Undergraduate College: great public university
Undergraduate Area of Study: Physical Sciences
MCAT: BS 13, PS 13, VR 11, Q
Overall GPA: 3.90
Science GPA: 3.87
Brief Profile:
I want my profile to be a useful tool for future applicants.
I attended 9 interviews while in my senior year of undergrad. The interview process really got to me after a while, and my burnout definitely showed in some of my interviews. I grew and learned a lot from this experience. I ended up with 3 acceptances and a few waitlists, which is a pretty good margin to deal with. I am now attending medical school and loving it.
AMCAS submitted: 7/1/2010
Applied, Withdrew
Stanford University - "Decided to withdraw my application. I waited too long to start working on the secondary, and as a pe..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Decided to withdraw my application. I waited too long to start working on the secondary, and as a person from the Midwest, my chances of getting in aren't that good to begin with. Should have started earlier on it, it's a shame that i didn't plan better.
Application Complete
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 9/5/2010
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 9/8/2010
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Application Complete, Rejected
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
I guess I was on hold; I got rejected at the very end of the cycle.
Harvard University - "I was on hold; never got an interview and got rejected right after the last week of interviews."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
I was on hold; never got an interview and got rejected right after the last week of interviews.
Boston University - "First rejection; rejected without interview a few days after submitting secondary application."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
First rejection; rejected without interview a few days after submitting secondary application.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 8/24/2010
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
No interview invite. Rejected after interview period.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 8/29/2010
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Rejected without interview early on
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 9/4/2010
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
No interview invite; rejected after the interview period.
Invited for Interview
Loyola University Chicago - "I got an interview invite pretty late in the cycle; by that point I had already been accepted to Umi..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: Yes
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
I got an interview invite pretty late in the cycle; by that point I had already been accepted to Umich, so I declined the invitation.
Attended Interview, Rejected
Yale University - "I had an awful cold. Moreover, this was only my second interview. Went pretty bad, I was totally ner..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: 8/26/2010
- Interview Attended: Yes
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
I had an awful cold. Moreover, this was only my second interview. Went pretty bad, I was totally nervous. (Later rejected, unsurprisingly). Also, everyone at this school is a hipster. If you interview here, try to look cool. Wear tortoise-shell glasses. Talk about Mad Men and the meaning of life. Think of a book you read recently so you can talk about it and seem cultured.
Duke University - "Interview went horribly! They like to push you on ethics. A lot. Be prepared for some surprise quest..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 9/9/2010
- Interview Invite: 9/12/2010
- Interview Attended: Yes
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Interview went horribly! They like to push you on ethics. A lot. Be prepared for some surprise questions. Looking back, I feel like I could have done so much better. Shame, I really liked Duke.
Attended Interview, Waitlisted
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: 9/18/2010
- Interview Attended: Yes
- Waitlisted: Yes
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Interviews went well until I kinda broke down at the end of the last one. Yeah, that's pretty bad. It was a tough flying around the country so much and missing school for all these damn interviews.
Surprisingly, I was waitlisted, not rejected.
University of Pittsburgh - "First interview. Went ok, though I was nervous. No curveball questions. Waitlisted; decided to withd..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 8/24/2010
- Interview Invite: 8/25/2010
- Interview Attended: Yes
- Waitlisted: Yes
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
First interview. Went ok, though I was nervous. No curveball questions. Waitlisted; decided to withdraw after Umich acceptance.
Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Withdrew
Tufts University - "First interview was tough; some curveball questions. I was asked how I would fix some major healthca..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 8/18/2010
- Interview Invite: 9/15/2010
- Interview Attended: Yes
- Waitlisted: Yes
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
First interview was tough; some curveball questions. I was asked how I would fix some major healthcare problems. If I were good at that, wouldn't I have been into politics? Anyway...
Second interview was with the dean (!! ahh!). He was very nice, we talked about his dogs. I ended up being waitlisted here, and decided to withdraw after some other acceptances.
Accepted
University of Michigan - "Loved this school, glad to be accepted. Ended up going to this school. Ann Arbor rocks. Go Blue."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: Yes
- Interview Attended: Yes
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 11/12/2010
Summary of Experience:
Loved this school, glad to be accepted. Ended up going to this school. Ann Arbor rocks. Go Blue.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 8/29/2010
- Interview Invite: 9/29/2010
- Interview Attended: Yes
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Accepted; decided to withdraw after Umich acceptance.
Wayne State University - "Interview was easy for me. I've heard people having really tough interviews at this school. They lik..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 9/8/2010
- Interview Invite: Yes
- Interview Attended: Yes
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Interview was easy for me. I've heard people having really tough interviews at this school. They like to pick at your transcript, if you have one or two bad grades. My transcript was strong and I had already been accepted to other schools, so honestly I went in pretty confident. I did this interview just for extra experience. I declined their acceptance.
