dihedralsymmetry
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I was under the impression that a lot of the T20-T30 schools value research much more than service, and that a couple hundred hours of volunteering (mine is tutoring a refugee student during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as other support for the transition to online learning during the pandemic for about 100 hours, 50 hours of playing the piano at the hospital for staff and patients, and 100 hours of volunteering in a hospital ED) was sufficient with a strong research resume, especially if I will have 2,000 projected clinical hours by matriculation through my gap year job. For this clinical position, I am likely looking for a CRC position that has high amounts of patient contact. Is this not the case? Also, I would be happy with any of my in-state schools, but am especially hoping for UVA.I would have thrown in an application to Carle and EnMed/Texas A&M.
That said, your nebulous answer about your non-clinical volunteering makes me wonder whether this could be your Achilles heel if you don't turn out to be as successful as you want to be. I guess you have some community service experiences through your honor society and honors college affiliation, but I am missing a sense that you really want to immerse yourself in the challenges facing the communities represented by the patients at the schools you have listed.
Seriously your GPA/MCAT justifies why you are shooting so high. Your experiences though fall short of that top rung on your ladder. Would you really be happy attending the schools near the bottom of your list (VCU, EVMS)... that's what I am wondering.
Delete UNC, UCSD, UF.School list:
- Columbia
- WashU in St. Louis
- Yale
- Duke
- Stanford
- UCSF
- Penn
- Harvard
- NYU
- Mayo Clinic (Arizona)
- Cornell
- Emory
- Icahn at Mt. Sinai
- University of Pittsburgh
- UCSD
- UCLA
- Northwestern
- UVA
- University of Florida
- UNC Chapel Hill
- USC (Keck)
- Einstein
- Boston University
- Miami
- EVMS
- VCU
- Thomas Jefferson (Sidney Kimmel)
- Tufts
Thank you for your tips. I will certainly add some of these to my list!Delete UNC, UCSD, UF.
Yes, the list is top heavy.
ADD:
USF/Morsami
U VM
UCSF
SUNY.SB
U MI
Einstein
Brown
Baylor
U TX.SW
U WI
U MA
Case
Rochester
U Cincy
OH State