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What is the breakdown of your 130 hours of clinical volunteering and 122 hours of non clinical volunteering? Projected hours have minimal value. When does your medical assistant job begin?
 
I would be more confident in your chances with more clinical hours and details on your non-clinical volunteering. Have you connected with MAPS/SNMA chapter officers? Are you connected with mentoring organizations supporting aspiring Black physicians? Have you reached out to the MSPA chapters? Did you receive an FAP?
 
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You should have 150 hours of clinical volunteering/employment before you submit your application. It appears you could have that number after your 1st week in your paid clinical position. So you could submit your application in early July. Some schools screen at 150 clinical hours. More hours at the food bank would also be helpful. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Your 3 New Jersey state public schools
Hackensack
Hofstra
Einstein (free tuition)
NYU (free tuition)
Mount Sinai
Columbia
Cornell
Boston University
Tufts
Dartmouth
Brown
Harvard
Pittsburgh
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
U Penn
George Washington
Johns Hopkins (free tuition)
U Virginia
Duke
Emory
Miami
Vanderbilt
Washington University
Northwestern
Case Western
Cincinnati
Mayo
 
Faha said:
You should have 150 hours of clinical volunteering/employment before you submit your application. It appears you could have that number after your 1st week in your paid clinical position. So you could submit your application in early July. Some schools screen at 150 clinical hours. More hours at the food bank would also be helpful. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Your 3 New Jersey state public schools
Hackensack
Hofstra
Einstein (free tuition)
NYU (free tuition)
Mount Sinai
Columbia
Cornell
Boston University
Tufts
Dartmouth
Brown
Harvard
Pittsburgh
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
U Penn
George Washington
Johns Hopkins (free tuition)
U Virginia
Duke
Emory
Miami
Vanderbilt
Washington University
Northwestern
Case Western
Cincinnati
Mayo
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+ yale, +stanford, +ucsf.

all t20's op.
 
winterjacket77 said:
Thank you for this. Is it best to do all t20s for max chances? I'm scared of doing too many reaches compared to "safer" options. Do you guys suggest I remove any from the current list in addition to adding these? Should I not apply to "safer" (sorry if this isn't appropriate wording) schools like Albany, New York Medical College, UVM?

I should be at 150 clinical and non-clinical volunteer hours basically next week. As long as I'm at 150 by the time I apply, that's ok right? My plan was to apply once it opens, and I should be good by then.
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you need all t20s, then add in 3-5 or so in the t50 as "safety", and maybe an HBCU or 2.

apply to any in t21-t40 that you actually like and would be happy attending if t20s dont work out.

yes for the hours question just get past the threshold.

do not remove anything no matter what anyone tells you. you're a t10 applicant. don't get psyopped.
 
phantasmo said:
you need all t20s, then add in 3-5 or so in the t50 as "safety", and maybe an HBCU or 2.

apply to any in t21-t40 that you actually like and would be happy attending if t20s dont work out.

yes for the hours question just get past the threshold.

do not remove anything no matter what anyone tells you. you're a t10 applicant. don't get psyopped.
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Agreed for the most part. Faha is on the right track too though: waiting till you have a 2-4 weeks under your belt as an MA isn’t going to hurt your app. That and boost the food bank hours and you’re golden.

Add Chicago to the list.
 
winterjacket77 said:
Thank you for this. Is it best to do all t20s for max chances? I'm scared of doing too many reaches compared to "safer" options. Do you guys suggest I remove any from the current list in addition to adding these? Should I not apply to "safer" (sorry if this isn't appropriate wording) schools like Albany, New York Medical College, UVM?

I should be at 150 clinical and non-clinical volunteer hours basically next week. As long as I'm at 150 by the time I apply, that's ok right? My plan was to apply once it opens, and I should be good by then.
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winterjacket77 said:
Thank you for this. Is it best to do all t20s for max chances? I'm scared of doing too many reaches compared to "safer" options. Do you guys suggest I remove any from the current list in addition to adding these? Should I not apply to "safer" (sorry if this isn't appropriate wording) schools like Albany, New York Medical College, UVM?

I should be at 150 clinical and non-clinical volunteer hours basically next week. As long as I'm at 150 by the time I apply, that's ok right? My plan was to apply once it opens, and I should be good by then.
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You do not need to apply to all top tier schools. You would be better off to apply in early July when you have some Medical Assistant hours. Also, the projected hours as a Medical Assistant will be more believable since you would have already started the job and have some hours on your application. Your New Jersey schools are your "safeties".
 
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You do not need to apply to all top tier schools. You would be better off to apply in early July when you have some Medical Assistant hours. Also, the projected hours as a Medical Assistant will be more believable since you would have already started the job and have some hours on your application. Your New Jersey schools are your "safeties".
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this is so insanely wrong, I don't know why you are intentionally or unintentionally messing with this applicant. you know better. correct though on applying early July - OP, make sure to use the "throwaway method" (google it, lots of posts about it on sdn). it should save your app time in getting verified so you can send those secondaries in a month sooner, which is a huge deal at a lot of places.

OP, no matter what, no matter what anyone tells you, ALL t20. do NOT get psyopped here. happy to explain why in dms.
 
winterjacket77 said:
Thank you for the insights! My question: I will be at 150 hours by the time of application. Are the benefits of adding a couple weeks of MA work worth submitting almost a month later than I could otherwise? From my understanding, that month could make the difference for some schools, right?
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Most schools do not begin interviews until September. Just submit all your secondaries by early August.
 
winterjacket77 said:
Thank you for the insights! My question: I will be at 150 hours by the time of application. Are the benefits of adding a couple weeks of MA work worth submitting almost a month later than I could otherwise? From my understanding, that month could make the difference for some schools, right?
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absolutely not - if you reach the 150-200, apply as soon as you can. the drawback for schools like mich/pitt/etc of not applying asap are extreme (maybe not for urm but why take chances) imo submit primary early to mid june, get secondaries mid july (and prewrite them), then send them in

if you can reach 150-200, just send it in, and then put projected hours - if things aren't working so great during the cycle, and it seems like you're getting filtered, send updates showing your interest and explaining that you've accrued more hours and experience.

also connect w SNMA chapters at all the schools you're interested in, they're great backdoors.
 
phantasmo said:
absolutely not - if you reach the 150-200, apply as soon as you can. the drawback for schools like mich/pitt/etc of not applying asap are extreme (maybe not for urm but why take chances) imo submit primary early to mid june, get secondaries mid july (and prewrite them), then send them in

if you can reach 150-200, just send it in, and then put projected hours - if things aren't working so great during the cycle, and it seems like you're getting filtered, send updates showing your interest and explaining that you've accrued more hours and experience.

also connect w SNMA chapters at all the schools you're interested in, they're great backdoors.
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Sorry to hijack, but how do you get into contact with SNMA chapters? I’ve tried DMing some of them on instagram, but only one school responded.
 
hopefulsunshine45 said:
Sorry to hijack, but how do you get into contact with SNMA chapters? I’ve tried DMing some of them on instagram, but only one school responded.
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email the chapters at the schools you're interested in (or if that doesn't work just email admissions asking to connect you). they have websites. or go to the snma site. or this. or that. 100 ways in
 
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