Reach schools for Premed | ApplyingToCollege | Page 1

elfin tide Jun 6, 2025, 9:56 AM

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I suggest updating this thread when you get your retake scote

rotund iron Jun 6, 2025, 12:27 PM

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Bsmds are defijitely reach lol

stone goblet Jun 6, 2025, 1:33 PM

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UNC and Duke!

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On-campus hospitals, plus you can go to the other school's hospital very easily for shadowing/opportunities (also WakeMed is in the area)

stone goblet Jun 6, 2025, 2:42 PM

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It's one of the more affordable publics OOS

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Definitely not cheap compared to instate tho don't get me wrong

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And if your income is low enough you can qualify for Carolina Covenant

viscid cloak Jun 8, 2025, 2:38 AM

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Cornell CALS or CHE?

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They offer in state and good fin aid

rotund iron Jun 8, 2025, 8:26 PM

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CHE and CALS give instate priority

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slightly

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bc they are state funded

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the tuition is also cheaper for instate residents

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i go to cornell feel free to ask me anything

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also consider brown and duke maybe for their open curriculum, but ik cornell gives good aid + the cheaper instate tuition

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however, this fits to one thing u mentioned which is why i didnt immediately recommend cornell:
cornell is quite large, it is difficult to get close with profs

rotund iron Jun 8, 2025, 8:56 PM

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tbf u asked for reaches lol

wraith solstice Jun 10, 2025, 4:38 AM

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I would look into somewhere like Carleton College

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willaims and amherst are all really good

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pomona is also good

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same with bowdoin

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and swarthmore

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they give really good financial aid and are elite LAC's. However, some of these are not near a large hospital but there's def a hospital to volunteer at.

rotund iron Jun 10, 2025, 4:26 PM

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lowkey if ur home is near a hospital u dont need ur college to be near one

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like yes it can be nice but its not a need

wraith solstice Jun 11, 2025, 4:06 AM

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yeah, amherst is one of the best schools in the nation

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i consider it a peer to the school i'm prolly transferring to (Northwestern)

wraith solstice Jun 11, 2025, 4:55 AM

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Dang

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i think tho amherst is at the same level as northwestern

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i would look into amherst, and williams and swarthmore

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they're all really really good lac's

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and good for pre med

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 1:21 AM

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it is very outdoorsy I visited before

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very very pretty campus

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ofc

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T20 uni

Princeton, pre med 84%
MIT, pre med 90
Harvard, pre med 93
Stanford, pre med 90
Yale, pre med 90
Or Uchicago pre med 83
JHU pre med 96.5
Upenn pre med 82
Caltech pre med 90
Duke pre med unknown in 2017 75 percent
Northwestern pre med 80 percent
Dartmouth pre med 90 percent
Brown 81 percent
Vanderbilt pre med 80 percent
Wash U 76 percent
Rice pre med unspecified too risky
Columbia pre med 90 percent
Cornell pre med 76
Notre dame pre med 84
Uc Berkeley pre med 54 percent (bad)
Ucla pre med 50 percent
Very honourable mention tufts, med school 96% very high—only sends to tufts med school which is 55

LAC T10

Williams, pre med 90
Amherst, 80 percent
Swarthmore, 76 percent
Pomonapre med 87
Bowdoin, pre med 89
Carleton med 82
Claremont Mckenna college 100 percent (sketchy lied about other statistics)
Harvey mudd, unspecified too little med school applicants should be over 85 percent
Middlebury, med school 90 percent
Wellesley pre med 76 percent

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This is the premed percentage for the schools I made a couple years ago in 2023

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however, i don't think princeton is actually good for pre med since most people get weeded out same with somewhere like JHU (hot take) where it says like 900 people are pre-meds (out of 1300) before they go to JHU and like only 400 ish people apply so attrition rate is already 50%

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 1:35 AM

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The numbers can certainly be skewed by how good ppl are at weaning themselves out as u mentioned

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 2:48 AM

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rotund iron The numbers can certainly be skewed by how good ppl are at weaning themselves ou...

yeah, the schools i don't recommend in this list are Princeton, MIT actually (people there are extremely smart so it skews it), Caltech, JHU, UCLA, UC Berkeley (the 2 UC's numbers kinda speak for itself), and harvey muud

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ofc

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yeah true, but at least summer is nice there

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 4:39 AM

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i usually would recommend it but with how things are going on I just can't recommend it anymore. I would look into the other ivies instead if u want to go to an ivy.

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I would see if the situation gets better or not

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the schools if i was in high school again that i would apply to is hypsm minus princeton, Uchicago, Penn, Duke, NOrthwestern, Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell, Willaims, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona, Bowdoin, Carleton and caltech or middlebury. If you are dead set on pre-med i would not apply to caltech tbh

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i don't think the summer programs help that much

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unless if it's a super super hard one to get into that's like u don't need to pay money to do and like research or something

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have u looked into carleton?

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i may be slightly biased

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oh ic ic

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some people think columbia is fine but for me idk if its worth it

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that's fair

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what schools r u thinking off?

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what's sophie davis

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that's a decent list i feel like u should maybe add a couple more reaches

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oh nice, bs/md are really good

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like for ur list I would maybe at Bowdoin

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Dartmouth

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tbh i really like lac's

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cause i went to one for 2 years so far

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i don't wanna dox myself

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but i got a good internship for research

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yeah

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also really small classes

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i think maybe CWRU is a target?

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idk

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i would maybe remove nyu

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no hate to that school but it's not great for pre med

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that's fair

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i just don't like how nyu med school doesn't even like their own undergrads

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added with how large the class sizes are

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and how most classes are weedout

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cause of that

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lowkry u have a solid list

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u have super reachy schools (Harvard, Yale, Penn), reachy schools(Tufts) and lower reach schools (BU, CWRU)

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i would just add bowdoin and dartmouth

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r u from north carolina?

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cause i'm kinda surprsied about UNC

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cause if ur not i would replce UNC with Bowdoin or dartmojth

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since its OOS tuition

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in a classroom of like 500 people a class

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https://cfe.unc.edu/resource/teaching-large-classes/

Center for Faculty Excellence

Gia Branciforte

Teaching Large Classes - Center for Faculty Excellence

Large-enrollment classes present a variety of challenges, but students can be engaged in these settings. These resources are designed to help you achieve your instructional goals if you are teaching large course sections or courses with multiple sections that represent large enrollments.

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i think some intro classes are huge

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it lowkey makes sense as they have 20K undergrads

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i think most state schools

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i know carnegie mellon and nyu have those types of classes for intro ones

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cause i was recruited to them for my sport

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(i was good enough for d3 not good enough for the d1 sports)

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yeah

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do u have a list of targets?

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but for ur reach i wouldn't put BU and CWRU as reaches i would say they are more high targets

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(compared to the rest of ur lists)

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oh nice nice

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true

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how good is ur ec's?

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ur gpa is good but ur sat is not really that great

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u don't need shadowing really for them

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i would look more so into doing more substantial ec

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i think shadowing is a good ec actually

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but it's like the bare minimum ec for these top schools

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that's fair

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good luck!

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nice

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i would look into maybe doing a couple more leadership ec

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and if possible look to do research with a faculty

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of an university

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it's possible as a high schooler

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i did it as a high schooler

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i just cold emailed professors

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that's fair u shouldn't need to decide rn

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i haven't even decided what i'm planning to do

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for medicine

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yeah do not do that

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programs where u have to pay don't look good

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like when i mean do research with faculty i mean like

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research with a professor where u don't pay them anything

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and u just help them do research

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yeah that's fair

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that's fair, these programs i feel like are kind of a scam

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yeah it might be a bit late but it's still worth trying

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ik tho most labs are filled up

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i think honestly getting into these top schools are all luck based tbh

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i got into northwestern while writing about olivia rodrigo

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in my personal statement

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lol thanks

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that's fair, its hard to write a personal statement tbh

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that's rough

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yeah

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tbf tho i don't think u need certifications to get into t10 or t20

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i had none

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and i got into NU as a transfer

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from college

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:05 AM

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i didnt have any certs until spring of senior year

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i did EMT cert feb-may of my senior year bc my local ammbulance corps ran a class it was $800 uninclusive of ntoebook and uniform

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i did lifeguard cert may of my freshman year of college

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so i could make $$

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cpr/first aid certs lowkey get u nothing alone

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:06 AM

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yeah

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:06 AM

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cuz nayone can get that

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:07 AM

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i feel like certifications don't help

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with college apps

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:07 AM

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idt it adds to ur app yeah

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:07 AM

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i would just focus more so on community engagement

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and what you can bring to the community

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cause i think ultimately that's all that matters

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are u leading any clubs?

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:08 AM

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theres not rlly a place to list ur certifications on ur application to colleges

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:08 AM

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that's good

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:08 AM

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rotund iron theres not rlly a place to list ur certifications on ur application to colleges

wait sorry this is random but is CU columbia uni

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:08 AM

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cornell

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:08 AM

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oh ic ic

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cornell is fire

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i was thinking about going there for transfer

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:09 AM

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its great experience, but if speaking strictly premed its mid

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:09 AM

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rotund iron its great experience, but if speaking strictly premed its mid

dang

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i just decided to prolly go to NU cause i have a sibling at NU

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so i wanted to reunite with him

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:09 AM

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i didnt do any clubs in hs

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mostly cuz covid

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:09 AM

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dang

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:09 AM

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also cuz i transferred for hs

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and i was a loner

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:09 AM

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covid was so rough

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that's rough

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i only did like 1 club

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in high school

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i think tbh all that matters in college applications

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is what u can bring to the campus and how ur experiences can help the community

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:11 AM

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rotund iron its great experience, but if speaking strictly premed its mid

doesn't cornell have amazing research tho?

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:11 AM

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yeah

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i said speaking strictly premed

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the curves r harsh

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the classes r huge

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:12 AM

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dang

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:12 AM

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hard to get clinical during academic year

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:12 AM

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😦

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ithaca is very small

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:12 AM

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but its fine cuz i do it when home

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:13 AM

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that's good

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would u go to Cornell again if u had the choice?

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:15 AM

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why

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:15 AM

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yeah

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:16 AM

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why

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tho

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if an LAC is near a hospital it should be easy no?

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:16 AM

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rotund iron if an LAC is near a hospital it should be easy no?

i think it's the same issue as cornell

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the city is so small

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so the hospital is small

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:16 AM

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wraith solstice would u go to Cornell again if u had the choice?

idk. i wouldve for sure taken more time w my decision of emory vs cornell

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:16 AM

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i think tho cornell is better than emory

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i think tho it depends on the school actually

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for clinical hours

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:17 AM

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eh

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thats not the issue

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the hospitals

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far

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:17 AM

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like the location

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of the school

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:17 AM

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not small

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like yeah small but thats not my rasoning

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of why its hard

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:17 AM

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i don't think the school size or anything matters for the clinical hours

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but the difficulty is alot of lac's are in small towns

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:18 AM

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rotund iron like yeah small but thats not my rasoning

why is it hard to get clinical hours at cornell?

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is it cause of the location or too many people are trying to get the same volunteer position

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:19 AM

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wraith solstice why is it hard to get clinical hours at cornell?

bc CUEMS only picks their friends, and its like commitment to transport urself to and from the 30 min away hospital by uber or the few ambulance corps

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esp on top of the courseloaf

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like

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it would take a breed of human to do allat + research + clubs during the year

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i like how it forces me to segment stuff so im not overwhelmed tho

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like clinical and volunteering over breaks

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researchand leadership during year

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:23 AM

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wraith solstice i think tho cornell is better than emory

ehh

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i got oxford which i preferred which is smaller, easier LOR and cnxn with prof
id gain stronger ties to GA for GA med schools
id be able to stay if needed over breaks with my uncle
id major in what i want (i wanted bme; tho emory doesnt have eng, they have a program where u BS in whatever and then go to gatech for eng)

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:28 AM

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rotund iron bc CUEMS only picks their friends, and its like commitment to transport urself t...

damn that's rough, maybe the top LAC's are alot better for clinical hours

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:29 AM

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rotund iron i like how it forces me to segment stuff so im not overwhelmed tho

dang that's rough

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:30 AM

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rotund iron i got oxford which i preferred which is smaller, easier LOR and cnxn with prof i...

oh ic ic, that's fair. The smaller school would be nice esp when u can choose ur major and with family connection there

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:30 AM

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also connections to emory med

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also spring start where id be able to move to atlanta earlier (with my uncle) and then start some ECs

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but like cornell has prestige and um

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its cheaper for me slightly

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:46 AM

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that's fair, i think the cheaper school makes more sense at the end of the day between the two schools

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and also cornell is more prestigious as you mentioned before

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so it should be able to help you find more opportunities in the future

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:48 AM

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thats what my parents said

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:50 AM

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i like the school

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i think the ceo of goldman sachs went there

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i would still prefer williams, amherst, bowdoin, middlebury, and vassar over hamilton tho in the nescac conference

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:51 AM

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rotund iron thats what my parents said

that's fair, tbh it's hard to turn down an ivy

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:51 AM

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id pick based on what i get into

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unless u meant toning ur list

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😭

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depends on what u want to do

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during ur academic year

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ud probably want one thats good in ur major/focus of study

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could also tone based on distance from home

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campu slocation

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:55 AM

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well bsaed on reputation

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:55 AM

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cant u apply both

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:56 AM

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Williams=Amherst (or williams is slightly better)>Swarthmore>Pomona>Wellslely=Bowdoin>Carleton>Middlebury=CMC>Barnard

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for pre med i would say williams and amherst are the best 2

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i would say pomona is prolly 3rd cause its in LA so good connection to hospitals

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i would say swarthmore is also good cause its in philadelphia so easier access to hospitals

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:57 AM

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make sure if u pick based on distance from hospitals

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that ur considering how u actually get there

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:57 AM

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i think amherst is in driving distance to a hospital

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i may be wrong tho

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:57 AM

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does bro have a car

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😭

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:57 AM

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williams is in the middle of nowhere

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:57 AM

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is bro gonna bring the car to campus

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pay crazy ass parking permit fees

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:57 AM

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that's fair

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i would say swarthmore is really good as it's in suburbs of philadelphia (very close to it)

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so i'm sure u can get to a hospital pretty easily

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:58 AM

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hospital proximity is not the most important thing 😭 unless ur home home is in the middle of nowhere

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:58 AM

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there's a hospital 6.7 miles from amherst

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 5:58 AM

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id google maps it

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not google ai it

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so u can see how ud need to get there.

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 5:59 AM

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i'm pretty sure a school like amherst prolly has a shuttle/bus

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to get there

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cause carleton has a service called carls to go where a shuttle kind of picks u up

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and takes u to volunteer places

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around the city

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:00 AM

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cornell doesnt do that

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:00 AM

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oh

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:00 AM

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neither does columbia

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:00 AM

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maybe that's a carleton thing

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:00 AM

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neither do a lot

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of colleges

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😭

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:00 AM

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the shuttle takes u like to all volunteer places in the city

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:00 AM

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maybe its an LAC thing

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:00 AM

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like to schools, local hospital (it's a very small hospital tho)

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and etc

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:00 AM

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we have a bus system in ithaca

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:00 AM

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but its only from 9 am to 5 pm

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:01 AM

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but the bus from the hospital to campus is like

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once every 3 hrs

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:01 AM

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oh dang

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:01 AM

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and the trip takes like

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an hour++

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:01 AM

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at my school u just call the person the time for pickup

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:01 AM

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cuLift is reserved for disabilities

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:01 AM

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or like there's an app

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and they just pick u up

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and drive u there

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:01 AM

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yeah

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ur unique

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this is not

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:01 AM

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like there's a whole system

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:01 AM

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common

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😭

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:01 AM

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oh

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so prolly northwestern doesn't have this?

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:01 AM

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yes

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:01 AM

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oh

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maybe its a lac thing

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or just a carleton thing

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:02 AM

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lac itd be easier to implement

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bc less people

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like

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imagine if all 13k

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of cornell undergrads

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:02 AM

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at carleton it's just like campus go service

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:02 AM

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wanted personal transport

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:02 AM

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that's fair

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:02 AM

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to a hospital

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:02 AM

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yeah that makes sense

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carleton is like 500 people a year

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it would be too hard with 13k people

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:04 AM

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consider

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u have classes

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until say 4

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when would u have the hour to go to hospital

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work a shift

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come back

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do hw

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have friends

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do clubs

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:05 AM

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i never had time to do clubs

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tbh

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:05 AM

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ik wellesley they go to mit/boston parties sometimes

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:05 AM

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cause i had a varsity d3 sports team

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:05 AM

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oh

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cracked

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:05 AM

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i also had like 3 hours of non clinical volunteering

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:05 AM

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personally

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:05 AM

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and then i also was taking like 3 stem classes double lab every quarter

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3 ten week classes

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and most weekends i was off to play my sports matches

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:06 AM

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i do a basic bitch premed volunteer club, a project team, 2 research labs, hang out with my friends, go out every week, lifeguard for pay, and full class load during the sem

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:06 AM

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that's valid

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:06 AM

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and cultural club participation too

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:06 AM

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nice

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:06 AM

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and then during breaks

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:06 AM

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i think carleton's club scenes are good

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:06 AM

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i do my clinical and volunteering

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:06 AM

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that's fair

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i'm doing research in breaks

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so kinda the reverse lol

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i did like a 6 week full time research intern at a top hospital

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:07 AM

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ah

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i dont do internships

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i just

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do

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:07 AM

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that's fair

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:07 AM

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dont believe in them

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:07 AM

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i also did like a summer research program

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:07 AM

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when

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everytime i open an app

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it says

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:07 AM

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and helped a prof conduct research

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:07 AM

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we prioritize (every race but white and asian)

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and i rage quit

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:07 AM

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dang

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:07 AM

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bc i cba to look at that

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:07 AM

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r u asian?

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:07 AM

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yeah

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:07 AM

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i'm also asian lol

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:08 AM

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and white

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and not low income

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:08 AM

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oh

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:08 AM

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and not first gen

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so

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i aint getting jack shit

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if i apply

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😂

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:08 AM

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i'm an asian

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male

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:08 AM

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so i just cold email

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oh

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:08 AM

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yeah

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:08 AM

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tmi bro dont talk abt that online

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😭

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:08 AM

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rotund iron tmi bro dont talk abt that online

fair

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:08 AM

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thats also crazy to say unprompted

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💀

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:08 AM

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lol

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:08 AM

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i aint ask

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:08 AM

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cause

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i saw like u were talking about how u weren't getting stuff

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cause of background

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and i was like lol same

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i'm also not getting anything

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tbf the internship for the research was from a cold email

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:09 AM

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i didnt list my net worth

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:09 AM

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cause all research at that institution had to be done through an internship

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:09 AM

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rotund iron i didnt list my net worth

fair my bad

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so it was basically just a cold email

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:09 AM

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i cold emailed for research summer before entering the college

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and had it starting my first sem

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not that deep

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:10 AM

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cold emailing is the best

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the only bad thing about lac

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is sometimes the research

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like i couldn't get into any research in chemistry for instance

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:10 AM

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oh

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:10 AM

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cause they want students to stay over during summer (which is fair) but that's for all labs

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:10 AM

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thats cooke

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oh

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:10 AM

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at carleton

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:10 AM

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i mean

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i dont do summer research

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:10 AM

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fair

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:10 AM

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i might next summer cuz ill own an apt anyways but

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i j meant during sem

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:10 AM

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but they won't let u do research in school year

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:10 AM

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for credit

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oh

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:11 AM

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if u don't do research over summer

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:11 AM

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so u just

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dont do research

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:11 AM

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at that school

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:11 AM

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oh

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thats crazy

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is this a carleton thing

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:11 AM

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only our chem department

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biology u start whenever

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so it's just the chem

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same with physics

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u start whenever

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but it's fine cause i would rather do research at a large institution anyways

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i think it's just a carleton chemistry thing

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which isn't alot but it's like decent

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but those were all accumlated over breaks

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:13 AM

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yeah i have like 450 research

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:13 AM

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that's good

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:13 AM

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400 clinical

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:13 AM

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rotund iron 400 clinical

that's really good

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:14 AM

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im lacking in underserved

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i have like

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150

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:14 AM

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i think that should be on track tho

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:14 AM

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and its mostly my project team which idk if it counts

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:14 AM

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it prolly does

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:15 AM

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i mean

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wellroundedness is important

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it makes u unique

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:15 AM

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when accounting for practice and matches lol

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true

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:15 AM

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oh its so skinny

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these r my hours

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rn

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:15 AM

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that's not bad

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:16 AM

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lmfao the lil bots with 8 and 1 😭

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:16 AM

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i recorded my hours on notes

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:16 AM

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not even gonna include those atp

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:16 AM

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so it's really hard to read

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this is an exmaple

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of why it's lowkey kinda cooked for me to document hours

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i lowkey should put it on a spreadsheet

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i have all the hours jotted down very meticulously but hard to have the exact numbers without calculating

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 6:19 AM

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i dont keep track o fthe days

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 6:22 AM

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yeah i think i was overly meticoulous

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now i just do it out of habit lol

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It was fun talking to you guys, @rotund iron and @prisma lantern

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i think i might need to sleep rn 😦

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good night!

serene ledge Jun 12, 2025, 2:56 PM

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i know of a lot of premeds at amherst idt any of them volunteer at hospitals during the sem

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but our placement is p good

serene ledge Jun 12, 2025, 2:57 PM

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serene ledge i know of a lot of premeds at amherst idt any of them volunteer at hospitals dur...

we have hospitals 20 and 35 mins away

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also as for research doing summer research at Amherst is literally a "backup option" for most people lol

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esp in bio/chem labs have hella spots

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and you can pretty easily get a return offer for the fall

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if i personally knew more I'd ask them but somehow none of my friends are premed lol

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 3:09 PM

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It is also a backup option at cornell but unless im on the verge of a pub or am super invested, if i already gain research hours during sem i try to build smth else during summer

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 7:53 PM

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serene ledge also as for research doing summer research at Amherst is literally a "backup opt...

that's fair I didn't do any research at my college as I was getting research at better research places

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 7:53 PM

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rotund iron It is also a backup option at cornell but unless im on the verge of a pub or am ...

that's fair, i thought cornell is really good for research tho

serene ledge Jun 12, 2025, 7:55 PM

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wraith solstice that's fair I didn't do any research at my college as I was getting research at ...

i mean for premed research you gotta do it in person no?

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so during school year you gotta be in a local lab

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ig we have umass right nearby and they're r1 but i don't know of anyone doing premed research there

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 8:12 PM

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serene ledge i mean for premed research you gotta do it in person no?

"premed research" isnt like

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a unique category of research

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😭

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some research can be done remotely lol but yeah its better to do in person

rotund iron Jun 12, 2025, 8:12 PM

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serene ledge so during school year you gotta be in a local lab

then ud do it on breaks if u cant get a local one

wraith solstice Jun 12, 2025, 8:14 PM

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serene ledge i mean for premed research you gotta do it in person no?

yeah, i've been just doing research at like different institutions over breaks

wraith solstice Jun 16, 2025, 11:03 PM

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@prisma lantern have u decided what schools ur applying to?

wraith solstice Jun 17, 2025, 1:12 AM

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that's fire

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i think you have a good list

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the only other school i would maybe add is bowdoin

rotund iron Jun 20, 2025, 1:10 PM

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Nj

#Reach schools for Premed