MD What are my chances?

[Davvad]

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[Faha]

Which URM community do you belong to ? If Hispanic are you fluent in Spanish ? Where is your state of residence ? Do you have any clinical volunteering hours with patient contact ?

 

[Davvad]

Which URM community do you belong to ? If Hispanic are you fluent in Spanish ? Where is your state of residence ? Do you have any clinical volunteering hours with patient contact ?

All of my volunteer hours are clinical with patient contact. And I go to a small(ish) school btw.

 

[Faha]

Accumulate more clinical volunteering hours in the next year before you apply. I suggest these schools in addition to your PA schools:
Boston University
Tufts
Brown
Dartmouth
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
Seton Hall
George Washington
Pittsburgh
Case Western
Cincinnati
Miami
NOVA MD
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
St. Louis
Tulane
Howard
Meharry
Morehouse
UCLA Drew
You do not need to apply to DO schools

 

[gyngyn]

Consider more medical service in the US.
Many foreign medical "missions" make people's skin crawl.
If that is your only MCAT you could be a candidate for some of the best schools in the country.

 

[Davvad]

Accumulate more clinical volunteering hours in the next year before you apply. I suggest these schools in addition to your PA schools:
Boston University
Tufts
Brown
Dartmouth
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
Seton Hall
George Washington
Pittsburgh
Case Western
Cincinnati
Miami
NOVA MD
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
St. Louis
Tulane
Howard
Meharry
Morehouse
UCLA Drew
You do not need to apply to DO schools

This is really helpful. Thank you

 

[Davvad]

Consider more medical service in the US.
Many foreign medical "missions" make people's skin crawl.
If that is your only MCAT you could be a candidate for some of the best schools in the country.

I plan on doing some more clinical volunteering in the US and yes this was my only mcat. Can I ask why foreign medical trips make peoples skin crawl? I never knew that before.

 

[gyngyn]

Can I ask why foreign medical trips make peoples skin crawl? I never knew that before. It was a country that means alot to me and I also speak the native language.

Do you have special skills or licenses that are in short supply in this country?
Are you taking a job away from a local who could use the money?
Here is a survey of admissions officers regarding these trips: https://www.aamc.org/download/474346/data/clinicalexperiencesshadowingsurvey.pdf

 

[Davvad]

Do you have special skills or licenses that are in short supply in this country?
Are you taking a job away from a local who could use the money?
Here is a survey of admissions officers regarding these trips: https://www.aamc.org/download/474346/data/clinicalexperiencesshadowingsurvey.pdf

Interesting, thanks.