10 tips for succeeding as a premed at Cornell

norcalguy
Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:16:49 +0000

Yes, EC’s are absolutely critical for medical school. In fact, you can’t get into med school without them. Research and clinical experience are necessary but not sufficient. You are given space for 15 EC’s on the application. Most people can fill all of the EC slots. And to get into the best med schools, you need quality EC’s. While interviewing and at my own school, I met people who wrote and published books, had PhD’s, published multiple research articles, did Teach for America/Peace Corps, were Olympic qualifiers, D1 athletes, won Rhodes/Marshall/Fulbright scholarships, founded their own biotech company. Even an investment banker who gave up a six-figure salary to go back to med school.
They’d ideally prefer to see research internships (internships where you go to a university or a biotech company for a summer and do a research project). Even better if you can get a publication or poster out of the experience.


As for where I go to school, that’s a secret It’s a research-oriented med school though.