<p>^^^ I think that the op was assuming that stanford had a lot of jewish people because its a great school. Generally you will find a very large jewish population at many of the best schools in the country. </p>
<p>Op if you are looking for schools with significant jewish populations try Columbia, Cornell, Mt. Sinai, NYU, or pretty much any ivy league school. Northwestern/Uchicago may also have significant jewish populations.</p>
<p>Actually, I was just going to say California has a high Jewish population, but my cousin is at Stanford for undergraduate and says she’s never seen so many Jewish guys.</p>
<p>(Oh, maybe I should mention, for anybody who believes that where you go for your undergraduate holds any esteem in your medical school application. I qualified as a transfer into Stanford last year but then I was dealing with the wrongful MS/Tumor diagnosis and didn’t feel right spending my parent’s money on an overpriced (for undergraduate) school after spending so much on medical bills, so I stayed at UNT. She is currently taking summer classes at UNT which transfer to Stanford, and her pre-med advisor there says medical schools won’t care where she obtained her undergrad degree and that we are both on the same page in the eyes of an adcom.)</p>
<p>Thank you, Colleges00701! I’m going to try to expand my list during the next few days for colleges outside of Texas that could possibly have a chance at. ;)</p>
<p>Colleges00701, I think you forgot to specifically mention Washington J* and J* Penn. LOL. (Hopefully, I do not offend anybody here just because I happen to remember what I heard of from CC not long ago.) At one time, Yale even required that all of their students learned Hebrew. Also, it is rumored that NYC is a city which has a lot of Jewish people.</p>
<p>I can’t help but feel my Judaic minor and knowledge of Hebrew would be appreciated at Yale. :p</p>
<p>coming from a no name school in texas, undergrad does matter some to the top med schools.</p>
<p>search cc: Stanford usually doesn’t show up on any top list for Jewish students. S has really large non-white population – well over 50%.</p>
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<p>btw: undergrads for dating? Huh?</p>
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<p>I think it’s great to shadow family medicine. I don’t think those docs are just like, feeding you some convenient line because they don’t want you to shadow them. I think you’re probably just asking them to do something they aren’t allowed to do. I did most of my shadowing in an academic setting (ie, the hospital at my university which also has a medical school) where having fellows, residents, students, and the occasional premed come in along with the doc was the norm. The one and only time I was asked to leave during an exam was when a male patient had a large melanoma on his upper inner thigh! Try a teaching hospital or one affiliated with a university next–you may have better luck.</p>
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I applied for the first time last cycle, and I will be an M1 on Monday :)</p>
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I’d say it’s a step in the right direction. The trick is going to be using that opportunity well. So let’s say you “get your foot in the door” with piano and guitar, and do that for like…a few months. Ideally, you’d be able to volunteer in other ways eventually too–perhaps as a friendly visitor or something. You’ll probably develop great relationships with some of the residents and really get to know them, their lives, their families, etc. Additionally, you’d probably have a better insight into what life’s like as an elderly person and what unique challenges they might pose to physicians. </p>
<p>As a short example, I read an article about geriatricians last semester. One of them remarked that when he was performing a physical on his patients, he always made sure to check their toes. Apparently, toes and feet say a lot about a person’s mobility (and circulation, if they’re diabetic), but also indicate a lot about their ability to perform general self-care and their overall health too. This doc had worked with so many elderly patients that he knew a quick and easy way to assess their general health–check their toes. Could he have figured that out by reading about elderly folks or talking about them with his colleagues? Nope, he had to get out there and examine them.</p>
<p>You’ll want to be able to demonstrate beyond any shred of a reasonable doubt that you are a caring person who is genuinely interested in other people. One very effective way to do so is to spend a considerable amount of time with them!</p>
<p>I’m not white and I’m Jewish…?</p>
<p>Perhaps I am a cougar in training.</p>
<p>OP, The last name of the admission dean at Yale School of Medicine ends with *man. Is he likely of the same ethnic group (I heard that it is more like a religious group, rather than an ethnic group, in this case) as yours?</p>
<p>Kristin5792, CONGRATULATIONS!!! :)</p>
<p>I just sent an e-mail to the coordinator who interviewed me for my summer internship. Maybe since she took a liking to me and is in charge of the education department at that hospital, she will know of a way to shadow a family practice doctor.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your input.</p>
<p>It really depends where in the world he is from. My ex-boyfriend is Polish but not Jewish, and yet, he has an extremely Jewy name, but if I had to guess, I would assume the dean is Jewish. My name is a little bit harder to detect. It’s derived from one of the original tribes, but after the holocaust my family moved to Cuba and mixed the spelling up a bit. </p>
<p>What does OP mean? I’m guessing “original poster”? I’m fairly new to these chat boards.</p>
<p>Thanks! And that sounds like a great contact. Hope it works for you!</p>
<p>Thank you. 
Best of luck to you in medical school!</p>
<p>OP I think you’ll get in.</p>
<p>I sure hope so, but I won’t know for sure until mcat time. :)</p>
<p>Good luck on your MCAT’s!</p>
<p>Thanks! :)</p>
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<p>Are you at least part Hispanic? </p>
<p>If so, that is a significant advantage in the application process.</p>
<p>Are you a Texas resident or an OOS student at UNT? If in-state, it’s a MAJOR mistake not applying to the Texas schools. Both Baylor and UTSW are top tier schools that will open doors anywhere for residencies etc…and fwiw, there is no shortage of Jewish guys in the Texas medical schools…I know of quite a few who are friends/former HS classmates of my S who are at number of the schools not just Baylor and UTSW.</p>
<p>Half Cuban.</p>
<p>Texas resident. I fully intend on applying to every Texas medical school, but I also plan on applying out of state. Good to know. Still, though, I’d like a change of scenery.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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<p>This is true and not true. When you shadow a doc, they have to take responsibility for you. That means if you go babbler about what you saw at the doctor’s office and violate HIPAA, it’s on his head. That said, every doc who lets someone shadow him takes this responsibility. If you look hard enough, you’ll find someone who’ll let you shadow.</p>