June 30th 2020
 
To Medical School Admissions Committees:
 
We are writing to express our concern about the status of the MCAT examination for students applying during the 2020-2021 application cycle. We recognize the unique challenges admissions committees are facing during this application cycle, but we want to communicate how this process has impacted premedical students. The purpose of this letter is to therefore strongly recommend that all medical schools consider making the MCAT optional this year, which Stanford School of Medicine has already elected to do.
 
There is no doubt careful deliberation occurring at medical schools across the nation, and we want to acknowledge that these are difficult administrative decisions. Much of the uncertainty around this application process has been unavoidable. However, the impact that these changes have had on students are numerous. Some premedical students have come together to chronicle the obstacles they have faced this year as well as their proposed next steps. You can access their document at www.tinyurl.com/AAMCSEA.
 
As the students discuss in their open letter, the initial rescheduling period for the MCAT was set to begin at 3:00am PST. Due to technical difficulties, students remained on the website until 2:30pm PST. Any students who may have had responsibilities during this period would have been relegated to choosing dates towards the end of the cycle (or traveling to remote locations). Students with disabilities were particularly affected by this rescheduling process; they could not sign up for an exam with accommodations through the online platform and had to engage in a lengthy process that essentially precluded them from their desired test dates.
 
The AAMC has tried to take steps towards addressing these issues by increasing test availability, but they have elected to forego virtual administration of the exam due to concerns about integrity. Although we understand that the AAMC is attempting to navigate uncharted territory, we believe that conducting in person MCAT examinations at this time is a problem for the following reasons:
 
Safety

1) With COVID-19 cases spiking around the US, an in-person MCAT examination is a potentially dangerous situation. Even with the best risk mitigation strategies, the risk of transmission is not eliminated (with students stating proper protocol is not being followed at testing sites). Students who have had to undergo multiple cancellations since March will therefore be put in a position where they have to decide between their health and their future. This is an untenable position for students to be in, and our institutions have a responsibility to ensure that we protect our students.

In addition to safety concerns for premedical students, there also exists the potential for the virus to spread within their families and social networks. As some applicants have expressed on social media, concerns over exposing their parent with cancer or sibling with asthma to COVID-19 has made it difficult for them to study effectively.

In response to these safety concerns, the LSAT is only offering virtually proctored exams this year. If the AAMC cannot conduct the MCAT virtually, these safety concerns are clearly enough to warrant making the exam optional.

Public Health Stewardship

1) With widespread misinformation campaigns, much of the public is looking towards medical institutions for leadership during this pandemic. Continuing with business as usual and potentially exposing students to COVID-19 is not just a safety concern for students. It does not properly communicate to the public how serious this pandemic is. Standardized exams are not an essential service, and although it will put an additional burden on admissions committees to differentiate students, taking the step of making the MCAT optional will further communicate how seriously risk mitigation strategies should be taken by the public.

2) Testing is still limited in many localities. The possibility of some of these MCAT examinations turning into super spreader incidents is one we have to take seriously. For instance, if a student contracts the virus (either via transportation towards/back from the exam or during the exam itself) and is asymptomatic, they may continue to interact with others (particularly in states with lax policies in place). We may therefore inadvertently contribute to spreading this disease, when our responsibility is to contribute to curtailing it.

The premedical students who created the document above heard from at least one student who was awaiting a COVID test result. That student had to decide between potentially spreading the virus or giving up the test slot she had worked so hard to get. As medical institutions, we simply cannot put students in these kinds of positions.

Equity

1) Students who are taking the MCAT this late, right before they apply to medical school, are likely to be students who were less informed about the medical school application process. It is likely that URM and first generation students will be disproportionately represented in the students who have had to deal with MCAT delays and cancellations.

The COVID-19 pandemic has already exacerbated so many of the inequities in our society, and this may lead to even greater impacts on URM students applying to medical school. Countless students have already decided not to apply to medical school this cycle because of the MCAT situation. As more cancellations occur, the MCAT will continue to exclude even more students.

Historically, URM students have performed worse on the MCAT (largely influenced by SES and structural racism). In this midst of a pandemic, with families strained economically, these inequities would be further enhanced.

2) Black premedical students specifically are facing the compounding ramifications of COVID-19 and anti-Black racism in the United States. The additional stress of regular scheduling delays, cancellations, and confusion not only disproportionately harms them, but will further exacerbate their well-documented underrepresentation in medicine.

Making the MCAT optional would enable these students to still apply while mitigating the impact that current circumstances may have on their futures.

3) COVID-19 morbidity and mortality is not equally spread amongst different states, and MCAT exams taken during this pandemic will therefore no longer be standardized. Students who are in particularly hard hit states will face more MCAT examination cancellations and be required to take on more risks to complete their MCAT in person.

These students should be given the opportunity to opt out of taking the exam, so that they do not undergo the tremendous pressure of deciding whether or not to take the exam in unsafe circumstances (circumstances that some of their peers will not be subjected to).

4) The MCAT rescheduling announcement was made exclusively on Twitter. Students without social media or sufficient internet access were left in the dark and likely ended up having to sign up for MCAT dates near the end of the cycle.

Because of all of these reasons, we ask admissions committees to seriously consider the prospect of both making the MCAT optional this year and equally considering applications with no MCAT score for admission. We also encourage medical schools to enable applicants to mask previous scores, as countless students have unfortunately been denied the opportunity to retake their MCAT due to the pandemic. These steps will be critical in assuring that we avoid further excluding URM, first generation, and low SES students during this unprecedented application cycle. Our hope is that other institutions can join Stanford in putting students and public health at the forefront of their decision making processes.

Signed:

1) Abdikarin Abdullahi, MS3, UCSF School of Medicine and Russyan Mark Mabeza, MS3, UCLA School of Medicine
2) Laney Cordell, Miss, Butler University
3) Mikias Negussie , Incoming Medical Student , UCSF
4) Max Ellithorpe, MS2, University of Illinois College of Medicine
5) Kate Telma, medical student, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
6) Cecelia Hembrough, Pre-Med Student, University of Pittsburgh
7) Gabrielle Brauner, Medical student (M3)  Stony Brook University
8) Mauricio Flores , Mr. , Roswell Park Cancer Institute
9) Lindsay Marohn, Student, Butler University
10) Anna, Premed, TCNJ
11) Shelby Bowman, Resident , Ucsf
12) Eliana Kim, MS2, UCSF School of Medicine
13) Monica Stretten, MS3, UCSF School of Medicine
14) eshita, college graduate, UC Berkeley
15) Sara Borowiec, Premedical student , N/A
16) Joshua Bell, MD Candidate, University of California, San Francisco
17) Zev Greenberg, Graduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis
18) Nali Gillespie, MS3+, Duke SOM
19) Nicole Ratnapala, MS2, Geisel SOM at Dartmouth
20) Tamar Chukrun, DUSOM MS1 , Duke University School of Medicine
21) Francesco Sergi, MS3, UCSF School of Medicine, UCSF
22) Leah Fraimow-Wong, Medical Student, UCSF
23) Andreas Seas, MD/PhD student (GS2) Duke University School of Medicine
24) Emma McCune, MS2, UCSF School of Medicine
25) Joey Lew, MS2, UCSF
26) Jacqueline Ramerez, Student, Princeton
27) Jasmine Solola, 3rd year Medical Student, UIC
28) Hana Shapiro, Premed Student, Northeastern University
29) Juhi Varshney, MS4, UCSF
30) Sarah Parker, Premed, Tuft Medical school
31) Jeremy Siu, Incoming MS1, UCSF School of Medicine
32) Michelle Baumgartner, Premed Student , The University of Toledo
33) Zoe Johnson, Premed Research Lab Specialist, UC Berkeley
34) Erika Cagampan, MS2, UCSF
35) Jonathan Chu, MS2, UCSF School of Medicine
36) Rogan Sullivan, Premed student, UAB
37) Jackeline Barajas Duque, MS4 , UCSF
38) Amelia tochtrop, Premed student, University of georgia
39) Thomas Ituarte, MS1, UCSF School of Medicine
40) Daniel Kim, Ms3, UCSF
41) Nehal Singh Samra, MS2, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
42) Bronte Hernandez, MS4, UCSF SOM
43) Sarah Almarzooqi, Premed, Penn State University
44) Serena Blacklow, MSTP3, UCSF
45) Gladys Gonzalez-Matias, Premed student, California State University, San Marcos
46) Simran Singh, Premed student, VCU
47) Juan Pablo Hoyos , Premed Student, Cal State Fullerton
48) Tiana Saak, Premed Student, Washington University in St. Louis
49) Nathania Hartojo, Pre-med Student, Pomona College
50) Brenly Rowland, MS, MS3, UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program
51) Victorria Dau, Premed Student, Loyola Marymount University
52) Almujeeb Danmole, Premed student, LMU
53) Alex Bell, MS3, University of California, San Francisco
54) Rahul Krishnan, Premed, UC Santa Cruz
55) Bria Gamble, Premed Student, Oakwood University
56) Ahad Khatri, Premed Student, Georgia Tech , Georgia Institute of Technology
57) Diana Yenokyan, Premed, UCLA
58) Hannah Dotson, Premed student, University of Alabama at Birmingham
59) Anna Leone, Premed student , Penn State University
60) Jeremy Gottlieb, MSTP2, UCSF
61) Crista Lee Oakley-Havens, Pre Med Post Bacc Student, UCLA and California State University Fullerton
62) Anthony Nguyen, Incoming MS1, UCSF
63) Angie Figueroa, Premed Student , University of Illinois at Chicago
64) Londyn Robinson, MS4, University of Minnesota Medical School
65) Isabel Garcí , Premed student, PUCPR
66) Margaret Ely, Premed Student, Florida State University
67) Carmen Espino , Premed Student , Roosevelt University
68) Jay Bindman, MS1, UCSF School of Medicine
69) Tyler Smith, Premed Student, SDSU
70) Mekaleya Tilahun, MS2, UCSF
71) Charlotte Young, MS2, University of California, San Francisco
72) Andres Calvillo, MS3, UCSF School of Medicine
73) Anhadh Jassal, Premed, UCSB
74) Apoorva Kandakatla , MS3, Duke SOM
75) Kelly Delaney, Premed student, N/A
76) Pedro Gallardo, MS1, UCSF
77) Melissa O'Neill, Premed Student, Wilfrid Laurier University
78) Najah Hussain, Premed Student, Rice University
79) Charles Vatanatham, MS2, DGSOM
80) Lauren Pferdmenges , Premed student , High Point University
81) Shayna Zanker, Premed Student, Drexel University
82) Shivani Gillon, MS3, UCSF
83) Tigran Kachikyan, Premed, UCLA
84) Allison Polidori, MS4, University of Louisville
85) Shabab Hussain, MS2, TTUHSC School of Medicine (Lubbock)
86) Tori Stierwalt, Premed Student, Southern Illinois University
87) Jessica Lizeth Torres Montoya, Premed student, UCLA
88) Brandon Yan, MS3, UCSF
89) Hamdi Ahmed, Premed, Boston Medical School
90) Ruby Moreno, MS4, UCSF
91) Sreeja Choppara, Premed Student,
92) Cody R Rocha, Epidemiology Graduate Student, Premed, University of Arizona
93) Trevor Anesi, Incoming MS1, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
94) Angela Gibson, Premed,
95) Anna Li, Premed Student, UIC
96) Elizabeth Dugan, MS3, University of Louisville School of Medicine
97) Charlotte Gerrity, MS4, Duke University
98) Aysha Mahmud, Premed,
99) Zain Mahmud, Premed,
100) Christine Ha, MS4, Duke SOM
101) Camille Khalily, MS3, University of Louisville School of Medicine
102) Rachel Percelay, MS4, UCSF
103) Ivie Tokunboh, MS3, UCSF
104) Lauren Becki, Pre-med Student, EMU, N/A
105) Jordan McDonald, MS3, UCSF
106) Elizabeth Hahn, Premed Student, SUNY Fredonia
107) Mallory Tober, MS3, University of Louisville School of Medicine
108) Lydia Lissanu, MS3, University of Louisville School of Medicine
109) Shailee Vishnubhatt, Med School Applicant , University of Pennsylvania
110) Tessa Oliver, Incoming MS1, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
111) Rebecca McEachern, Attending , Private practice
112) Ryan Gray, MD, Physician, Meded Media
113) Elena Drews, MS4, Duke School of Medicine
114) Stephanie Clavijo, MS4 MPH, CDU/ UCLA Medical Education Program
115) Lisa Jackson, Premed Student, Stony Brook University
116) Caitlin Kacobs, MS3, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
117) Hirmand Daniel Sarafian, Premed student, UCLA
118) Stephanie Jensen, MS4, UNC
119) Fatima Warsame, MS3, , Alpert Medical School
120) Joseph David DiZoglio Jr., MD, Resident, n/a
121) Ky’Tavia Stafford Carreker , Pre med student , N/a
122) Evan Heiderscheit, MS3, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
123) Marie Abourezk, Premed Student, DePaul University
124) Meera Jasmine, Premed Student, UTD
125) Jatziry Hernandez, Premed Student , California State University,  Fullerton
126) Lawren Wooten, MS3, Georgetown University School of Medicine
127) Victor Cox, Incoming MS1, Georgetown University School of Medicine
128) Colin Kulick-Soper, OMS-III, soperc55@rowan.edu
129) Camille Joy Abutin, Post-Bacc Student (Pre-med) Pre-Professional Health Academic Program at CSU East Bay
130) Jonathan, Premed Student, Stony Brook University
131) Anonymous, Postbacc Premed Student, Arizona State University
132) César Hernández, MS1, OHSU SOM
133) Neethi Narasimha, Premed Student, USF
134) Sel, Premed student , MU
135) Mariama Jallow, MS3, Georgetown University SOM, Okay!
136) Alli Jostes, MS4, IUSM
137) Claire Cox, Premed Student , N/A
138) Jenna Singer, Premed MPH student, Kent State
139) Zoe Berman, Premed student, UT Austin graduate, N/a
140) Benjamin Jones, MS2, UCSF School of Medicine
141) Samantha Barta, OMSII, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
142) Anonymous Premed1, Premed Student , University of Oregon
143) Arun Burra, MS3, UCSF School of Medicine
144) Jennifer Mansour, M3 , Tulane School of Medicine
145) Ari Connolly, Pre MD/PhD Student, Rising Senior at Stony Brook University, N/A
146) Sarah Tran, Premed Class of 2020, Pomona College
147) Kristyne Williams, Premed Student, University of Washington
148) Gianna Ward, Premed Student, Virginia Tech
149) Kelly Ahern, Post-Baccalaureate Premed Student, Washington University in St. Louis
150) Sofia Kakaizada, Premed student, San Francisco State University
151) Isaiah Swann, Premed Student, UT-Dallas
152) Athena Elaog, Premed Student , UC Davis
153) Selena Wirthlin, Premedical Student , University of Utah
154) Alexander Weingart, PREP Scholar, Case Western Reserve University and University of Vermont
155) Isaiah Eruaga, Premed student, N/a
156) Aude Bouagnon, PhD, MS2, UCSF
157) Kunjan, Premed student , University of Washington
158) Sameen Zaki, Premed Student, Stony Brook University
159) Michelle R. Caunca, PhD, MD/PhD Trainee, MS4, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
160) Benjamin Akande, Premed student, N/A
161) Tokunbo Banjo, Premed Student, UTD
162) Noor Mukarram , Premed student , Georgetown Universiry
163) Andreas Lazaris, MD-MSc, PGY-1, Mount Sinai Downtown Residency in Urban Family Medicine
164) Zane Davis, MS2, University of Washington School of Medicine
165) Elodia Caballero, MS3, PRIME-US, University of California San Francisco
166) Premed Student, Premed Student, Indiana University
167) Eva Bhandary, Premed Student , VCU
168) Isabel Gonzalez, Premed, Texas A&M
169) Arin Akheituame , Post Bacc, University of Texas at San Antonio
170) Anonymous, Premed Student, University of North Texas
171) Maeher Grewal, MS3, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
172) Amina kamran, Premed student , Stony brook university
173) Amanda Farrell, MS4, Duke SOM
174) Megan Sonier, Premed, Boston college
175) Betsy Vuchinich, Premed, Dickinson college
176) Darlene Monlish, Premed, University of Pittsburgh
177) Anonymous Premed , Premed Student, Stony Brook University
178) Safa Kaleem, MS4, Duke University
179) Nadia Shaikh, PreMed, UofT
180) Sara Torres, MS3, Georgetown University School of Medicine
181) Susan Wang, MS4, UCSF
182) Jennifer Aguayo, Premed Student, UCLA
183) Hamza Mirza, Premed student , Graduated from NJCU
184) Rania Noubani, Premed student, NJCU
185) Sumaiya Najeeb, Premed student, NJCU
186) Gordon Yip, Premed Student, N/A
187) Huda Rabi, Pre Med Student, CSUSM
188) Lawrence Garcia, MS2, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, ok
189) Isabel Sturla , MS2, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
190) Noemi Plaza, MS4, University of California San Francisco
191) Aaron Bautista, Premed Student, UCLA
192) Sophie McAllister, MS3, UCSF School of Medicine
193) Maheen Sayeda, Premed Student, UCLA
194) Sara Beaudoin, Premed Student, Union College
195) Michelle Aguirre, Premed Student, UCI
196) Marina Capella, MD (Attending) University of Utah SOM
197) Monique Munoz, Premed Student, Rio Hondo Community College
198) Kavya, Premed Student , University of Colorado Denver
199) Ahmad Mohamed, Premed student, University of Toledo
200) Elizabeth Lopez, Premed Student, CSUS
201) Alyssa Baird, MS3, UCSF School of Medicine
202) Sally Oh, MS2, UCSF
203) Nohelia Canales, Professor, Life Sciences, East Los Angeles College
204) Brittany Gratreak, MS2 MD-PhD Student, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
205) Karen NgantchA, Premed student, UTD
206) Eva Villarreal , Premed student , Stony brook
207) Oliver Cervantes, MS3, UCSF
208) Gerianne Connell, Resident, BMC
209) Katy Parrott, Premed Student, The University of Texas at Austin
210) ------ , Premed Student, University of Central Florida
211) Jenni valez, Premed student, University of Boston Massachusetts
212) Shyam Patel, MS1, UCSF
213) Alek Aman, Premed, S.U
214) Emily Shaffer, M4, Georgetown School of Medicine
215) Destri Eichman, Premed Student, Westminster College
216) Manuella Djomaleu, Manuella Djomaleu, MS1 , UCSF
217) Anonymous-, Premed Student , Clark University
218) Omar Gomez, Premed Student, Stanford University
219) Gabriela Alvarez Azanedo, Graduate Student, San Francisco State University
220) Hannah Kim, Premed student, ,  
221) Margot Kelly-Hedrick, Incoming MS1, Duke University School of Medicine
222) Samantha Aguilar , Premed Student , Loyola University Chicago
223) Ayush Kumar, MS1, UCSF School of Medicine
224) Anum Iqbal, MD, MPH, N/A
225) Arya Parhar, MS2, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
226) Emily Jetter, MS2, Frank H. Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
227) Zaki M. Iqbal , M2, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
228) Abel Sandoval, Pre-med student, N/A
229) Stacy Uchendu, MD/PhD Student, Yale School of Medicine
230) Pooja Mhatre, MPH, med school applicant, San Francisco Department of Public Health
231) Deepa Rajan, MS2, UCSF
232) Samantha Phillips, OMS1, California Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine
233) Anonymous Premed, Premed student , California State University Fresno
234) Colleen bergin, Know premed student, Know pre med student
235) Tanya Panwala, MS2, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
236) N/A, Friend of a premed student
237) Anonymous, know a premed student, N/A
238) Alyka Glor Fernandez, OMS4, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
239) Valentina Vargas, Premed, Harvard University
240) Neema, Pre Med Student , University of Alabama at Birmingham
241) anonymous student, premed, CSUF
242) Delilah Villa, Premed Student, N/A
243) Courtney Chambers , Premed Student , The University of Oklahoma
244) Rene Begay, Premed Student, University of Colorado
245) Anonymous, Premed Student, Rutgers University
246) Haylee Mesa, Premed Student, Florida Atlantic University
247) Jonathan, Premed Student, Stony Brook University
248) Diana Smith, MS2, UCSD School of Medicine
249) Noelle , MS1, University of Minnesota
250) June Maccintosh, Resident, MCmaster MD
251) Chiagoziem Okolo, Premed Student, Ok
252) Amanda Haussman, Premed Student , Nova Southeastern University
253) Kainaat Fatima, Premed student , University of Guelph
254) Yamikani Asefa, Premed Student, Trent University
255) Sonam, Premed Student , UC Davis
256) Emily Chu, MS3, UCLA DGSOM
257) Rintu Saju, MS2 , UCLA
258) Apeksha Singh, MSTP PhD1, UCLA
259) Luisa Dominguez, Premed Student , The University of Texas at El Paso
260) Arianna Rodriguez, Premed Student, Kennesaw State University
261) Elaine Chan, MS4, UCLA School of Medicine
262) Medical Student, MS4, UCLA
263) Nonye Ikeanyi, MS2, CDU/UCLA DGSOM
264) Taylor Cole, MS3, Charles R. Drew University
265) Mayra Lucas, MS3, David Geffen School of Medicine
266) Christian Felix, MS4, UCLA/Drew
267) Sam Olanrewaju, Ms4, UCLA
268) Mariela Nevárez, MS4 , CDU/UCLA School of Medicine
269) Chinezi Ihenatu, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
270) Emmanuel Aguilar-Posada, MS4, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
271) Micaela Torres, MS3, CDU/UCLA Medical Education Program
272) Jamie Ko, MS3, UCLA
273) Maggie Tsang, MS2, UCLA School of Medicine
274) Monica Justo, MS4, UCLA School of Medicine
275) Premed , Student, University of Alabama at Birmingham
276) Joseph Friedman, MD / PhD Student , UCLA
277) Madeleine Heller, MS4, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
278) Alena Kantor, MS3, UCLA DGSOM
279) Elizabeth Flores, MS2, CDU/DGSOM at UCLA
280) Kiana Nguyen, MS2, UCSF
281) Brandon Tsai, MS2, UCLA
282) Denise Parel, PA-S2, yes
283) Divya Francis, Premed Student, DePaul University
284) Jacob Paul, OMS2, WVSOM
285) Amanda De La Cerda, MS4, David Geffen SOM at UCLA
286) Julia Reading, MS4, UCLA
287) Shuchi Sharma, MS1, Ohio State University College of Medicine
288) Shalila de Bourmont , MS2, UCSF
289) Diana Dickey, Premed Student , NYU
290) Angela Reese, MS3, DGSOM
291) Marie Altendahl, MS2, DGSOM at UCLA
292) Abbi leul, Attending, UofM
293) Carolyn Smullin, MS3, UCLA DGSOM
294) Vanessa Nunez, MS3, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
295) Emily, Premed student, —
296) Anonymous, premed student, BSU
297) Anonymous, premed student, BSU
298) Paola Gomez Torred, Premed Student, N/A
299) Erick Castellanos, MS3, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
300) Yomiyu Temesgen, Attending , University of Minnesota
301) Rue Kidanemariam, Attending , University of Minnesota
302) Cindy Ye, MS3, UCLA School of Medicine
303) Catherine Bradley, MS3, DGSOM at UCLA
304) Audrey Torrest, MS4, David geffen school of medicine at UCLA
305) Alexander Boyle, Premed Student, University of Colorado Denver
306) Irrawaddy Lamouth, MS3, DGSOM
307) Tanya Datta, MS2, DGSOM
308) Carolyn Crutchfield, Friend of a Pre-Med student, N/A
309) Zari Watts, MS2, Howard University College of Medicine
310) Ginny Tascone , Na, Na
311) Anonymous student , Know a premed student , Na
312) Ashley Slack , MS2, Howard University College of Medicine
313) Micheal Thomas, MS4, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
314) Dedrik Felsen, Premed Student, Washington University St Louis
315) Matthew Zhao, MS2, David Geffen School of Medicine
316) John Denton, MS2, ISMMS
317) Krsna Kothari, MS2, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
318) Cynthia Luo, MS2, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
319) Lindsay Clark, MS2, Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai
320) Tonia Ogundipe, MS1, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
321) Anouk Ackerman, MS1, David Geffen School of Medicine
322) Curtis Kuo, M1/MSTP, University of Michigan Medical School
323) Taylor Thaxton, MS2, CDU/UCLA
324) Whitney Griggs, MD PhD 3, UCLA DGSOM
325) Timothy Garner , Premed Student: 2020-2021 Applicant, University of South Florida
326) Lyolya Hovhannisyan, MS4, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
327) Gita Bhattacharya, MS2, Will try!
328) Carlos Zavala, MS3, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
329) Ezequiel Ramos, MS2, Icahn School of Medicine
330) Rey Berry, MS2, University of California San Francisco
331) Austin Cho, Premed Student, Northeastern University
332) Sarita Coleman, MS2, Howard university
333) Charlotte Poplawski, MS3, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
334) Victoria walker, MS2, Howard University college of medicine
335) Georgina Dominique, MS2, Charles R. Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program
336) Yadira Bribiesca , MS3, DGSOM
337) Cameron Hines , MS4 , CDU/UCLA
338) Sarah Freeman, MS2, Duke Medical School
339) Rachael Donnelly, MSc, Premed Student, University of Waterloo
340) Lauren, Premed Student, University of Oxford
341) Ivan Iniguez, MS2, UCSF
342) Ricardo Rosales, MS3, DGSOM at UCLA
343) AJ Schuster, MS3, David Geffen School of Medicine
344) Saphy Reddix, Premed Student, N/A
345) Kate Corry Saavedra, MS2, DGSOM at UCLA
346) Cristina Valdovinos MPH, MS2, UCLA/Charles R. Drew University
347) Francesca Yi, MS2, Tufts University SOM
348) Thibault Philippine, MS2, DGSOM at UCLA
349) Anita, Premed student, N/A
350) Tolani Are, MS3, University of Louisville School of Medicine
351) Rasha Abbas, Premed Student, University of Detroit Mercy
352) Paloma Orozco Scott, MS2, Mount Sinai
353) Matthew, Pre med student , None
354) Alizay Jalisi, MS1, Georgetown University School of Medicine
355) Elizabeth De Jesus, MS4, Tufts University School of Medicine
356) Amani Sastry, Premed Student, N/A
357) Cléa Marsh, MS4, Charles R. Drew/UCLA
358) Rachel Parks, MS4, UCLA - DGSOM
359) Jon Andre Sabio Parrilla, Premed Student , UCLA
360) Jyodi Mohole, MS3, DGSOM UCLA
361) Lindsey A. Chew, MS2, Duke University School of Medicine
362) Katherina Tanson, MS2, UCLA School of Medicine
363) Aishwarya Karlapudi, MS2, David Geffen School of Medicine
364) Jessica Bodden, MS4,MPH, CDU/UCLA Medical Education Program
365) Luke Wachsmuth, GS2 MD/PhD student, Duke University School of Medicine
366) Ryan Kramer, MS1, Duke University SOM
367) Ronald Harris, MS1, Duke School of Medicine
368) Jonathan Williams, MS2, Howard University College of Medicine
369) Dana Rubenstein, Incoming MS1, Duke University School of Medicine
370) Nicholas J Morriss, MS1, Duke University School of Medicine
371) Lizzy Zhao, MS2, Duke University School of Medicine
372) Melissa Rosen, Incoming MS1, Duke SOM
373) Tara Thomason, MS1, Duke University School of Medicine
374) HannahSofia Brown, MS2, Duke University
375) Andrea Bejar, Pre med student, Wellesley College
376) KC, Premed student , University of Washington
377) Ricky Anjorin, MS2, Duke University School of Medicine
378) fred heller, ms2, Duke SoM
379) Sara Samad, Premed Student, Stony Brook University
380) Omar Ullah, Pre-health student, CSUN
381) Brad Kawano, MS2, Duke School of Medicine
382) Hima Konduru, Premed Student, University of Maryland
383) Alexander Winnett, MS3-PhD2, UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program
384) Teresa Bien, Premed Student, UCSD
385) Larissa De Souza, MS1, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
386) Jalen Crespo, Premed Student, City College of New York
387) Kayla Davis, M2, Howard University College of Medicine
388) Sebastian Mendez , MS1, Stony Brook Medicines
389) Marilyn Yamamoto, MS1, Duke University School of Medicine
390) Ernesto Rojas, MSTP2 , UCSF
391) Edward Diaz, MS4, UNC School of Medicine
392) Grace Lee, MS4, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
393) Premed Student, Florida State University
394) Tichelle Porch, MS2,
395) Nicole Olakkengil, Premed Student, Stony Brook University
396) Natalie Wickenheisser , MS2, Duke university school of medicine
397) Christopher Anigwe, MS3, UCSF SOM
398) Lindsay Schlichte, MS1, Duke Med
399) Ellena Privitera, Pre Med Student, Graduate of the University of Cincinnati
400) Sewit Bereket, MS2, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
401) Emily Alway, MS1, Duke University School of Medicine
402) Alice Lu, Incoming MS1, UCSF School of Medicine
403) Sabrina Levy, MD/PhD Yr 4, UCLA
404) Andreé Franco-Vásquez, MS3, DGSOM at UCLA
405) Neha Nayak, Premed Student, WSU
406) Jahrane Dale, MS2, Duke Medical Scientist Training Program
407) Micaiah, premed graduate, N/A
408) Pavneet Bhullar, Premed Student, Wayne State University
409) Melvin Rico, MS3, CDU/DGSOM
410) Kristen Schoenhard, MS4, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
411) Eman Imran, Pre-Med Student , Oakland University
412) Joseph Weinberger, MS2, UCLA School of Medicine
413) AJ Schuster, MS3, David Geffen School of Medicine
414) Roshni Kochhar, Pre-med student, Wayne State University
415) Kamisha Charles, MS1, University of Miami
416) Tristan Howard, MS4, CDU/UCLA
417) Vishal Venkatraman, MS2, Duke University School of Medicine
418) Anokh Sohal, Resident , UC Davis
419) Jasmine Chigbu, MS2, Duke University
420) Eva Hilton, Premed Student, University of Southern California
421) La'Mayah Hodges, MS4, Drew-UCLA
422) Stephanie Cheung, MSTP/PhD3, UCLA
423) Alfonso Ocampo, MS4, DGSOM UCLA, sounds good
424) Margaret Min, Incoming MS1, Duke University School of Medicine
425) Emmanuel Emovon, MS1, Duke Medical School
426) Devona Samuel, Clinical Responder, Prospective Student , N/A
427) Matt, Pre med student,
428) Linda Li, MS1, Duke University School of Medicine
429) Sahand Fardi, Premed student, UCLA
430) CJ, Premed student, 2020-2021 applicant , Postgrad
431) Jake Hanson, Premed student, University of Minnesota
432) Sarah Strand, Premed supporter, N/A
433) Shaleen Thakur, MS3, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
434) Joseph Kidane, MS3, UCSF
435) Alexis O’Neal, Premed Student , University of Georgia
436) Bronwen Foreman, Incoming MS1, Duke University School of Medicine
437) Erin Collier, MS4, DGSOM-UCLA
438) Premed student, university of texas at austin
439) Zohaib Shaikh, MS4, Duke University School of Medicine
440) Rebecca Correa, Premed Student, Amherst College
441) Yvonne Roca, MS2, DGSOM, yes
442) Anonymous pre med, Amherst college , Pre med , Amherst
443) Anita Kundu, MS2, Duke University School of Medicine
444) Rebecca Shen, MS2, Duke University SOM
445) Yusra Ahmedin, MS2, UCLA School of Medicine
446) Kaelan Patel, Premed Student, Wayne State University
447) Rebecca Fabbro, MS3, Duke SOM
448) Thao Nguyen, MS4, Duke University
449) Zoey Petitt, MS1, Duke University
450) Jason Wang, Premed Student, University of Western Ontario
451) Victoria, Premed student , British Columbia, Canada
452) Victoria Lewis , MS4 , DGSOM UCLA
453) Sameika Graham, premed, george mason university
454) Yasmine Romero, Premed student, COD
455) Jocelyn Garcia, Post-bacc, premed. Medical scribe, UIC
456) Amber Carr Wallace, Premed Student, Utah Valley University
457) Norah Karlovich, MS4, Duke University School of Medicine
458) Ming-Yeah Hu, MS2, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
459) Najma Adan, Pre-Med Student, University of Washington
460) Xavier Cortez, MS3, UCSF School of Medicine
461) Christos Haveles, MS4, DGSOM at UCLA, ok!
462) Anam Hasan, MS2, University of Minnesota Medical School
463) Nisha, Premed , Boston University
464) Vivek Shah, MS3, DGSOM at UCLA
465) Lemuel Rivera, MS2, UCSF School of Medicine
466) Gillian, MS4, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
467) Anonymous, Premed Student, Yeshiva University
468) Asiya Golden, Premed Student, University of Florida College of Medicine(Gainesville)  UCF College of Medicine
469) Nuha Fariha, MS4, PCOM
470) Shivani Chandrashekaran, MS2, Duke University School of Medicine
471) Cristina Bañuelos, Premed Student, Carnegie Mellon University, NA
472) Olivia Piccolo, Premed student , Dalhousie University
473) Muhammad Hamza Khan, Premed, SJSU, N/A
474) Diana Kinney, MS2, Drexel University College of Medicine
475) Kimberly Wolfe, MS4, PCOM
476) Naja Bostwick , Premed Student , New York University  
477) Haneen Hussein, MS4, PCOM
478) Ryan Emhoff, MS3, Sidney Kimmel Medical College
479) Julie Mehta, OMS2, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
480) RamS, Premed, UofR
481) UCSF Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) Student Organization, UCSF
482) Anisha Reddy, MS3, Drexel College of Medicine
483) Punjari Vyas, OMS3, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
484) Alisse Singer, MS3, UCLA
485) Ryan McAuliffe, MS4, AZCOM
486) Hannah Sagin, MS3, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
487) Justin Salman, MS4, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
488) Erika Walker, Attending, Inova Alexandria Hospital
489) Margi Desai, Premed Student, University of Georgia
490) Archit Baskaran (he/him/his) MS3, Feinberg School of Medicine
491) Sonia Wadekar, MS1, UTRGV School of Medicine, yes!
492) Andrew Friedman, MS2, Drexel University College of Medicine
493) Sarah Gallegos, MS4, AZCOM
494) Amanda Thompson, OMSIV, Western University of Health Sciences
495) Esha Butala, MS2, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine  
496) Farah Contractor, Premed, University of Pennsylvania
497) Anonymous, MS3, ACOM
498) Haorui Sun, MS2, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
499) Monica Hill, Premed Student, Central Michigan University
500) Anonymous, Premed Student, University of Central Florida College of Medicine
501) Anonymous, Premed Student, Arizona State University
502) Karen Cohen, MS3, Medical Student, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
503) Bethel Adefres, MS4, UCLA
504) Patrick Lewis Guin, MS4, Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
505) Mark Jedrzejczak, M4, Emory School of Medicine
506) Michaela Barry, MS3, University of Rochester School of Medicine
507) Chukwudi Ikwuagwu, Premed Student, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
508) Anusha Vemuri, PGY1, University of Chicago
509) Laura Allen, MS3, Northeast Ohio Medical University
510) Frederick Okoye III, OMS-3, PCOM
511) Yuna Seo, Premed Student, Cornell University
512) Lizzette Delgadillo, MS1, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
513) Nava Barman, M2,
514) Sophie Nick, MS1, Duke School of Medicine
515) Nabeel Ahmad, MS1, University of Houston College of Medicine
516) Eslimar Delgado, Premed student, Scu
517) William Cox, MD, University of North Carolina
518) Gwendolyn Lee, MS3, DGSOM
519) Paige Almond, OMS2, PNWU COM
520) Jane Blackmer, Incoming medical student, Duke University
521) Sashwat Sriram, Premed Student, The Ohio State University
522) Jessica Diaz, Incoming MS1, University of Arizona Tucson COM
523) Ashley Castano, Premed Student, Not a Med student (yet)
524) Kiana Brown, MS3, University of California, San Diego
525) Ana Skomal, MS2, UC San Diego
526) Jessica Yen, MS2, University of California, San Diego
527) Mallorie Nguyen, MS2, UC San Diego School of Medicine
528) Zoe Zhou, MS3, UCLA DGSOM
529) Beth, Pre-medical student
530) Julia Harbison, Premed Student, University of Michigan
531) Anonymous, Premed Student, SBU
532) Sarah Waszyn, MS1, Drexel University College of Medicine
533) Jairo Garcia, MS4, Charles Drew/UCLA medical education program
534) Ayman Ullah, MS4, UCLA
535) Cortney Murphy, RN, CHOP
536) Sahar Ashrafzadeh, MS2, UCLA DGSOM
537) Alden Kaufman, SMP student,
538) Mady, Premed Student, NA
539) Laura Hufford, OMS2, PNWU COM
540) Ayo Johnson, Post-Baccalaureate student, Northeastern University
541) Neena Joy, MS4, Laker Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
542) Sheena Cruz, MS2, UCSD-SOM
543) Tracy Nguyen, MS3, UCLA DGSOM
544) Jennie Itjoko , Premed student, Sam Houston state university
545) Jin Jin Ma, MS2, SUNY Upstate
546) Danielle Fuller-Sincock, MS2, SUNY Upstate Medical University
547) Megan Molnar, MS2, SUNY Upstate Medical University
548) Mackenzie Hintze, MS2, SUNY Upstate Medical University
549) Mary Mahoney, MS2, Upstate Medical University
550) Maria LaMontagnd, MS2, SUNY Upstate Medical University
551) Chance Dunbar, MS2, UC San Diego School of Medicine
552) Emma Oskar , MS2, SUNY Upstate Medical University
553) Meghana Rao, MS2, Duke University
554) Jamie Lee, MS3, Upstate Medical University
555) Sahana R, Premed student, UIC
556) Katie Skolnick , MS2 , SUNY Upstate
557) Harvey Shi, Incoming MS1, Duke University School of Medicine
558) Alex Kostiuk, MSTP PHD1, DGSOM
559) Leslie Deutschman, MS4, PCOM
560) Patrick Roach, OMS1, Touro University- California, DO/MPH, Yes
562) UCSF SNMA (Student National Medical Association) Student Organization Executive Board, UC San Francisco (UCSF)
563) Nwamaka Amobi, MS2, UCSF
564) Mitchel Cole, MSTP3, UCSF
565) Tomas T, PGY1, Intern, UCSF General Surgery
566) Eric Smith, MS4, University of California San Francisco
567) Erika Stephens, MS2, UCSF School of Medicine
568) Hannah Yemane, MS4, UCSF
569) Kelly Robinson, MS4, University of California, San Francisco
570) Billy Zeng, MS4, Med student, UCSF SOM
571) Xiaoxuan Chen, MS2, UCSF-UC Berkeley Joint Medical Program
572) Khine Oo, Pre med, Ucsd
573) Ziad Jowhar, MS3, UCSF
574) Deborah Yip, Medical Student, UCSF School of Medicine
575) Quintin Richardson, MS3, UCSF School of Medicine
576) Toke Odimayomi, MS4, University of California, San Francisco (PRIME-US)
577) Firo Cole, MS3, UCSF
578) Emanuel Demissie, MS1, UCSF School of Medicine
579) Fiona Miller, MS2, UCSF
580) Vianna Martinez, Premed Student, N/A
581) Kiara Owens, MS3, DGSOM UCLA
582) Anthony Bell, MS4, UCSF SOM
583) Christopher Johnson, MS3, UCSF School of Medicine, UCSF
584) Bruno Valan, MS1, Duke University School of Medicine
585) Adrian Mercado, Premed student , Na
586) India Perez-Urbano, MS3, University of California San Francisco
587) Wynton Sims, MS1, UCSF
588) Trina Van, MS2, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
589) Daniyal Dar, MS2, Drexel University College of Medicine
590) Ammarah Spall, MS4, Drexel
591) Angela Song, MS4, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
592) Saira Kothari, MS3, Drexel University College of Medicine
593) Kaylee Wedderburn-Pugh, MS2,  UCSF School of Medicine
594) Clara Warden, MS3, Perelman School of Medicine
595) Norman Archer, MS1, UCSF School of Medicine
596) Haareny Surendran, Prehealth student, SBU
597) Dereck W. Paul Jr.,  MS, MS4, UCSF School of Medicine
598) Na-Teng Hung, Research Staff, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
599) White Coats for Black Lives, Student Group, University of California San Francisco
600) Megan Messinger, OMS4, WesternU
601) Taylor Trachtenberg, Pre-Med, Student
602) Paulin Korensia, Premed, UCSD