How to Pick Med Schools
And Apply for Scholarships
By Pedro A. Perez
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About Me
PMC Founder & Prior President
Still mentoring!
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First Gen Everything/URM
No mentors or guidance as a student/pre-med
Applied 2023 - 2024 Cycle
25 Primaries -> 25 Secondaries -> 14 II
Accepted MD!
DGSOM, USC Keck, UCSD, UVM, Morehouse, Ohio State
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The Biggest Factors for Success
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Figure Out What You Want
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School List
Writing
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What is your mission in the medical field?
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Which schools can help your mission?
How do you convey that mission to schools?
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Making a List
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Applying is expensive, you want to pick schools that mean the most to your mission and that you have the best shot of getting into
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Scholarships
Internal
These will come from schools themselves for either need or mission fit/merit
External
These will come from third parties like government programs, public/private organizations, or just generous people
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Three Ways to Get Scholarships
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Almost all external programs need an application with few exceptions
You Do Nothing
Congratulations!!! You were one of their top applicants
Apply
Bargain
If you have multiple acceptances
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You Do Nothing (Extra)
If It Got You In...
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Mission Fit
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How these come
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Recruitment Based
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Automatically considered when you’re admitted
Big reason why it matters to be strategic with school list
Can be need or merit based. Not all schools offer these
A school can send you a recruitment based scholarship
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Applying to Scholarships
Can be internal
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Apply Early!
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External scholarships Examples
Big reason why it matters to be strategic with school list
Deadlines creep up on you superfast. Also rolling admission
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Negotiate
Works best if you have multiple acceptances or a scholarship to another school. Don’t be afraid to hear them say no!
Remember, you’re not obligated to a scholarship so be humble
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Thank You! Questions?
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