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u/Ambitious_Boot499

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Hi, I’m a premed trying to apply this cycle and currently have zero shadowing hours. I’ve reached out to about 30 doctors from a variety of specialties including primary care and especially private practices. I have been working as an EMT for the past half year but almost never interact with doctors. Basically I wanted to ask if anyone has had luck in nyc getting shadowing not through a program as this is so last minute for me. I would greatly appreciate the pointers of who I might have any luck with :)

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u/Ambitious_Boot499 — 13 days ago
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Hi everyone, I’m working on my school list and would appreciate feedback especially if my list is too top heavy. For context I graduated in 2023 from a t30 school w a biomedical engineering degree. I worked at a biotech startup where I was a research engineer for 1.5 years and then quit to pursue med school. NYC resident with ties to NC. ORM.

cGPA: 3.75, 4.0 for last 40 ish credits including diy post-bacc

sGPA: 3.68

Mcat: 522

Clinical employment: 400 hrs EMT by the time I apply

Volunteering: 150 hrs at commissary, very impactful experience

Shadowing: none (advisor told me this isn’t an issue but I’m wary of this, have several Dr family members so I have gotten second hand exposure to medicine my whole life)

Research: 3000+ hrs undergraduate lab and biotech combined, no publications but poster presentation. Lots of presentation experience at job.

Would love input, my advisor told me to apply to every New York State school besides nyu and columbia but not sure if that advice is good for really high stats schools like Rochester where I wouldn’t really want to live. I’m also not sure about how much my MCAT makes up for slightly below mid gpa.

u/Ambitious_Boot499 — 14 days ago