“I have similar stats (3.90 cGPA and a 3.95 sGPA, 521 MCAT), ORM and decent ECs . I have 5 II (3 coming , 2 already done with 1 A and 1 WL). I am from CA and my state schools all ignore me so far. I am glad that I applied broadly to more than 30 schools because my interviews mostly came from private schools with low median GPA and MCAT except one (Vanderbilt). Have a right school list is so important.”
这位申请了18个学校，MCAT 520 (第二次考的），sGPA 3.96，cGPA 3.87, 还没有得到 II
I sent my primary application in the very first day I could, and was very good about sending secondaries in within a day or two of receiving them. So for the majority of schools I applied to, I was in the first batch of applications they received. I applied to 18 schools, and have only heard back from 3 of them: 2 holds and 1 rejection. I know that there's still "plenty of time" left in the cycle, but I sent my app in so early I would think that the majority of schools have seen my application already. So my question is where am I lacking? What is off-putting about my application? Why have I yet to receive an interview with my stats and ECs? Here is some info about me below:
Pros to my app: -3.87 cGPA and a 3.96 sGPA -Taken the MCAT twice: 508 in 2021 and 520 in 2022 -Selected as top student in my major -Received an award for community service and leadership from my university -800 hours of research -1 publication as second author -I was an RA at my school -College football player who was my university's Scholar-Athlete of the Year -I was a first-team all-conference player -Multiple year academic all-conference player -I founded my own non-profit organization at 11 years old which is a Toy Drive thing where I collect toys for kids in need during the holiday season -I have over 1000 hours of general community service (majority of it coming from the toy drive)
Cons to my app: I don't have a vast amount of clinical experience. I have 80 hours volunteering in shock trauma at Maryland, 250 hours working as a PCA at UMass Memorial Hospital, 30 hours of shadowing a doctor at Boston Children's. Since submitting my application, I got a job as a medical assistant at a pediatricians office (360+ hours now), and shadowed the neonatal transport team at Maryland (16 hours). I'm also a cis-white male so I know that doesn't help me.
I updated Maryland's app with the newer things, since Maryland is the only school I really care about. But I just think it's crazy that not a single school has liked me enough to interview me. Another thing that may have influence is that I talk about wanting to be a pediatric neurosurgeon a lot in my apps, since that's what I know I want to be. Does that make a difference? Also I had a person who's been on an admissions committee before edit my essays, so I thought they were good. What do you guys think? Am i missing something? Does the small amount of shadowing and not a lot of clinical experience really hurt me that bad? Do schools not take into account COVID and that I was a college football player and rarely had time for stuff like that anyway? What do I do? I'm legit going off the deep end over here.
I applied to these 13 schools first: Maryland, Hopkins, George Washington, Georgetown, Howard, Drexel, Penn State, UNC, Wake Forest, MUSC, Medical College of Georgia (Augusta), Morehouse, TCU
And then I added 5 schools later on in August: VCU, Duke, University of Florida, Eastern Virginia, Emory
I know Howard and Morehouse are HBCU's and I'm unlikely to get in, and I know a few others are heavy on state ties (but what schools aren't at this point), but like I said, if I got into Maryland I could care less about the other schools
一个是小印留学生，国际学生，自述基本上从小在美上学，大学在Georgia， 双学位：计算机科学，生物学，GPA 4.0， MCAT 527，Junior
另一个，德州印裔美国人，GPA 4.0， MCAT 526
这些小孩可能都是perfectionist 吧
看到这位加州学生，申请了30+学校，已经有一个被接受了，说本州学校无视其申请
“I have similar stats (3.90 cGPA and a 3.95 sGPA, 521 MCAT), ORM and decent ECs . I have 5 II (3 coming , 2 already done with 1 A and 1 WL). I am from CA and my state schools all ignore me so far. I am glad that I applied broadly to more than 30 schools because my interviews mostly came from private schools with low median GPA and MCAT except one (Vanderbilt). Have a right school list is so important.”
这位申请了18个学校，MCAT 520 (第二次考的），sGPA 3.96，cGPA 3.87, 还没有得到 II
I sent my primary application in the very first day I could, and was very good about sending secondaries in within a day or two of receiving them. So for the majority of schools I applied to, I was in the first batch of applications they received. I applied to 18 schools, and have only heard back from 3 of them: 2 holds and 1 rejection. I know that there's still "plenty of time" left in the cycle, but I sent my app in so early I would think that the majority of schools have seen my application already. So my question is where am I lacking? What is off-putting about my application? Why have I yet to receive an interview with my stats and ECs? Here is some info about me below:
Pros to my app:
-3.87 cGPA and a 3.96 sGPA
-Taken the MCAT twice: 508 in 2021 and 520 in 2022
-Selected as top student in my major
-Received an award for community service and leadership from my university
-800 hours of research
-1 publication as second author
-I was an RA at my school
-College football player who was my university's Scholar-Athlete of the Year
-I was a first-team all-conference player
-Multiple year academic all-conference player
-I founded my own non-profit organization at 11 years old which is a Toy Drive thing where I collect toys for kids in need during the holiday season
-I have over 1000 hours of general community service (majority of it coming from the toy drive)
Cons to my app:
I don't have a vast amount of clinical experience. I have 80 hours volunteering in shock trauma at Maryland, 250 hours working as a PCA at UMass Memorial Hospital, 30 hours of shadowing a doctor at Boston Children's. Since submitting my application, I got a job as a medical assistant at a pediatricians office (360+ hours now), and shadowed the neonatal transport team at Maryland (16 hours). I'm also a cis-white male so I know that doesn't help me.
I updated Maryland's app with the newer things, since Maryland is the only school I really care about. But I just think it's crazy that not a single school has liked me enough to interview me. Another thing that may have influence is that I talk about wanting to be a pediatric neurosurgeon a lot in my apps, since that's what I know I want to be. Does that make a difference? Also I had a person who's been on an admissions committee before edit my essays, so I thought they were good. What do you guys think? Am i missing something? Does the small amount of shadowing and not a lot of clinical experience really hurt me that bad? Do schools not take into account COVID and that I was a college football player and rarely had time for stuff like that anyway? What do I do? I'm legit going off the deep end over here.
I applied to these 13 schools first:
Maryland, Hopkins, George Washington, Georgetown, Howard, Drexel, Penn State, UNC, Wake Forest, MUSC, Medical College of Georgia (Augusta), Morehouse, TCU
And then I added 5 schools later on in August:
VCU, Duke, University of Florida, Eastern Virginia, Emory
I know Howard and Morehouse are HBCU's and I'm unlikely to get in, and I know a few others are heavy on state ties (but what schools aren't at this point), but like I said, if I got into Maryland I could care less about the other schools
申请医学院的确不易!
一些大学，和武装部队 https://afrri.usuhs.edu/home
Funding is from DOE. 我们就是有点担心这个毕业后好找工作不。他说主要搞计算。
学位，成了一辈子的痛，永远与博士学位无缘，失去了初心。
会考试会刷题能进大公司，不等于会做研究，很多老美和其它族裔的，考试刷题不见得是一流，但研究却做得很好，所以，还是得量力而行，正确了解自己有时比埋头努力刷题重要得多。
都说硕士有水分，但美国博士水分还真的比较少。
其中的30%多，可以估算出大陆来美的研究生每年有多少最后拿到博士学位，印象里，不多，可以去狗狗就行。而那时中美处于黄金时期，有大量大陆学生来美攻读理工博士生，那时即使排名100~200名的美国大学也充斥很多大陆一流大学来的留学生。
这也是，为什么2000年前大陆大专院校会直接给与教授或副教授职位给那时刚毕业就回国的留美博士，因为那时在美国拿到博士学位的很少，不像现在美国博士学位都降价了。
可能是管钱的
剩下的research 她边工作边做，但她老板比较严,最终都没能做出来，没拿到博士。
美国法律宁错放三千绝不冤枉一个，让李逃脱了
有的人坚持下来了，有的人拿了硕士学位毕业了。
没坚持下来的也未必是个人能力问题，有人只是倒霉碰到了变态导师，有人是遇到了非常好的工作机会。
黑掉，成为餐馆黑民，所以，主动放弃读博的不多，因为有身份和经济双重影响。
我的美国同学，很多毕业后上了核潜艇 （或者说下了核潜艇）
我自己做了核医学
如果报的医学院从你毕业的院校或区域以前没怎么录取过，那就挺困难，申请人得十分出众才有机会。如今成绩在录取过程中比重下降，录取过程又不透明，不确定性太大。
有点怀疑因为他是白+男，不过现在还远没结束。耐心等待。
加州学生也挺好，加州那么多医学院，本州学生不优先，不解
CSU的几个分校，基本都是排名200名300名以外的大学。
孩子总该继承点吧
今年夏天有不少从MIT，UC Berkeley 读核工程的博士生来公司实习。