premed272727
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Looking for some hard hitting feedback on my school list, and some realistic "what are my odds" at these schools. Even if it's a 1% chance I'll take it.
Physician shadowing
Specialty of interest: heme/onc, though not explicitly stated on my app, but from my research they could probably tell.
Interest in rural health? Maybe, but probably no
Because I have decent stats and my app is has lots of research, I'm struggling with school list. I essentially have 42 top research institutions on my list rather than include safer options. I'm comfortable applying to roughly this number of schools though. Any feedback is welcome.
School List:
UVA
VCU
Virginia Tech
EVMS
MUSC (have a tie)
NYU (have a tie)
WVU (have a tie)
Stony Brook
NYMC
Wake Forest
UMiami
GW SOM
Sidney Kimmel TJ
Drexel
Temple (was born in a temple hospital, but years before they acquired it lol - Tie?? kinda??)
U Cincinnati
USF Morsani
Emory
Tufts
Boston U
Einstein
Mt Sinai
Suny downstate
Loyola
weill/cornell
Northwestern feinberg
Umichigan
Case western +CCLM
UCLA
Upenn
University of Illinois
Duke SOM
University of Rochester (might be cutting idk)
Columbia SOM
Upitt
Hofstra
Harvard (no shot but my parents insisted. Thanks indian parents.)
wash U
vanderbilt
hopkins
brown
Ohio State
(42, i think)
Talk to me chat...
Looking for some hard hitting feedback on my school list, and some realistic "what are my odds" at these schools. Even if it's a 1% chance I'll take it.
- Virginia resident, ORM Asian, >200k family income.
- T5 public , T25 overall undergraduate. No gap year.
- GPA: 3.81 (BCPM 3.8x, AO 3.7x)
- 519 MCAT (130, 130, 128, 131)
- Submitted primary July 15, anticipating having most if not all secondaries in before labor day am prewriting hella.
- 514 - 2 different emergency room scribing jobs, talked about extensively in my personal statement
- 52 + (60) - Scribing position at a local free clinic. super gratifying, but wish I had more hours there.
- 560 + (40), Home institution cancer wet lab, 1 first author poster from wet lab (wrapping this up since my grad student is graduating)
- 500, Reu adjacent summer internship at T100 public med school. 1 oral presentation.
- 300 + (120), Another reu program in progress, at an T20 school with strong name recognition. Future: 2 oral presentations (one at a "national" conference, and 1 first author poster
- (320 projected) - Wet Lab i'm joining in the fall that I included on my primary app because it continues an academic interest I talk a lot about elsewhere on my app. Noted on app that I will do my senior thesis here.
Physician shadowing
- 300 + (40) Extensive shadowing over like 15 specialties, 200 from high school, 100 from college. continuing to get hours here at my summer program then also when I'm back home. Strong LOR from a surgeon I've spent 50+ hours with.
- 150 + (75) - Chemistry org on campus, academic advising/research/professional mentorship of 12+ undergrads over 2 years, and multiple science experiment demonstrations for local public school students.
- 120 + (20) - Position in same chemistry org, founded a few initiatives on campus related to mentorship/advising with goal of lowering barriers to access in STEM, as well as fostered relationships with local public schools for those experiments
- 110 + (165) Chemistry TA, 2 different classes with same professor. Continuing those 2 next year, and also for another chem class with different professor next year.
- 750 + (150) Local motel - since high school continuing through college. I work there over breaks, super flexible.
Specialty of interest: heme/onc, though not explicitly stated on my app, but from my research they could probably tell.
Interest in rural health? Maybe, but probably no
Because I have decent stats and my app is has lots of research, I'm struggling with school list. I essentially have 42 top research institutions on my list rather than include safer options. I'm comfortable applying to roughly this number of schools though. Any feedback is welcome.
School List:
UVA
VCU
Virginia Tech
EVMS
MUSC (have a tie)
NYU (have a tie)
WVU (have a tie)
Stony Brook
NYMC
Wake Forest
UMiami
GW SOM
Sidney Kimmel TJ
Drexel
Temple (was born in a temple hospital, but years before they acquired it lol - Tie?? kinda??)
U Cincinnati
USF Morsani
Emory
Tufts
Boston U
Einstein
Mt Sinai
Suny downstate
Loyola
weill/cornell
Northwestern feinberg
Umichigan
Case western +CCLM
UCLA
Upenn
University of Illinois
Duke SOM
University of Rochester (might be cutting idk)
Columbia SOM
Upitt
Hofstra
Harvard (no shot but my parents insisted. Thanks indian parents.)
wash U
vanderbilt
hopkins
brown
Ohio State
(42, i think)
Talk to me chat...