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[Mr.Smile12]

• Ophthalmologist technician (700 hrs, projecting 2400 hrs)
  • has not started yet, but I was already hired and will replace the current technician when they leave

I'm confused... how do you have 700 hours if you haven't started yet?

Also, this is anticipated for a 2025 submission? You aren't currently applying?

I'm ambivalent about how you are building your service orientation profile. It's still heavily centered around tutoring, even if it is for special needs students. You only have 50 hours of food pantry work, but why not continue it during your gap years? As it stands, this profile is weak and subjects you for getting screened out at most schools. You definitely have too few hours for Rush, the Jesuit schools, and some of the competitive brands on your list IMO.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I moved after I graduated, so I couldn't continue the food pantry volunteering at the place I was originally at. I considered reintroducing the food pantry volunteering after I moved, but then I got the coordinator position at the special needs tutoring nonprofit, and decided it was worth the increased time investment for me personally. I could figure out a way to make more room for the food pantry volunteering though if that's where my app is a little weak!

For now, do you have any school suggestions if my app isn't particularly strong for service oriented schools?

I'll let others give you school lists. What I can say is that being interested in children (including special needs) and mental health doesn't help you narrow your school list. You need to show you can keep up with other applicants in the pool who are likely to become students and your future peers. The service orientation hours are the most significant challenge you have IMO.

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
Miami
USF Morsani
Florida State
U Florida
Central Florida
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
NOVA MD
Emory
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Georgetown
Jefferson
Drexel
Temple
Pittsburgh
Hofstra
Einstein
Boston University
Tufts
Western Michigan
Rosalind Franklin
St. Louis
Creighton
Tulane

 

[LizzyM]

Agree with above.

 

[Goro]

Agree with above.

Ditto