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I'm a NY resident so I would love to be able to get in at Upstate, Downstate, or Stony Brook. Also, being from the Albany area, Sage is really attractive as well since I could live home and save money. My college has an articulation agreement with Sage for preferred admission if I apply Early Decision. I spoke to the head of the department on the phone a while back and after sharing my stats she said that I am basically as good as in if I apply ED, but it becomes a lot less likely if I apply regularly since they fill up almost every seat with ED/internal applicants.
My stats are:
cum GPA: 3.4, prereqGPA: 3.3-3.5 depending on the school (3.4 for sage)
GRE: Q 156 V 159 AW 3.5
Hours: ~100 in 3 different settings (outpatient orthopedics, pediatrics in a school, geriatrics inpatient)
Extracurriculars: a lot of stuff including: e-board of a fitness club I found, TA'ing for Anatomy, volunteer youth track and field coach, and competitive running club men's team member (completed 5ks through marathons).
Overall, I know that there are only a handful of schools I would be extremely competitive for, including Sage. Stony Brook, and Upstate are going to be tough, but would be better and cheaper programs that I would prefer to go to.
Should I apply ED to Sage and count on getting in there, and then scramble to apply other places if I somehow don't get in? Or should I take a risk and hope I can get in somewhere? I plan on applying to around 10 places.
Also, could I apply PTCAS ED for Sage, and apply to non-PTCAS places while waiting to hear back from Sage?
My stats are:
cum GPA: 3.4, prereqGPA: 3.3-3.5 depending on the school (3.4 for sage)
GRE: Q 156 V 159 AW 3.5
Hours: ~100 in 3 different settings (outpatient orthopedics, pediatrics in a school, geriatrics inpatient)
Extracurriculars: a lot of stuff including: e-board of a fitness club I found, TA'ing for Anatomy, volunteer youth track and field coach, and competitive running club men's team member (completed 5ks through marathons).
Overall, I know that there are only a handful of schools I would be extremely competitive for, including Sage. Stony Brook, and Upstate are going to be tough, but would be better and cheaper programs that I would prefer to go to.
Should I apply ED to Sage and count on getting in there, and then scramble to apply other places if I somehow don't get in? Or should I take a risk and hope I can get in somewhere? I plan on applying to around 10 places.
Also, could I apply PTCAS ED for Sage, and apply to non-PTCAS places while waiting to hear back from Sage?
