School List Review
Hey! Would appreciate any advice for my school list, especially schools that are strong in bioengineering/regenerative medicine. All my hours are rough estimates but are +/- 25 lol. Thanks!
- 4.0/522, 21M ORM, GA + NY ties
- T10 Public University
- 3,500 research hours
- 1 first-author published, 1 first-author almost submitted
- 2 second-author, 2 mid-author pubs
- Multiple local national poster + oral presentations
- 750 clinical hours - unique experience with underserved youth as a medical center director
- 125 shadowing hours across multiple specialties
- 1250 volunteering
- 700 clinical at a children’s hospital for BMT and SCD patients in long-term hospitalization (direct patient contact through STEM education)
- 300 non-clinical with a non-profit focused on pediatric cancer patients
- 200 non-clinical doing STEM activities with underserved K-8 students
- 50 providing school supplies to Title I schools
- Extracurriculars:
- President + Music Director of my a cappella group
- State liaison for youth overdose prevention
- Treasurer of professional society
- Research ambassador at university
- Head TA for Chemistry Lab + TA for 6 semesters
- Pre-Health Peer Advisor for mentoring other undergraduates
- Awards:
- 1 national award, multiple university-level awards
- Fulbright semi-finalist (jury is still out on the final notifications grr)
School List: Baylor, CWRU, Columbia, Duke, Emory, Indiana, Michigan, tOSU, Northwestern, Stanford, Penn, Pitt/CMU, Vandy, WashU, Miami, Hopkins, UCSD, UCSF
Main question: My list is way too top-heavy so I would appreciate other schools? Any recommendations are appreciated. Thanks so much!!
Posted Apr 8, 2026, 6:08 PM UTC
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