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Take off South Carolina as they are specific about OOS students and you would likely attend any of the other schools over them and their OOS tuition rate.

You can add these to your list:

Columbia (has a rural track)
Colorado
WUSTL
Keck
Harvard
Dartmouth
Rochester
 
chilly_md said:
Take off South Carolina as they are specific about OOS students and you would likely attend any of the other schools over them and their OOS tuition rate.

You can add these to your list:

Columbia (has a rural track)
Colorado
WUSTL
Keck
Harvard
Dartmouth
Rochester
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Thank you for the suggestions. Something I am worried about is how my ECs compare to students who are admitted to these schools. I do not have an x-factor or anything particularly impressive. Are there any the middle-tier schools (I am thinking Vermont, Wake Forest, Hackensack etc) that I should add?
 
veer_ said:
Something I am worried about is how my ECs compare to students who are admitted to these schools. I do not have an x-factor or anything particularly impressive.
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Your application is VERY impressive. I think you will have your pick from some of the T20s come next year
 
veer_ said:
Thank you for the suggestions. Something I am worried about is how my ECs compare to students who are admitted to these schools. I do not have an x-factor or anything particularly impressive. Are there any the middle-tier schools (I am thinking Vermont, Wake Forest, Hackensack etc) that I should add?
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You could try Vermont. The other schools you mentioned probably have had difficulty landing students with a 520+ MCAT in the past, and you have ample ECs.

You can add USF Morsani and Hofstra. I included Dartmouth, Colorado, and Rochester as they are good options for high stat applicants to broaden their school list.
 
Mr.Smile12 said:
Read
www.studentdoctor.net

Application Advice for Future Rural Health Professionals | SDN

Most rural Americans face significant challenges accessing healthcare. There are major shortages of physicians, dentists, psychologists, and other health
www.studentdoctor.net www.studentdoctor.net
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Thank you for sharing this. I do not want to be disingenuous and act like I have extensive experience in rural care, but I think it would be nice to go to a school that has some programs for that which I could try to explore in medical school, not necessarily because I want to end up a rural practitioner (though I might later!) but because I want to familiarize myself with that type of healthcare and be culturally competent.
 
chilly_md said:
You could try Vermont. The other schools you mentioned probably have had difficulty landing students with a 520+ MCAT in the past, and you have ample ECs.

You can add USF Morsani and Hofstra. I included Dartmouth, Colorado, and Rochester as they are good options for high stat applicants to broaden their school list.
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Sounds like a plan! Thank you for your help

If @Faha @Goro and any others have any other schools I am missing, do let me know!

Onto prewriting secondaries...
 
veer_ said:
Sounds like a plan! Thank you for your help

If @Faha @Goro and any others have any other schools I am missing, do let me know!

Onto prewriting secondaries...
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I concur with cchilly's recommendations and suggest adding

U Chicago
Hopkins
U VA
U Penn
UCLA
UCSF
UTx.SW
Baylor
All Manhattan Titans
 
veer_ said:
My top specialty interest right now is ID, followed by psychiatry. Of course that could change! Also, very interested in MD/JD and might apply to one if I end up at a school that has it as MS1. Being from Utah and having a bit of experience working with kids in rural areas, also interested in rural care. Lastly, I would like to attend a place that has some options for extra study in bioethics/philosophy of science
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Okay... let me back up in your original post...

Basically, you have a shotgun approach at your calling as a physician. The more diffuse this vision is, the less of a match you are going to have with a lot of schools who are very dedicated to find strong students with mission-fit. While you may want to be a jack of all trades, you will become master of none and thus not really desirable for medical schools (aka., "cannon fodder").

You've got the stats and a lot of impressive activities. Call your shot based on what is most important to you.
 
Mr.Smile12 said:
Okay... let me back up in your original post...

Basically, you have a shotgun approach at your calling as a physician. The more diffuse this vision is, the less of a match you are going to have with a lot of schools who are very dedicated to find strong students with mission-fit. While you may want to be a jack of all trades, you will become master of none and thus not really desirable for medical schools (aka., "cannon fodder").
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That is a good point. It is a bit of a concern of mine. I've always been the type of person that has lots of interests and involved in several things at a time.

The type of medicine I am interested in is definitely academic in nature. I was to help with research work, serve on the editorial boards of journals, attend conferences and advance the field. But I was to also provide direct patient care for at least 50+% of my work hours (hence why I am not considering MD PhD). I don't think I will overload reviewers by discussing each and every one of these interests in my application. However, my interests do all directly stem from my love for the field of ID, especially based on experiences during the pandemic (disproportionate effect of pandemics and misinformation in rural communities, the policy and constitutionality of mask/vaccine mandates, is medical misinformation protected under free speech etc).

If you have any suggestions for how to approach this, please do let me know. If you see a good theme I can weave from my experiences that might be palatable, I'm very open to any suggestions.
 
veer_ said:
The type of medicine I am interested in is definitely academic in nature. I was to help with research work, serve on the editorial boards of journals, attend conferences and advance the field. But I was to also provide direct patient care for at least 50+% of my work hours (hence why I am not considering MD PhD). I don't think I will overload reviewers by discussing each and every one of these interests in my application. However, my interests do all directly stem from my love for the field of ID, especially based on experiences during the pandemic (disproportionate effect of pandemics and misinformation in rural communities, the policy and constitutionality of mask/vaccine mandates, is medical misinformation protected under free speech etc).

If you have any suggestions for how to approach this, please do let me know. If you see a good theme I can weave from my experiences that might be palatable, I'm very open to any suggestions.
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The thing is that if you aren't able to critically choose at least a few paths, it will portend to your ultimate choice of selecting a specialty. Are you the type that is just interested in everything that multiple positive/high honors reviews is going to further petrify you from making a choice? Alternatively, do you want an external force, like one bad clinical grade, force your hand away from a specialty that you had your heart possibly set on?

Your first concern as a future physician/medical student is the direct patient care experience. If you can't get beyond this, you won't be able to do any of the research work. I couldn't figure out how you could do that, possible MD/JD set up, or rural medicine tracks. You have to make a choice at some point. Without it you cannot explain how valuable an opportunity a medical school offers you will be for your future.

You need to help the reviewers be enthusiastic about you to grant you an interview. It takes more than high metrics... it takes a demonstrated fit with the values of the school. I don't get a strong sense of this yet.
 
veer_ said:
Sorry quick question @chilly_md @Goro @Mr.Smile12 - what are your all thoughts on the following and if it makes sense to add any of these? Just worried if the current list is too top heavy.
  • Stony Brook
  • Kaiser
  • UCinnci
  • Albert Einstein
  • Ohio State
  • UMass Chan
  • Thomas Jefferson
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I removed schools that would be low yield for you and left the above. UConn takes few OOS students.

No need to go past 30-35 schools.
 
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