit?)

I think you have a strong list of schools in general. Your list of activities is like a checklist, so connecting them with your purpose will help you pare down this list and pick up others.

Networking: MSPA, APAMSA too.

If you like Ohio, I suppose you can keep Ohio State and Cincinnati. Vermont if you really like Dartmouth.

I would check the list about student insurance and health care coverage as LGBTQ+, given the state politics. You have your clear advantages with NC in-state, but do your homework with the other states (the Ohio schools, Vanderbilt, WashU, Mayo Arizona, Emory). It might not be enough to not include them, but think seriously about the community support. I would have thrown in Miami, but Florida...

Go to the recruitment events and flash your metrics badge to make them recruit you.

Any feedback about your Duke committee letter?

 

[eggfriedrice]

You can print your ticket anywhere as long as you know what you're doing once you're there. (TL/DR: What's your mission fit?)

I think you have a strong list of schools in general. Your list of activities is like a checklist, so connecting them with your purpose will help you pare down this list and pick up others.

Networking: MSPA, APAMSA too.

If you like Ohio, I suppose you can keep Ohio State and Cincinnati. Vermont if you really like Dartmouth.

I would check the list about student insurance and health care coverage as LGBTQ+, given the state politics. You have your clear advantages with NC in-state, but do your homework with the other states (the Ohio schools, Vanderbilt, WashU, Mayo Arizona, Emory). It might not be enough to not include them, but think seriously about the community support. I would have thrown in Miami, but Florida...

Go to the recruitment events and flash your metrics badge to make them recruit you.

Any feedback about your Duke committee letter?

Are there still a lot of recruitment events going on now? Feel like I haven't seen much and I never really went to any in the past either.

As for the committee letter, I should be getting one since our advising office is pretty good about it. They said it tends to be pretty generic though and strongly advised to add individual LORs. I'll have the committee letter + 2 science prof + 1 non-science prof + 1 P.I. Is that a combination most schools take?

 

[eggfriedrice]

Out of curiosity, how do you plan to tie your activities into your narrative? (Fellow duke student here)

I think I have a decent tie with the volunteering with marginalized communities (both clinical and non-clinical portions) with the idea of taking into account each person's individual circumstances rather than one-size-fits-all medicine. With the goal to ultimately improve not just their direct symptoms but also overall quality of life. Not sure if that's too convincing though

 

[LeaveNoTrace]

Mr. Smile seems a bit optimistic; the OP is an excellent candidate, towards the strong end of pack fodder by top-20 schools' stratospheric standards. They'll get several T20 interviews unless there's some glaring red flag like several IAs or recent criminal history we don't know about. However, they still need to do well in the interview; they're not the type of person where Harvard calls YOU and asks if they'd like to matriculate. That's very rare. They'd need ECs like military service, Olympic or professional athletics, or stellar research productivity for that.

Your list is fine. Rock stars need to aim high. You're not golden, but platinum...but not unobtainium.