Howard Hughes Research Scholars-Cloister

[TIMMY]

2nd year MD student with decent undergrad research expereince+ 1 publication. Interested in academic medicine with research and was wondering how competitive this program is in terms of MCAT scores, research experience, publicatons?
Any advice will be appreciated.

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[passion4atcg]

2nd year MD student with decent undergrad research expereince+ 1 publication. Interested in academic medicine with research and was wondering how competitive this program is in terms of MCAT scores, research experience, publicatons?
Any advice will be appreciated.

There was a HHMI scholar in my lab at the NHGRI and from what he told me, it was basically based on research experience, not so much mcat scores.

 

[BlackNDecker]

I'm curious about the Howard Hughes program myself...is this the same as doing a stent at the NIH? I'm wondering if taking a year off to do research will improve my chances of getting into the "name-brand" neurosurgery residencies (i.e. Hopkins, Harvard, Columbia, etc.)? I figure these places want to produce academians and research is key to getting in...any input?