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Just a thought, you'd do better trying for an M.D., MPH. There is a a big need and scholarships available.
Just a data point - I know several people from Huron who exited after a few years to top medical school (Harvard, Columbia)
Med schools value patient contact, scientific background, and human-centric experiences at the end of the day. The changes on the MCAT and med school curriculum reflect that (increased focus on the humanities in addition to the preclinical sciences).
Ultimately things like scientific publications will be more of a wow factor on apps than a consulting background, but it depends on how you spin it. A background in healthcare consulting can be useful in the sense you understand more of the broader issues facing the domain too, but you need to show that you are able to pick up the science too
You have to show a genuine desire to help patients (keep in mind healthcare consulting usually helps payers, providers, etc). Some applicants show this through clinical volunteering, philanthropy, shadowing, etc. You have to be prepared for an answer to, "Why medicine?" that is not "I want to help people" as you can do that in a variety of different fields.
+ Exposure to a surgery or something of the sort early on isn't a bad idea either. Have seen a lot of pre-meds drop out early on in the journey when they realized they couldn't stomach seeing a lot of blood....
There are a few schools that only want research docs. CCF has a research specific med school. Very competitive to get in but science is a big deal. Docs we use have many years of patient care and medical practice management. They did time as head of various organizations, etc. If you could show plenty of community volunteer work, that will help a little. Not sure why you have to have a "top school". There are plenty of smaller schools that turn out great docs. It's more about proving yourself in med school and getting great residencies. I've spent my life working with doctors and some of my biggest horror stories are about docs from some of the best schools in the country.
Agreed, and dually noted. as to why the “top” schools, I feel I would be competitive in applying to top MBA programs, and was thinking it made sense to find complementary programs to alleviate time spent in school and debt
I be an attractive candidate coming from a year or two of healthcare consulting?
that makes sense. I was thinking coming from a diverse background would be attractive, given the track record of performance, but in a different background. Suggestions for other ways I could show this ability to succeed in the sciences, given I haven’t taken science classes outside of a couple biology classes in college? Is this a make or break for a top post-bacc?
I also know several people who have transitioned from traditional healthcare consulting, Epic, etc. and were extremely successful in applying