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I am a medical student interested in hospital management, especially understanding the operations that make a hospital run. I am passionate about the fact that incentives are misaligned in healthcare, leading to obfuscated payment models.
Target School: Harvard
Considering: StanfordĀ GSB, Wharton
See More Profiles For: Harvard
Application Status: Open
Undergrad School: Ivy League
Undergrad Major: Engineering
GPA: 3.5
GMAT: 740
Age: 26, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian
Other Degree/Certification: Medical Student (MD)
School Name: Top 25
Extracurriculars:
Title: Research Analyst
Industry: Healthcare
Company: Government
Length of Employment: 2 yrs
Awarded major scholarship (think Fulbright/Goldwater/Truman) for a gap year between college and medical school Got a full scholarship to a top 30 medical school.
My goal is to first do residency and then eventually work as an attending physician in a major academic medical center. Long-term, my dream is to be CEO or CMO (chief medical officer) of a major hospital.
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Hi Mr. Engineering Doctor, this is Kristen from MBA Prep School. As a former adcom at MIT Sloan, I have encountered a number of medical student applicants and have to say I am very impressed with your profile. Academically you have some strong school reputations backing you up, which will really help when it comes to HBS, Stanford, and Wharton. You not only have achieved a solid GPA in a challenging major and been admitted to medical school on a full scholarship, but you also have a very strong 740 GMAT. Your gap year scholarship is also a nice differentiator. I’m trying to work out the timeline on your role as a research analyst; is this what you spent time doing between undergrad and medical …
Hi Mr. Engineering Doctor, this is Kristen from MBA Prep School. As a former adcom at MIT Sloan, I have encountered a number of medical student applicants and have to say I am very impressed with your profile. Academically you have some strong school reputations backing you up, which will really help when it comes to HBS, Stanford, and Wharton. You not only have achieved a solid GPA in a challenging major and been admitted to medical school on a full scholarship, but you also have a very strong 740 GMAT. Your gap year scholarship is also a nice differentiator. I’m trying to work out the timeline on your role as a research analyst; is this what you spent time doing between undergrad and medical school, or something you are doing pre-residency. I do think it provides another nice differentiator among other medical students; I often find that it can be hard for them to showcase competencies like leadership or questioning the status quo in a clinical setting so having some industry-related work experience should allow you a broader set of examples to highlight. What I like most of all is your very well thought out career plan. Another issue I encountered with medical student applicants was that they wanted to pursue an MBA because they were lost. They weren’t sure if they really wanted to practice or not and saw the MBA as a way to temporarily step away from residency to figure things out. This uncertainty does not build confidence in the eyes of admissions officers, but you clearly have a sense of the bigger impact you would like to make. One other question I have about your profile is around community engagement; were you active on campus in undergrad, do you volunteer now? Stanford especially would be interested in how you are already working to solve some of the issues within healthcare that you see. This would be a nice enhancement to your already strong background. I think you have good odds if you can demonstrate those leadership qualities and a passion for (and track record of) making improvements. Please feel free to reach out for a complimentary consultation if you would like to chat further!
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