Medical School AdmissionsMedical School Admissions

Xinning LiXinning Li

Campbell University, 2000

UVA School of Medicine, 2005

• 16 yr old male with unknown medical hx presents to the Valencia, Spain ED in a Pedestrian vs. Auto accident.

• Primary SurveyPrimary Survey – A, B, C, D, E,

• Secondary SurveySecondary Survey – History, Physical, Labs, Imaging, etc.

Imaging – X RayImaging – X Ray

SurgerySurgery

Post OperationPost Operation

DO YOU REALLY WANT DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE A TO BE A DOCTOR?????????DOCTOR?????????

Field of MedicineField of Medicine- Internal Medicine

- Surgery

- Pediatrics

- Obstetrics / Gynecology

- Psychiatry

- Family Practice

- Neurology

- Radiology

- Many Many Fellowships

Orthopedics SurgeryOrthopedics Surgery- 4 yrs of Clinical Residency + 1 yr of Internship

- Diagnosis and management of disorders, diseases, and injuries to the muscular and skeletal system.

Fellowships in OrthopedicsFellowships in Orthopedics

- Sports Medicine, Pediatrics, Joints, Trauma, Tumor, Hand, Spine, Foot and Ankle.

MEDICAL SCHOOL!!!!!MEDICAL SCHOOL!!!!!Pre Medical Requirements• A year of General Chemistry along with the appropriate

laboratory courses

• A year of Organic Chemistry along with laboratory courses

• A year of Biology along with laboratory courses

• A year of Physics along with laboratory courses

• A year of English

• A year of Calculus or other advanced math classes, including Statistics

GRADUATE!!!!!!GRADUATE!!!!!!

GPA – Science vs. Non Science GPA – Science vs. Non Science vs. Overallvs. Overall

• What is a Competitive GPA????

MCAT!!!!!!!!!MCAT!!!!!!!!!

Doing Well on the MCATDoing Well on the MCATThe MCAT is divided into four sections:

1. Verbal Reasoning (85 minutes for 65 questions)

2. Physical Sciences (100 minutes for 75 questions)

3. Writing Sample (2 essays with 30 minutes each)

4. Biological Sciences (100 minutes for 75 questions)

Scoring of the MCATScoring of the MCAT

http://premed.sacredheart.edu/mcatstats02ii.html

What is Competitive on the MCAT?????What is Competitive on the MCAT?????

• Timing (April vs. August), When to Start

• The Best Way to Prepare, Testing Sites

• Kaplan vs. Studying on your own vs. Princeton Review

• Questions, Questions, Questions.

• How to improve your Verbal Section?

HELPFUL WEBSITES for MCAT PREPHELPFUL WEBSITES for MCAT PREPhttp://www.premedonline.com/Application/mcat1.html

http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Union/5092/

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/forumdisplay.php?f=31

www.aamc.org/mcat

GIVE YOUR BEST ON THE 1GIVE YOUR BEST ON THE 1stst TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sample QuestionSample Question

Helpful WebsitesHelpful Websites

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/forumdisplay.php?f=31

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/forumdisplay.php?f=10

http://www.usm.edu/cs/Additionallinks/medschoolsteps.htm

http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/timeline04.pdf

PREMEDICAL TIMELINEPREMEDICAL TIMELINE

ADDITIONAL MATERIALADDITIONAL MATERIAL

• AMCAS Application

• Personal Statement

• Letters of Recommendation

• Supplemental Essays

• Which School to Apply??

• EARLY, EARLY, EARLY!!

IMPROVING YOUR IMPROVING YOUR APPLICATION!!!!!APPLICATION!!!!!

• Personal Statement – Interesting Life Experience vs. Wanting to Help People. www.essayedge.com (James Coon), www.ivyedge.com, Comptype2@aol.com (Madeline)   

• Letters of Recommendation

• Undergraduate Research

• Tutoring and other Teaching Opportunities

• Medical Field Experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Volunteering (Free Clinic, etc), Shadowing, Going Overseas.

• Other Extracurricular Activities – Sports, Committees, Leadership Roles, etc (Quality vs. Quantity)

Taking a Year Off and Taking a Year Off and Overseas OpportunitiesOverseas Opportunities

• Research Jobs (www.monster.com, go directly to the University website, etc)

• Peace Corps (http://www.peacecorps.gov), Americorps (www.americorps.org), Other Volunteer Opportunities (http://www.volunteermatch.org)

• Overseas Opportunities (www.amerispan.com, http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org, http://www.volunteer.org.nz/programs, http://www.globalcrossroad.com, http://www.i-to-i.com/, etc, etc)

Valencia, SpainValencia, SpainLanguage School:

CILCE – Centro Internacional De Lengua Y Cultura Espanolas

Calle Del Almirante 1, 2,

46003 Valencia, Spain

Tel: 34 96 391 04 63 / 34 96 392 16 78

Fax: 34 96 392 19 81

Email: cilce@iglobal.es

http//www.iglobal.es/empresas/cilce

or www.amerispan.com

University of Valencia Medical School

Department of Cardiac Surgery

Dr. Juan Martinez Leon

Professor of Cardiac Surgery

Juan.martinez-leon@uv.es

34 60 03 93069

 

Dr. Ivan Martin

Chief Resident of Cardiac Surgery

Staff starting in June of 2005

martin_iva@gva.es

 

Facultad de Medicine

Department de Cirugia

Avdc. Blasco Ibanez 17

Valencia, 46010

INTERVIEWSINTERVIEWS

• Be Prepared!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!• Do Not B.S.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sample Questions and Advice:Sample Questions and Advice:

http://www.alfred.edu/cdc/StudentInterviewMedSchool.htm

http://gradschool.about.com/od/medicalinterview/

ADMISSION PROCESS at UVAADMISSION PROCESS at UVABreakdown

• 3500 to 4000 total applications each year.

• ~ 3000 Out of State and ~ 800 In State (Virginia)

• ~ 250 Interviews Granted to Each Group (Out of State <10% and In State ~30%)

• 2:1 Acceptances (~250 to get a class of 139)

• How Many Get Off The Wait List (Variable)

• Interviews Are Granted By: Beth Bailey, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean of Admissions

P.O. Box 800725, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0725

Office: 434-924-5571 Email: bab7g@virginia.edu

www.med.virginia.edu

THE AVERAGE UVA THE AVERAGE UVA CLASS CLASS 20042004

Mean GPAMean GPA

• ~ 3.7

MCATMCAT

• Verbal Reasoning ~ 10.4

• Biological Sciences ~ 10.8

• Physical Sciences ~ 10.7

• Writing Sample “P”

• 66% Virginia Residents

• 48 % Women

• ~ 10 Students in the MD/PhD Program

““CONGRATULATIONS, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE BEEN YOU HAVE BEEN

ACCEPTED INTO OUR M.D. ACCEPTED INTO OUR M.D. PROGRAM.”PROGRAM.”

• Waitlisted????? Waitlisted????? What to do……What to do……

• REJECTED!!!!!!!REJECTED!!!!!!!

What to do………..What to do………..

Email: Xinning.li@gmail.com

UVA MATCH DAY - 2005UVA MATCH DAY - 2005

• UVA Match List 2005 (http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/handbook/residency/Match/05/index.cfm)

CONTACT LISTCONTACT LIST• Internal Medicine: Noel Lee – Duke University (nml4a@virginia.edu), Yan Shi – Northwestern University (ys8d@Virginia.edu),

Michael Richardson - UCSF mcr3a@Virginia.edu. • Anesthesiology: Edward Kim – Stanford University (twk2s@virginia.edu) • Emergency Medicine: Chris Martin-Gill – University of Pittsburg (cm9k@virginia.edu) • Family Practice: Julie Suppa – Lynchberg Family Practice (jas5y@virginia.edu) • General Surgery: Adam Lackey – University of Colorado (ahl8b@virginia.edu) • Obstetrics and Gynecology: Joy Vink – Georgetown University (jyv5y@virginia.edu) • Ophthalmology: Steve Yoon – Tufts Medical Center (sjy5e@virginia.edu)

• Orthopedics: Richard Ma – UVA (srm4t@virginia.edu), Xinning Li – University of Massachusetts (xl2f@virginia.edu)

• Otolaryngology: Jared Thelar – Hawaii, Military (jmt5b@virginia.edu) Thuy-Anh Nguyen – John Hopkins University (tn4u@virginia.edu)

• Pediatrics: Lanre Omojokun – D.C. Children’s Center (ooo4p@virginia.edu) • Physical Med & Rehab: Lisa Verghese – UMDNJ Medical Center of New Jersey (eav2j@virginia.edu) • Psychiatry: Shirin Ali – Harvard Hospitals (sna2v@virginia.edu) • Radiology-Diagnostic: Bora Lee – UVA (bbl4f@virginia.edu) • Urology: J.B. Klein – Cleveland Clinic Medical Center (jbk4w@virginia.edu)

THANK YOU!!!!!THANK YOU!!!!!

Xinning LiXinning Li

Campbell University - 2000

University of Virginia School of Medicine - 2005

University of Massachusetts – Dept. of Orthopaedics

4066 Kimberly Dr., Canton, MI 48188

xl2f@virginia.edu or xinning.li@gmail.com

434-825-8566 (cell)