Hi everyone,
I'm creating my school list and would really appreciate general & adcom advice about my chances at the great research institutions . ECs general and stats slightly modified for anonymity. Any/all feedback is appreciated! (Used WedgeDawg for list)
State: CA ORM
School: Top 25
Major: Biology
cGPA: 3.83
sGPA: 3.9
MCAT: 524 (130/130/132/132)
Research: 2 years in one lab
- No posters or pubs primarily due to the trial-and-error + long run nature of the research (1 "trial" takes roughly 6 months), but highly independent project
- Publication expected but nowhere close to app cycle and I don't want to take a gap year just for the CHANCE of a pub
- Strong LOR + VERY comfortable/enthusiastic talking about my projects if at the interview stage
Clinical: Volunteer medical assistant with homeless/low-income primarily hispanic populations (300 hrs) + 100 hrs primary care shadowing
Non-clinical: 600 hrs working with homeless/low-income populations in my school and hometowns
Editor for school newspaper (250 hrs) + lead TA (500 hrs)
Current Career Goals: Urban environment physician (translation: hopefully with lots of homeless/low-income people!) doing clinical research (but not quite the 80/20 expected of MD/PhDs; I like people more than I do research though it's close)
List:
UMich
Hopkins
Duke
Columbia
Penn
UChicago
NYU
WashU (St. Louis)
UCLA
UCSF
Stanford
Yale
Northwestern
UVA
Pitt
Cornell
Mt Sinai
Case
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UCSD
BU
Ohio State
USC
Cincy
Rochester
Stony Brook
Hofstra
SUNY Downstate
Einstein
Penn State
Overall, my life goals are to be a skilled and caring physician which doesn't exactly require attending a top research institution (which I feel like I often forget lol). If any of the schools on my list don't seem to fit my "theme" as well as I think, please let me know! (Stanford is one, but I promised people close to me I'd apply there)
