PCPrincipal
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Hello all -
New to SDN, was hoping for a bit of advice as a (very?) non-traditional student hoping to get into an MD / MBA program at a Top - 20 school.
A bit about me:
Volunteer Experiences (at various intervals over the 5 year period)
My question: Does it make sense to apply to the NYU / Sterns, Penn / Wharton, HMS / HBS, Michigan / Ross, Feinberg / Kellogg, Pritzker / Booths of the world? I'm thinking that my banking / PE background helps on the MBA side of things but my stats might be a bit light (especially no real research) on the medical side.
Thanks for your help - since I'm new here, just give me a heads up if this needs to go into another forum.
-PCPrincipal
New to SDN, was hoping for a bit of advice as a (very?) non-traditional student hoping to get into an MD / MBA program at a Top - 20 school.
A bit about me:
- 30 years old
- Graduated in 2013 with BBA in Finance & Information Systems (GPA 3.95)
- Worked for 3 years for a Bulge Bracket investment bank (in M&A) & then an upper middle market private equity firm (with healthcare focus)
- As early as 2014, I began steering my career toward healthcare to the extent possible because of a few personal healthcare challenges & clinical volunteer experience that I really enjoyed
- Began taking post-bacc classes (4.0 GPA for all pre-requisites)
- MCAT (8/9/2019) - 518 : 130/129/130/129
Volunteer Experiences (at various intervals over the 5 year period)
- 150+ hours as a volunteer research associate in pediatric ED
- 150+ hours as a inpatient volunteer and critical care volunteer (feeding patients, etc.)
- 150+ hours as a Big Brother for BBBS NYC
- 75+ hours as a volunteer research associate in the adult ED
My question: Does it make sense to apply to the NYU / Sterns, Penn / Wharton, HMS / HBS, Michigan / Ross, Feinberg / Kellogg, Pritzker / Booths of the world? I'm thinking that my banking / PE background helps on the MBA side of things but my stats might be a bit light (especially no real research) on the medical side.
Thanks for your help - since I'm new here, just give me a heads up if this needs to go into another forum.
-PCPrincipal