Undergraduate College: College isn't for everyone, but Junior College is
Undergraduate Area of Study: [missing]
MCAT: BS 11, PS 9, VR 11, P
Overall GPA: 3.33
Science GPA: 3.17
Brief Profile:
-1 year research in Infectious Disease lab
-Former volunteer at University hospital: The usual, push patients around, help nurses transport them to diff. rooms, etc.
-President of community service club
-Martial Arts
-Chinese Lion Dance
-High school assistant football coach: love this game
-Mentor to incoming freshmen
-6 months microbio research w/ poster presentation
-EMT
-Volunteer at county emergency department
-Shadowing (1 Plastic Surgeon, 1 EM Doc, 1 FM)
AMCAS submitted: 2011
Applied
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Applied, Withdrew
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Didn't have second science letter requirement, so I will not send in secondary.
Des Moines University - "07/25/2011: Sent me an email saying I did not fill out all the letter requirements. Only have one s..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/24/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
07/25/2011: Sent me an email saying I did not fill out all the letter requirements. Only have one science class letter, the other was a "research letter." Doesn't count according to them.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/24/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Due to the small percentage of out of state acceptances and the 90 dollar secondary fee, it wasn't worth applying here. Great school though; I'd rank it in the top 10 best DO schools.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/24/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after AZCOM acceptance
Not sure if I should send in the secondary.
Touro University - Harlem - "Withdrew after AZCOM acceptance
Received the secondary, but I'm mindful of sending it in yet. Se..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/24/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after AZCOM acceptance
Received the secondary, but I'm mindful of sending it in yet. Seems like a good school though.
Application Complete
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/24/2011
- Secondary Completed: 9/26/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
1/23/2012: Heard nothing back from this school yet. Probably a silent rejection.
Invited for Interview, Withdrew
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/24/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/20/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/10/2011
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after AZCOM acceptance: The location was not ideal for me.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/24/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/20/2011
- Interview Invite: 9/8/2011
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after AZCOM acceptance
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/24/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/9/2011
- Interview Invite: 11/19/2011
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
9/1/2011 Placed on HOLD. I was looking forward to visiting this campus too. I felt it was the strongest out of all the Touro schools.
11/19/2011: Interview invite over the phone, but withdrew due to CCOM acceptance.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/24/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/12/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/31/2011
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Heard some great things about this school. However, Kirkesville sounded too rural for my liking. Plane ticket to interview would have cost 500+ dollars, so I decided to withdraw.
Attended Interview, Rejected
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/24/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/12/2011
- Interview Invite: 1/20/2012
- Interview Attended: 2/2/2012
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Placed on HOLD
Update: 1/20/2011 Given Interview Invite. It would be great to get accepted by Western. Close to family, near LA, good rotations. Not sure how MMI's are going to be though.
2/2/2012: Interview. First off, the school's not very pretty on the outside. It basically looks like a strip mall, which it used to be. However, the facilities inside are very nice. I'm not too sure about the curriculum other than the fact that it is P/F, which is a plus to me. Also, the 6 weeks we get to review for step 1 at the end of second year is a major positive for me. The rotation sites seem pretty good, with major hospitals being ARMC and Riverside county, both of which have residency programs. However, the other sites don't pop out to me to be as strong as CCOM. I do want to remain on the west coast for residency, preferably Seattle, so it may be best to stay in Western. Hopefully an acceptance is at hand.
2/24/2012: Rejected, it was a great run. I was happy to have the opportunity to get an interview at Western. Definitely a great school, but in the end it's not for me.
Kansas City University - "First official rejection of the season.
My interview here didn't go as well as I had hoped. I ..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/24/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/15/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/23/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/19/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
First official rejection of the season.
My interview here didn't go as well as I had hoped. I felt that I didn't answer the questions as thoroughly as possible and bombed the questions about academic red flags in my app. However, both interviewers were friendly and very respectful.
The campus was very beautiful. It had a very classic look on the outside, but modern inside. The student building was very nice too. Good coffee shop.
Attended Interview, Waitlisted
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/24/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/25/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/3/2011
- Interview Attended: 8/30/2011
- Waitlisted: 9/20/2011
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
The campus is beautiful. Nova really impressed me during the interview day. I could definitely see myself going here. The students were all really friendly and seemed very happy with their decision. The admissions staff also were very friendly. Nova is also rare in that it has a "university" feel, with an undergrad and PhD programs. Overall, I really hope I get accepted here.
9/20/2011: Got waitlisted. Depressing, since I did like this school.
My interview was short, about 5 questions. Since it was my first interview, I think I was slightly nervous, which affected my interview.
Accepted
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/24/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/3/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/8/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/23/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 9/26/2011
Summary of Experience:
First acceptance!
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/24/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/3/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/17/2011
- Interview Attended: 10/7/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 10/27/2011
Summary of Experience:
Overall, I feel that CCOM is the best DO school in the market. I am very excited for this interview. Definitely tied with Western as my number 1.
Accepted!!!!! Since no western interview, this is my number one.
1/20/2011: Now with a Western interview, Western is again tied with CCOM.
Summary of Application Experience
Estimated Expenses:
-AACOMAS Primary: $591
-AMCAS Primary: $424
-Secondaries: $575
-Interview attire: $630
-Transcripts $135
-Travel (Hotel, rental car, etc) $2027.87
-MCAT (2 tests): $475
-MCAT TPR class: $1800
-MCAT TBR Books $292
Total: $6949.87
