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I'm a NY resident, 3.96 cGPA/3.95 sGPA, Hispanic Lit major, 518 MCAT (130/129/127/132). ORM but fluent in Spanish
I'll be taking 2 gap years, first gap year spent in full-time service internship with a nonprofit abroad, 2nd gap year undecided. Ivy league undergrad. Interested in gynecology/abortion care
Research: about 400 hours, no publications, not a strength, but I've worked in 2 labs, did enough to know i didn't want to continue
Clinical Volunteering: 400 hours
Shadowing: 200 hours+
Nonclinical: 1600+ (definitely the strength of my app, along with clinical, clear motivation for medicine and commitement to underserved communities; details withheld due to anonymity)
Leadership: multiple positions on campus
Various campus jobs held, worked extensively during undergrad to help cover expenses
Here's where I've completed secondaries:
Harvard
Yale
UCSF
UCLA
Stanford
UPenn
Vanderbilt
Northwestern
Brown
Duke
Cornell
NYU
University of Rochester
Pritzker
Johns Hopkins
Emory
UMichigan
Columbia
University of Pittsburgh
Is my list too top-heavy? Should I add more schools? I was told by my pre-health advisor that if I apply to the in state schools I may be rejected due to yield protection since they'll assume I won't go there. Thank you
Aww thank you! I will definitely consider adding some of those, although I can't do all of them for financial concernsYou're a rock star and are NOT aiming too high. Your adviser is a *****. The SUNYs will kill for you. But Albany and NYMC you can skip.
Top balance out your list, add:
Hofstra
Mayo
Duke
Dartmouth
BU
Einstein
the SUNYs
Keck
U VM
Instead of Brown, suggest WashU, U VA or Sinai
I'm a NY resident, 3.96 cGPA/3.95 sGPA, Hispanic Lit major, 518 MCAT (130/129/127/132). ORM but fluent in Spanish
I'll be taking 2 gap years, first gap year spent in full-time service internship with a nonprofit abroad, 2nd gap year undecided. Ivy league undergrad. Interested in gynecology/abortion care
Research: about 400 hours, no publications, not a strength, but I've worked in 2 labs, did enough to know i didn't want to continue
Clinical Volunteering: 400 hours
Shadowing: 200 hours+
Nonclinical: 1600+ (definitely the strength of my app, along with clinical, clear motivation for medicine and commitement to underserved communities; details withheld due to anonymity)
Leadership: multiple positions on campus
Various campus jobs held, worked extensively during undergrad to help cover expenses
Here's where I've completed secondaries:
Harvard
Yale
UCSF
UCLA
Stanford
UPenn
Vanderbilt
Northwestern
Brown
Duke
Cornell
NYU
University of Rochester
Pritzker
Johns Hopkins
Emory
UMichigan
Columbia
University of Pittsburgh
Is my list too top-heavy? Should I add more schools? I was told by my pre-health advisor that if I apply to the in state schools I may be rejected due to yield protection since they'll assume I won't go there. Thank you