Chance Me: Indian Male, 3.7, 1480 SAT for BSMD programs and Pre-Med

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This.

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With what WE fixed?? Your post of ECs needs to be what YOU fix! And yes, I believe it needs to be fixed.

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so new post or should i just reply to this?

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Please do not start a new post and just reply here.

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@shrededcheese06

That being the case…take some time to rework your info for us to consider. Then post an updated post amending what you put in your OP.

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  1. Clinical/OR shadowing
  • 402 Hours
  • (e.g., Ophtomoalogy, Urgent Care, Dentistry, Hand Surgery, Urology, General Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Vascular Surgery, Plastic Surgery)
  1. FTC Robotics Team Presdient (nationally ranked)
  2. Bike Shack Business (~1.5k profit donated)
  3. Varsity Tennis Captain (now varsity)(state ranked team)
  4. Paid Marketing and Medical Assistant Internship
  5. National Pediatric Cancer Foundation Chapter President
  6. Community Service (424 hours)
  • NPO
    1. Led and organized community service initiatives (food packaging, gardening, habitat cleanup, etc.)
  • Medical-Related

    1. Health Fair

    2. Measured patient’s vitals noninvasively

    3. Research trip to Kenya

    4. Observed several minor and major surgeries

    5. Learned how to non-invasively take hemoglobin levels

    6. Learned how to calculate eye prescription levels

    7. Learned how healthcare is delivered in a third world country

  • School-related Volunteering
    1. Several local foundations
    2. Healthcare-related volunteer events
    3. Events for children with mental disabilities (cricket, ping pong, talent show)
  1. Semi-selective leadership academy
  2. Multiple healthcare Symposia Attended
  3. Personal Project
  • Created an inventory management system for a local Urgent Care using Python
  1. In-progress research
  • pediatric Anemia in Kenya (currently writing research paper)
  • medical device accuracy (currently writing research paper)
  • pharmaceutically active molecule effect on preventing cancer (currently writing research paper)

Awards

Certificate of Appreciation for Community Service

1st at International Essay Competition

2nd at National Model UN Conference

4th Place at HOSA Conference

Schools

  • Safety: GSU
  • Likely: UGA
  • Match/ Reach: Augusta BSMD, Brown (PLME), UAB (EMSAP), Case Western (BSMD), Duke, Emory, Georgia Tech, Johns Hopkins, Mercer 8 year medical program, VCU 8 year medical program, Rice, UNC Chappel Hill, Upenn, Vanderbilt
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I think your list reads a lot better on this try.

But I still say…your reaches are very reachy. There are a lot of fine colleges between UGA and all of those reach schools…where you might have a more realistic chance of acceptance.

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Can you name any off the top of your head? I’m mainly looking for east coast. preferably in a place where its not EXTREMELY cold like Umich.

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@momofboiler1

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Well…you have two public universities in GA that could work out. Are you interested in additional public universities elsewhere…or smaller schools? Or what?

@momsearcheng might have some very good suggestions.

I believe you have already gotten the info about University of Alabama.

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I’ve already been accepted to University of Alabama.

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So…you have two safety schools under your belt. Great.

It’s up to you to decide whether to add additional colleges, or just apply to all those reaches.

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Your ECs look more realistic to me too.

If you liked Case, Rochester would be a good school to add as a match (albeit it is cold/snowy). For milder weather- Elon is great for premed and would be a likely school for you.

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was it just kenya that made my EC’s unrealistic? because a bunch of people in the other replies were saying that 402 hours of medical shadowing is impossible, but somehow I managed to do it…

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since I already have my safeties sorted out, I’m probably going to just apply for reaches and shoot my shot… doesn’t hurt to try.

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That’s fine. If you have the time to do great applications, then it’s fine. You already have a couple of colleges you can attend, and you know…students from those colleges DO apply to medical schools!

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If the 400 hours was over the course of 4 years of high school, that sounds doable to me.

I think most posters were reacting to what you said you were permitted to do in Kenya.

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I think you should stop asking this. Posters on this thread have answered this question ad nauseum . Read again and you will see.

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I think you have a bunch of reaches, but if you are satisfied with your safeties then it’s ok.

This list is better. I questioned the 402 hours of shadowing but you said you did it.

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IIRC you said you had already applied to some of your colleges. Did this include these reach schools…or are those the ones yet to be done.