School List Help

[redtrain21]

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Hello, can someone help me with my school list:
Please let me know schools you think I should add or remove!
NY Resident, ORM(Asian), 3.7 gpa, 519 MCAT, First Gen, Low-Income
EC:
-Clinical volunteering(600 hours)
- Clinical Research (500 hours)
- Wet-lab Research(1000 hours)
- Nonclinical volunteering (150 hours)
- Shadowing(100 hours)
-Tutoring( 300 hours)


School List:
Cornell
UMich
Rochester
Columbia
Harvard
Duke
Johns Hopkins
Stanford
Northwestern
Case Western
NYU Grossman
UVA
UCSF
Brown
Stony
Hofstra
Mount Sinai
Jefferson
Emory
Albert Einstein
New York Medical College
UPitt
Colorado
U of Iowa
Dartmouth
Cincinatti
Boston
Tufts
Upstate
Downstate
Buffalo
UW-Madison
Wake Forest
Albany
Temple
Drexel
Western Michigan
Nova
Rosland Franklin
Vermont
GW
Eastern Virginia
Penn State
Wisconsin

 

[Mr.Smile12]

EC:
-Clinical volunteering(600 hours)
- Clinical Research (500 hours)
- Wet-lab Research(1000 hours)
- Nonclinical volunteering (150 hours)
- Shadowing(100 hours)
-Tutoring( 300 hours)

Details point to mission fit, and it's important to know how you impacted communities in your work. What is your purpose as a physician? Why have you included these schools on your list? The further down your list, the less I see any geographic affinity that would benefit you. (Seriously, Western Michigan? Wisconsin?, Madison?)

 

[redtrain21]

Mission: Leveraging CS background for clinical research and innovating in medicine

The reason I choose those schools is because I currently work in a company based in Madison, Wisconsin. Do you still think I should not include those schools?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Mission: Leveraging CS background for clinical research and innovating in medicine

The reason I choose those schools is because I currently work in a company based in Madison, Wisconsin. Do you still think I should not include those schools?

Have you lived in Wisconsin? I'm only going by your NY resident declaration. Where were all your community service held: in Wisconsin or NY?

 

[redtrain21]

Currently in my gap year(moved after applying to med school for job), where I will be volunteering in the local community of Wisconsin but with my applied hours it’s all NY.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

You still didn't answer the question to itemize your activities. Your argument to the Wisconsin schools needs to be one where you are committed to the needs of the patients in the state of Wisconsin, including the remote rural parts of the state that are not near the usual urban center of Milwaukee/Chicagoland suburbs or the progressive towns like Madison. Have you contacted the admissions teams before you sent in your application?

 

[redtrain21]

My application hasn’t been verified yet but why would I need to show commitment to the state through service but not other schools OOS? Is it because these would be less research oriented? I want to show that I would be great applicant to contribute to research and innovation to the school that’s why I was also focusing on research focused schools and opted out of service focused schools.

 

[Faha]

What is the nature and hours of each of your non clinical volunteering activities ?

 

[redtrain21]

What is the nature and hours of each of your non clinical volunteering activities ?

All the hours are soup kitchen volunteering. Helping cook and pass out meals.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Admittedly, most mission/vision/values statements are similar. But I infer from your answer you don't have a strong commitment to Wisconsin and just want to get into any medical school that takes you. That's fine... I just wanted to know.

UWSMPH:
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health strives to improve the health and well-being of people in Wisconsin and beyond. ...
Our goal is to train health, public health and research professionals who think broadly as they seek to solve society’s most pressing health challenges.

About Us - Mission, Vision and Values - School of Medicine and Public Health

Our mission, vision, and values statements reflect insights from hundreds of our learners, staff and faculty members.

www.med.wisc.edu

About MCW | Medical College of Wisconsin

Learn about the impact our knowledge is having on students, patients, families and communities.

www.mcw.edu

 

[redtrain21]

Admittedly, most mission/vision/values statements are similar. But I infer from your answer you don't have a strong commitment to Wisconsin and just want to get into any medical school that takes you. That's fine... I just wanted to know.

UWSMPH:
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health strives to improve the health and well-being of people in Wisconsin and beyond. ...
Our goal is to train health, public health and research professionals who think broadly as they seek to solve society’s most pressing health challenges.

About Us - Mission, Vision and Values - School of Medicine and Public Health

Our mission, vision, and values statements reflect insights from hundreds of our learners, staff and faculty members.

www.med.wisc.edu

About MCW | Medical College of Wisconsin

Learn about the impact our knowledge is having on students, patients, families and communities.

www.mcw.edu

Is there a way to know if certain schools are more research focused compared to service focused if you can’t really based it off mission statement? Or would most schools just be balanced in both aspects except like the T20s.

 

[Faha]

All the hours are soup kitchen volunteering. Helping cook and pass out meals.

You have a good list and should receive several interviews.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Is there a way to know if certain schools are more research focused compared to service focused if you can’t really based it off mission statement? Or would most schools just be balanced in both aspects except like the T20s.

Read

Mission Fit: Key to Your Success | Student Doctor Network | SDN

Every application cycle, applicants request expert reviews on the Student Doctor Network to help them assess “What Are My Chances” (WAMC) at getting

www.studentdoctor.net

 

[redtrain21]

Read

Mission Fit: Key to Your Success | Student Doctor Network | SDN

Every application cycle, applicants request expert reviews on the Student Doctor Network to help them assess “What Are My Chances” (WAMC) at getting

www.studentdoctor.net

Thank you! Appreciate your help and the resources!

 

[redtrain21]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews.

I hope so but thank you!