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[quintapov]

Background non trad applicant ...PhD in anthro
Postdoc in biomed field Roughky 3.9 gpa mostly from post- bacc MCAT 521
Nonclinical volunteer hours maybe 100 hours
Clinical volunteer about 100, 50 shadowing
Lots of research as a postdoc, 7 first author pubs
Unsure about where and how widely to apply. Should I focus on schools that really value research or does it matter. How widely outside California should I apply?

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[Faha]

Are you a California resident ? What are your sGPA and cGPA including your post bacc ? What is the nature of your clinical and non clinical volunteering hours ?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Why medicine? Why now? What do you want to do in medicine?

 

[quintapov]

Yes I am a California resident. Bay area
Sgpa and CGPA are both about 3.9 including post bacc

Non clinical hours include tutoring, teaching youth programs, and volunteering at a shelter.

Clinical - I have volunteered at a hospital and have shadowed a pathologist and orthopedic surgeon

I am currently a medical researcher at a R1 institute in California.

I know my skillset leans heavily to towards research schools

 

[quintapov]

I want to become a physician scientist.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Have you posted in the Research Scientists' forum? Most of the people you may want to talk to are there.

 

[gyngyn]

Have you posted in the Research Scientists' forum? Most of the people you may want to talk to are there.

That forum referred OP here because they already have a PhD and are looking for an MD only.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

That forum referred OP here because they already have a PhD and are looking for an MD only.

Oh OK. Missed that!

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
UCSF
UCLA
UCSD
UC Irvine
UC Davis
UC Riverside (if you are from that region)
USC Keck
Kaiser
Washington University (in St. Louis-almost a guaranteed interview with your stats)
St. Louis
Vanderbilt
Northwestern
U Chicago
Western Michigan
U Michigan
Case Western
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Emory
USF Morsani
Duke
U Virginia
Georgetown
Jefferson
Pittsburgh
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
NYU
Columbia
Cornell
Rochester
Yale
Dartmouth
Brown
Boston University
Tufts

 

[quintapov]

Thank you so much. There are a few schools on your list that I didn't think of.

How come a school Stanford is not on the list?

My only concern with schools like Kaiser though is my background is research oriented. It's what I do currently and I want to become a Md so I can become a physician scientist.

 

[Faha]

Thank you so much. There are a few schools on your list that I didn't think of.

How come a school Stanford is not on the list?

My only concern with schools like Kaiser though is my background is research oriented. It's what I do currently and I want to become a Md so I can become a physician scientist.

You could add Stanford.