Undergraduate College: Texas A&M University
Undergraduate Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
MCAT: BS 9, PS 11, VR 13, P
Overall GPA: 3.88
Science GPA: 3.83
Brief Profile:
I applied as early as I could in order to *hopefully* negate some of my weaknesses.
1. I'm graduating in 3 years from Texas A&M with a BS in Biology and a Minor in History . WHOOP!
2. Have about 40 hours of volunteering in a hospital. Listed this as one of my 3 meaningful activities.
3. Have about 25 hours of shadowing a neurosurgeon. Listed this as one of my 3 meaningful activities.
4. Tons of research experience (about 100 hours in one lab and about 200 in another). I got paid employment in the
second lab and have a lot of responsibilities. No publications, however. Listed this as one of my 3 meaningful activities.
5. Starting a non-clinical community service organization on campus aimed to provide better water treatment facilities in Honduras. Will officially start organization in the Fall of 2011.
6. Did some non-clinical community service at an elementary school. About 30-40 hours.
7. Played intramural sports (tennis and soccer). Got to the finals in tennis with my doubles partner.
Hopefully it'll all be worth it!
AMCAS submitted: 6/1/2011
Applied
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 5/23/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/6/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/6/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/6/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Drexel University - "Will be re-evaluated later in the application season. Oh well I probably wouldn't have gone here any..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/6/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Will be re-evaluated later in the application season. Oh well I probably wouldn't have gone here anyway.
Applied, Rejected
Texas A & M University - "Officially rejected. Oh well I'm already accepted somewhere so I'm not too disappointed."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/1/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Officially rejected. Oh well I'm already accepted somewhere so I'm not too disappointed.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/6/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Submitted my secondary before I got an email telling me to fill it out. This was a totally bogus reason to reject me and it was almost like the school set a trap for people to complete the secondary. TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE!
Application Complete
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/6/2011
- Secondary Completed: 6/28/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
On hold for re-review... been that way since July.
Application Complete, Rejected
Boston University - "Complete: 6/24
Received 30 Day Email: 7/27
Rejected: 8/17
This one kinda hurts cause I got my h..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/6/2011
- Secondary Completed: 6/24/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Complete: 6/24
Received 30 Day Email: 7/27
Rejected: 8/17
This one kinda hurts cause I got my hopes up when I got the 30 day email.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/6/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/11/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Invited for Interview, Withdrew
Temple University - "First OOS Invite but I can't see myself going here vs any Texas school. Too expensive and not good e..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/6/2011
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: 10/17/2011
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
First OOS Invite but I can't see myself going here vs any Texas school. Too expensive and not good enough of a school to sway me away from Texas.
Attended Interview
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/1/2011
- Secondary Completed: 6/1/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/19/2011
- Interview Attended: 10/1/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Great school with a great tradition of teaching talented researchers and primary care physicians. I was a little put off by the flaunting of their rankings during the afternoon session on Friday but I think the Saturday interviews and talks with students really corroborated what the rankings really mean: that the students learn in a great environment and are better off for it. It's really hard to decide what my top choice is right now but I think its a tie between Baylor and UTSW.
It also helps that my two interviews went really well in my opinion.
We'll see what happens in a few months!
Baylor College - "Baylor was AMAZING! The actual interview day was kinda good but the students, faculty, and overall f..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/6/2011
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: 8/3/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/2/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Baylor was AMAZING! The actual interview day was kinda good but the students, faculty, and overall feel was great. Hearing that the average Step I scores are 20 points above the national average was a big plus too. Being at the TMC is kinda intimidating at first but it certainly is a great place. Students seemed to really buy into the 1.5 year preclinical curriculum and seemed to profit from the 6 months of spare time. Baylor is definitely the top choice for me at the moment.
P.S. It was really cool to hear my interviewer tell me, "Don't worry you're going to get into medical school. You'll be fine." BLEW MY MIND!
Attended Interview, Withdrew
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/1/2011
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: 6/27/2011
- Interview Attended: 8/5/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Interview was good. Nothing really stood out in a positive way. Students seemed happy and half day schedule is nice. I have some negative opinions on Galveston though.
Matched to higher ranked school.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/1/2011
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: 7/7/2011
- Interview Attended: 8/11/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
El Paso was great! I can definitely see myself coming here. There are a lot of opportunities to start clinical activities right from the beginning and the integrated curriculum seems really exciting.
Matched to higher ranked school.
Accepted
Texas Tech University - "I thought the interviews were good and I enjoyed the tour of the sim center. However, I don't feel l..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/1/2011
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: 9/1/2011
- Interview Attended: 10/14/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 11/15/2011
Summary of Experience:
I thought the interviews were good and I enjoyed the tour of the sim center. However, I don't feel like I fit well with the students. We'll see what happens I guess.
UPDATE: First acceptance! Prematch offer with video received on the 15th of November. Was a crappy day until I got this email after a nap at 4 PM. I'm glad I'm going to be a doctor. Even if I don't end up matriculating here I think Tech will always hold a really special place in my heart!
Matched to higher ranked school.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/1/2011
- Secondary Completed: 6/1/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/19/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/16/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 2/1/2012
Summary of Experience:
School was good. Not too sure if I want to take 5 classes a semester after being to schools with more integrated curriculums.
FIrst interviewer was great and we had a nice conversation. Seemed very receptive to what I had to say and I would rate it an 8 or 9 out of 10.
Second interviewer chose to grill me on anatomy and physiology and really stressed me out. After about 25 minutes of this interrogation he said that I didn't do too bad compared to others and the interview was concluded. I still left feeling really confused and kind of upset. Oh well you win some and you lose some.
Matched to UT Houston! This entire process has been extremely humbling and I am so glad I will be coming home for medical school.
