***Official Thread for 2020 BSMD applicants***

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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Thank you to everyone on this forum, being a first timer posting in this forum for my S, I hope I can get some advice and help from everyone here has been extremely useful. In the below text I refer to my S.

Question: After reading several postings here in this BS/MD forum and looking at BS/MD results posted here in the past, I thought I better apply to additional BS/MD programs to cast a bit wider net. Being CA resident, I am OOS for almost all colleges located outside CA. Please suggest 2-3 additional BS/MD programs that are good ones and still accepting applications for Fall 2021. Appreciated. Hope it’s not too late in the game.

GPA: 3.95 UW, 4.45 W

SAT: 1570

ACT: not taken

Math 2: 800

Chemistry: 790

Biology - Molecular: 800

AP’s: 12 to date.

Rank: School discontinued ranking.

Teacher / Counselor Recommendations: 3, hopefully they’re good!

State: CA

Gender: M, Asian

Income: >180k

Medical ECs:

Published 4 Research Papers to date.

Shadowing in doctors/physicians : 100+ hours.

Volunteered at a local hospital since 10th grade : 70+ hours.

Other Volunteers hours for various organizations: 500+ hrs to date

Relevant Awards/Honors:

Received Regional/national-level Brain Bee awards

Received few other community service awards

Applied to the following BS/MD Programs:

Baylor - Accepted undergrad with Presidential Scholarship; Rejected for BS/MD.

CNU - Accepted BS/MD.

CWRU - No decision on interview yet.

BU - No decision on interview yet.

Hofstra - No decision on interview yet.

U of Rochester REMS - No decision on interview yet.

Applying to the following BS/MD Programs:

Brown

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Applied to following UG programs:

U of Chicago: Deferred to Regular Admission/Early Decision 2.

Duke: No decision on interview yet.

Vanderbilt: No decision on interview yet.

UCs (6 of them): Application is being reviewed.

USC: Application is being reviewed.

U of San Diego (Private): Application is being reviewed.

U of Nevada - Reno: Accepted.

Applying to following UG programs:

Stanford

John Hopkins

U of the Pacific (private)

U of San Francisco (private)

Decision: Don’t know yet! Maybe in March/April I will know.

Thanks in advance for responding to my question on additional BS/MD programs I can apply.

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I am trying to figure out if international shadowing hours are considered valid for admissions when the kid is a student in USA. Anyone has any experience where shadowing outside of USA was questioned by admissions or not considered ?

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As long as you can speak to your experience and what your learned from it, shadowing is shadowing. It helps to have it documented through an experience certificate or something similar, especially if it might be called into question. Conversely, if the student cannot talk to it, the certificates don’t matter.

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Thank you!

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I would appreciate if you can tell me what to expect and to how to prepare for the UAB EMSAP interview. Thanks in advance.

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Please post your queries in the following thread which is the latest and someone may answer. This thread is old and hardly followed.

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Closing thread. The current active thread is linked in the post above