Urm Med School Reddit, ভালোবাসার সবচেয়ে দামি ও মূল্যবান Gift হলো সময়। 鹿 ️ Well attractive URM candidates (ones with great applications and who garner lots of interest from schools) are going to probably want to pick a school based on how comfortable they would feel attending the school. AMA (mod-approved) I’m a internal medicine resident who sat on an interview admissions committee at a Texas med school. Maybe ask some current students questions or ask the schools directly to see if they have made strides for an inclusive space for people from all backgrounds. 559K subscribers in the premed community. 5 and 27 mcat is going to have an advantage over some Asian or white student with slightly higher or similar stats. The fact about applying early is true this is because med school accept on rolling admissions meaning they view applications, hold interviews and accept as interviews are coming in. 6% of black and URM students who matriculate really affecting my chance at getting into medical school?" Black students are not dumber or smarter than Asians or Whites just as women are not dumber or smarter than men (there are more men in medical school than there are women). I'm surprised by this. Definitely apply because if it’s no medical school or Morehouse/Meharry the latter is significantly better; however, obviously apply to more than those and if you have multiple offers, choose among which is best for you. Reddit's home for wholesome discussion related to pre-medical studies. Worth Applying to HBCU Schools as a URM Hispanic? Just as the question states. I was accepted to a low-tier MD with a 3. Please note: this subreddit is for pre-meds seeking information on osteopathic medical schools, osteopathic medical students, and osteopathic physicians that operate in the United States and abroad. IMO, bad school lists is the biggest problem people have while applying that can be fixed in an afternoon. Please help creating a realistic targeted list! Don't want to waste my time/donate. ” Edit: I also got in my first cycle. I would consider adding and thus replacing with Creighton University, Saint Louis University, Loyola Stritch, Rosalind Franklin, and Medical College of Wisconsin - all schools that are in cities and have a service oriented application and are more target schools based on your stats. Is anyone in this sub a student of the medical school ? If so would I be able to PM you some questions I have about the school. Trans is not considered URM, which almost always specifically refers to racial/ethnic minorities in medicine. "Strong ties include graduating from a New Mexico high school that was attended for at least one year, being financially dependent on a New Mexico resident, holding a degree (at any level) from a New Mexico college or university, or being a legal resident of a U. However, some schools recruit LGBTQ+ applicants (off the top of my head, Medical College of Wisconsin, Jefferson, Harvard, Northwestern) and Northwestern has great resources on their website for LGBTQ+ applicants. I remember feeling sorta bad making my school list and looking at the stat ranges and thinking, if I was URM it would be worth it to apply here. The higher the tier of the school the more they value research experience/publications, the lower down you go the more they value holistic skills/clinical experience/caring for people. This post contains affiliate links. I guess I had gotten a lot of feedback on my app from people very focused on the direct patient care aspect of medicine, while I'm more of an "MD and " kinda dude. county bordering New Mexico. Dec 14, 2023 · I haven't seen that much activity in this thread, and wanted to bring this back to see how the URM folks are doing in the current cycle! Please feel free to share your stats, if you're non-trad, number of II's, and overall thoughts so far best of luck y'all! Apr 19, 2025 · While I was originally hoping to apply MD-only, I'm concerned that my original 508 will hold me back from many MD schools and am wondering if anyone has advice on how much to take each score into account while building a school list, regardless of whether schools 'say' they only look at the highest score. I wish you the best. and ask and answer questions! I won't be applying 'til next year, but I'm sending good vibes to all! Dates: AMCAS Opens - May 3rd Application Submission - May Whats up, been trying to come up with good medical school list with roughly 20 schools maybe 25 to apply to this upcoming cycle. Recent discussions suggest a recognition that URM status is influential but individual achievements remain crucial. Is it highly unlikely I'll get in? American colleges don't mind this for this for the exorbitant international tuition $, but they absolutely are not URM in medicine and will not be seen that way. A URM student with 3. Welcome to the Residency subreddit, a community of interns and residents who are just trying to make it through training! This is a subreddit specifically for interns and residents to get together and discuss issues concerning their training and medicine/surgery. I was wondering how much does URM actually matter ? I’ve approached the whole pre med process without banking on the idea that since I’m URM I can be okay with lower stats. Over the years, I have interviewed hundreds of people for positions in residency and fellowship. I’m currently an undergrad at Asu and my top medical school right now is UNM. Oct 26, 2025 · Some prospective applicants question how much being a URM affects the application process, particularly regarding undergrad admissions. Right now my top choice is UNM and I would love to be able to talk to one of the students currently there. S. But no matter how… To get into med school with those stats you must have an EC that is absolutely insane (military, olympic-level/D1 athlete, multiple 1st author nature pubs) AND be URM The fact about applying early is true this is because med school accept on rolling admissions meaning they view applications, hold interviews and accept as interviews are coming in. There is much discussion about this when it comes to the med school app process, but it seems like no one ever addresses it in the residency app process. If anyone had a positive experience at a second look or currently really enjoys the school they are at and feels they are treated equally as a URM please let me know! 213 votes, 125 comments. Reply reply lola-cola • It is almost that time of the year again! Please feel free to share your cGPA, sGPA, MCAT, Major, if you're non-trad, your ECs, etc. Briefly, an important non-performance factor in considering students for admission to The University of New Mexico School of Medicine is the residency status of the student. Dozens of med students have worked with me as mentees in research and in clinical capacities, and I’ve given lectures to (This is subject to differ depending on if you are an ORM or URM) As far as ECs go, different schools value different things. I got three full-tuition and one half-tuition merit scholarships (didn't put which schools, just to maintain privacy). 456K subscribers in the premed community. 314K subscribers in the premed community. The sub will be back up tomorrow night. I’d fit in that middle 50% range between quartiles and that wouldn’t be a wasted app. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I, URM from a public state school and someone with no family in the field of medicine/who almost did not go down this route, would have this amazing of a cycle and get acceptances to multiple amazing places. The program I'm in seems to have a very hard time recruiting and keeping its URM students, so if you are an underrepresented minority in science and medicine, it'd definitely get you a second look (or one would hope!). Some schools count anyone checking the Hispanic/Latino box as URM while some scrutinize or more such as just Mexicans/etc. If you have the money to apply late, get rejected and apply again, that is an option but re-applicants are sometimes held in a different light. the HBCUs Howard, Meharry, and Morehouse fit with my stats. Any University of New Mexico medical school students ? Hey everyone ! So it’s that time where I’ll be done with my bachelors and officially prepare for medical school. Got a lower than expected MCAT score (503), and had to readjust my school list. I think you should apply to schools located in diverse cities so at least outside of the school you can be surrounded by POC. Half of all students aren't hitting a schools median stat-point. DOES URM OR ORM MATTER ANYMORE? I SEE IN STANKEY PEOPLE ARE STILL DESIGNATING WITH URM OR ORM So UNM accepts hundreds of students into school to pursue medical professions. It’s never impossible! Edit: I should add that my pre-med advisor asked that I did not apply this cycle because, “no one gets into medical school with a 501. Thanks for your time ! Reddit really did screw with my head last cycle in this regard. 528K subscribers in the premed community. 120 hours as a student advisor for an academic linkage program connecting low-income premeds So really your question should be, "Is the 2. UNM takes these students' time & money for 3 years. Other than that I guess no one has to ask URM or ORM under sankeys anymore lol. " IMO, bad school lists is the biggest problem people have while applying that can be fixed in an afternoon. (UCLA comes to mind) just submit and will with it. I would like to stay in the Northeast region. I understand there is a URM advantage across the board, however are there any schools in particular that i should make sure and apply to as a hispanic applicant with average to good stats at most schools? I received letters after my MCAT from various school's diversity offices encouraging me to apply. I'm a reapplicant 2 MD II → WL for both (had a super late app). 200 hours on the board for Pre-med Org that I helped establish at my school. If anyone had a positive experience at a second look or currently really enjoys the school they are at and feels they are treated equally as a URM please let me know! Aside from their in-state public med school, which public medical schools make sense to apply to in this situation? Biggest confusion is over OOS publics/semi-publics, and whether it's worth applying from OOS, since presumably they favor in-state. Undergrad GPAs are trash, but I do show a huge upward trend with 10 postbacc credits, and ~60 grad credits (two masters). A good proportion of the jackasses on here are constantly shitting on urm's and are constantly looking to blame them, for why they didn't get into medical school. I really thought everyone had like 515+ stats but once you are actually at school you can see how much things vary and how many people get in without crazy stats. I just wanted advice and more so just hearing any words of advice. SheMD will make a commission at no extra cost to you should you click the link and make a purchase. Unfortunately, because most medical schools aren't be diverse, I think it's good to look at the location of the school. This is in conjunction with the schools medical school Pros/Cons list we did with more of an emphasis on picking schools to apply to based on more objective data of % of OOS taken, tuition, etc and things not easily found. Is there such a thing as URM friendly schools? Im applying next cycle and am currently filling out my school list. I don’t intend for this to turn into a thread about whether or not there should be URM advantage in residency matching. 115 votes, 17 comments. Feb 26, 2025 Enkeyo E ***2022-2023 URM Medical School Application Thread*** OchemOficionado Jun 13, 2022 2 Replies 73 Views 18K Sep 7, 2023 Does being a hispanic URM also help to match for competitive specialties? or is the URM advantage mostly for med school admission? I would consider adding and thus replacing with Creighton University, Saint Louis University, Loyola Stritch, Rosalind Franklin, and Medical College of Wisconsin - all schools that are in cities and have a service oriented application and are more target schools based on your stats. I went to that same med school as a lab out-of-state resident. The JHU SOM page says it follows the AAMC definition, and looking at the JHU URM program page that is all about promoting URM premeds in the undergrad division, it specifically designates racial/ethic and low-SES, no LGBT mentioned. For more information on building a school list, please consider using the following resources: The subreddit's School List Wiki MD Schools - MSAR and MSAR Advisor Reports DO Schools - Choose DO Explorer, 2021 Spreadsheet, and 2023 Spreadsheet I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. LGBT are considered URM by a number of med schools,=including U Chicago and JHU. 87 GPA and 501 MCAT. Allopathic medical school-specific discussions of secondary prompts, interview invites, and experiences, and general discussions of the admissions process at a particular institution. For example: when a hypothetical California medical school has 5% Hispanics, but the state of California has much more than a 5% Hispanic population. Read our disclosure for more info. but med schools are aiming for diversity and they know that above a 3. So by this definition, if males/females in the US is 50/50, and males/females in a med school is 60/40, then females would be considered URM by the literal definition. It's not to say URM are less likely to get good grades because thats bs. And “The UNM School of Medicine Admissions Policy also applies to the MD/PhD program. 5 and 27 mcat is good enough to be successful. Anyways the real reason y'all here aka my app: 1000+ hrs clinical experience (MA & Scribe) 472 votes, 94 comments. 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