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[smid]

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are you all just picking schools sort of at random? Is there a great resource that I dn't know about? I have a list of 20 schools and just cross checked them with the "research" ranking on US News and realized I'm applying (maybe) to 9/10 of the top 10 and the rest are in the top 25, and a couple top 50. A couple schools aren't in there, like MCPHann. and George Wahington. Are those two good back-up schools? I know there's no such thing as back up, but the 125 ranked school has got to be easier to get into that Columbia, right?

Any advice is welcome!

 

[scootad.]

Add a few more unranked schools. Assuming you are a california resident, apply to some out of state schools which tend to accept more out of staters with lower stats like G.W., georgetown, Tulane, Albany, Finch...

 

[scootad.]

get the MSAR book, its an indispensible resourse for applying.

 

[Daredevil]

Your school library or premed resources should have at least a copy. If not, you can buy it from AAMC?

 

[efex101]

Try to avoid the pre-med downfal (IMHO) of just randomly picking schools. Make sure that the school that you do apply to, are schools where *if* accepted you would go. In other words if you only received one acceptance (from any of your picked schools) you would go period. There is no telling how many times people are complaining that they only got into so and so school. Well, if you applied there uh duh you may get an acceptance from them and it may be the only acceptance that you get. Not trying to be mean or anything, just make sure that these are schools that you would enjoy spending four years at. Happy hunting!

 

[smid]

I have the MSAR and I've actually found it to be NOT very usefulo. The schools sound a lot alinke. Maybe that's because they are all training people to be doctors, duh.

Anyway, thanks for the tip about Albany, Finch and Georgetown. I will likely add those to my list. Isn't Albany pretty far from NYC? Are years 3 and 4 in the city?

 

[Daredevil]

•••quote:••• Isn't Albany pretty far from NYC? Are years 3 and 4 in the city?[/QB]••••Albany is about 2 hr drive (traffic permitting) from NYC. Nope, years 3 and 4 are in Albany.

 

[Doctora Foxy]

smid: If you really want to get into med school and become a doctor, you should consider applying to more schools that are not ranked in the top 50. Please see this thread: <a href="http://forums.studentdoctor.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=012038;p=2#000037" target="_blank">"Apply to a WIDE RANGE of schools"</a>