@Coloradomama Cornell, PC and USC had the best pre-med advising, from what I could tell. I’m planning on applying to solely DO schools (because I prefer the holistic approach to medicine), and maybe a few lowly-ranked MD schools.
This summer, I am going to start volunteering at Kaiser, as part of their Junior Summer Program. Once I turn 18, they’ll allow me to volunteer in the Neurology department (the field I want to go into.) In past summers, I traveled back to my home country to work on the charity that I co-founded. Im also planning to volunteer at clinics there (once Im 18.)
As to research opportunities, the Regents Scholarship will be my best bet. UCR’s Regents Scholarship offers 2 summers of paid research internships (8 weeks each.)
I’ve started prepping for the MCAT; CARS and Physics/Chem in particular. I’m planning to take a gap year to gain some more clinical experience, as well as prepare more thoroughly for the MCAT.
So far, I’ve gotten into USF and SCU, the latter of which offered me no financial aid. I should start to hear back from USC and Northeastern pretty soon (maybe early-to-mid May), and Cornell, Vandy and PC in early-June. My favorite school was USC. and I’m (somewhat) expecting to get in, but as aforementioned, they weed out tons of pre-meds.