Undergraduate College: Southern Methodist University
Undergraduate Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
MCAT: BS 10, PS 12, VR 9, R
Overall GPA: 3.83
Science GPA: 3.77
Brief Profile:
I'm not really sure how my stats stack up. I look some places, I think I'm OK. I look other places, I feel like the bottom of the barrel. Guess you just gotta shoot for what you can and see what happens. My schools list is a bit top heavy, I'm thinking, but what the heck, right? I'm still thinking all will be well come next spring!
Biology and French double major, Chemistry minor, got an MCAT score that didn't really reflect my much higher practice scores (especially since I teach MCAT courses now!). English/French bilingual - ça va bien?
TMDSAS GPA: 3.87 overall, 3.80 BCPM, 3.94 non-sci
AMCAS GPA: 3.83 overall, 3.77 BCPM, 3.90 non-sci
OMSAS GPA: take a while for that US/Canadian conversion to happen
AMCAS submitted: 6/4/2011
Applied, Rejected
University of Washington - "Email rejection, pre-secondary, 7/11/11.
If you're from outside the WWAMI region (Wyoming, Washi..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Email rejection, pre-secondary, 7/11/11.
If you're from outside the WWAMI region (Wyoming, Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), you better be a superstar if you have a prayer of making it in here. That being said, I'm glad to have applied, because it is a phenomenal school.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/12/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Primary receipt confirmed email: 7/12/11 || R: 8/29/11
UC schools as a Texan were longshots. Have family in SF and SD, but not overly surprised by the rejection pre-secondary.
Application Complete, Rejected
Mayo Medical School - "Fee Request/Sent: 7/9/11 || Fee Received: 7/11/11 || R: 8/1/11
Probably a bit out of my league. I..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/9/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/11/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Fee Request/Sent: 7/9/11 || Fee Received: 7/11/11 || R: 8/1/11
Probably a bit out of my league. I took a shot for it, and I'm glad I did. Quick rejection stings a lot less than a drawn out one.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/9/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/1/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SR: 7/4/11 || SS: 7/9/11 || C: 8/1/11
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/10/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/13/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SR: 7/10/11 || SS: 7/10/11 || C: 7/13/11
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/11/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/12/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SR: 7/11/11 || SS: 7/11/11 || C: 7/12/11 || R: 3/2/12
Tulane University - "SR: 7/12/11 || SS: 7/12/11 || C: 8/3/11 || R: 8/26/11
Very surprised by the pre-interview rejecti..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/12/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/3/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SR: 7/12/11 || SS: 7/12/11 || C: 8/3/11 || R: 8/26/11
Very surprised by the pre-interview rejection here, as I thought I would be a great fit, between New Orleans as a city, a great infectious disease program, and my personal interests. But they receive TONS of applications, and don't have very many spots. Many more better qualified applicants than myself were also rejected, so at least I'm in good company.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/13/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/14/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Added to AMCAS 7/12/11 || SR: 7/13/11 || SS: 7/13/11 || C: 7/14/11 || R: 2/9/12
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/19/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/19/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Primary receipt confirmed email: 7/14/11 | SR: 7/15/11 || SS: 7/19/11 || On Hold for interview: 11/30/11 || R: 2/21/12
Surprised and happy I was in the running for this long OOS. Guess CA isn't meant to be.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/21/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/22/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SR: 7/19/11 || SS: 7/21/11 || C: 7/22/11 || R:2/15/12
Texas A & M University - "SR: 6/4/11 || SS: 7/21/11 || "Under Review": 8/16/11 || R: 12/20/11
I'm convinced the reasons for..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/21/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/16/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SR: 6/4/11 || SS: 7/21/11 || "Under Review": 8/16/11 || R: 12/20/11
I'm convinced the reasons for a pre-interview rejection lie between taking well over a month to finish the secondary, not enjoying the essays that were to be submitted for TAMHSC, and a general "lack of fit" between my city roots and what TAMU expects. With acceptances under my belt at this point, at schools I would probably like better, I'm not too hurt.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/25/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/5/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SR: 7/25/11 || SS: 7/25/11 || C: 8/5/11 || R: 3/6/12
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/5/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/8/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SR: 7/26/11 || SS: 8/5/11 || C: 8/8/11 || R: 1/19/12
Attended Interview, Withdrew
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/4/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/3/2011
- Interview Invite: 7/8/2011
- Interview Attended: 8/4/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SR: 6/4/11 || SS: 7/3/11 || II: 7/8/11 || IA: 8/4/11 || W: 1/10/12
Attended Interview, Waitlisted
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 8/16/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/26/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/23/2011
- Waitlisted: 2/1/2012
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
No secondary app || C: 8/16/11 || II: 8/26/11 || IA: 9/23/11 || WL: 2/1/12
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/4/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/3/2011
- Interview Invite: 11/16/2011
- Interview Attended: 12/10/2011
- Waitlisted: 2/2/2012
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SR: 6/4/11 || SS: 7/3/11 || II: 11/16/11 || IA: 12/10/11 || WL: 2/2/12
Baylor College - "SR: 7/1/11 || SS: 7/3/11 || C: 7/19/11 || II: 1/20/12 || IA: 2/17/12 || WL: 4/19/12"
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/3/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/19/2011
- Interview Invite: 1/20/2012
- Interview Attended: 2/17/2012
- Waitlisted: 4/19/2012
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SR: 7/1/11 || SS: 7/3/11 || C: 7/19/11 || II: 1/20/12 || IA: 2/17/12 || WL: 4/19/12
Georgetown University - "SR: 7/12/11 || SS: 7/15/11 || C: 7/15/11 || II: 8/8/11 || IA: 9/19/11 || WL: 10/31/11"
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/15/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/15/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/8/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/19/2011
- Waitlisted: 10/31/2011
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SR: 7/12/11 || SS: 7/15/11 || C: 7/15/11 || II: 8/8/11 || IA: 9/19/11 || WL: 10/31/11
McGill University - "Prim Done: 9/2/11 || SS: 9/29/11 || II: 12/21/11 || IA: 2/20/12 || WL
** note McGill has its own ..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 9/29/2011
- Secondary Completed: 11/17/2011
- Interview Invite: 12/21/2011
- Interview Attended: 2/20/2012
- Waitlisted: Yes
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Prim Done: 9/2/11 || SS: 9/29/11 || II: 12/21/11 || IA: 2/20/12 || WL
** note McGill has its own application service, and is not on AMCAS
Accepted
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: 6/29/2011
- Interview Attended: 8/11/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 11/15/2011
Summary of Experience:
No secondary app || II: 6/29/11 || IA: 8/11/11 || A: 11/15/11 || W: 1/10/12
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: 7/11/2011
- Interview Attended: 8/19/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 2/1/2012
Summary of Experience:
No secondary app || II: 7/11/11 || IA: 8/19/11 || A: 2/1/12
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 7/8/2011
- Interview Invite: 7/29/2011
- Interview Attended: 8/15/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 11/15/2011
Summary of Experience:
No secondary app || C: 7/8/11 || II: 7/29/11 || IA: 8/15/11 || A: 11/15/11 || W: 2/1/12
Texas Tech University - "SR: 6/4/11 || SS: 7/3/11 || C: 7/3/11 || II: 9/8/11 || IA: 10/28/11 || A: 11/15/11 || W: 1/10/12"
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/3/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/3/2011
- Interview Invite: 9/8/2011
- Interview Attended: 10/28/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 11/15/2011
Summary of Experience:
SR: 6/4/11 || SS: 7/3/11 || C: 7/3/11 || II: 9/8/11 || IA: 10/28/11 || A: 11/15/11 || W: 1/10/12
Summary of Application Experience
**If schools send out "Complete" Emails, I will mark them above as "C." The abbreviations match most of those used by others on this website. I will add some details about myself and any necessary commentaries (impressions post-interview, what plays into my final decision, etc.) sometime after the cycle ends/when I've withdrawn or been accepted from/by the school, to preserve a hint of anonymity. Hopefully, this can serve as a big help to myself and someone else out there! :-D
TMDSAS and AMCAS submitted: 06/04/2011
Transcripts sent from school: 06/07/2011 (had to get them corrected... grr...)
TMDSAS transcripts received: 06/15/2011
TMDSAS verified and transmitted: 06/17/2011
LORs received: 06/20/2011 (AMCAS & TMDSAS, thanks VirtualEvals!)
AMCAS transcripts received: 06/14/2011
AMCAS transcripts placed in queue: 06/21/2011 (it takes a week to get in line, haha)
AMCAS verified and transmitted: 07/08/2011
********************************INTERVIEWS******************************************
TCOM interview: 08/04/2011
First interview. And wow. TCOM is incredible, and I have to say, I would feel comfortable going to DO school so long as it was at TCOM. Great facilities, awesome students, only true issue is the whole "class from 8-5 nonstop" thing. I'm not super crazy about Ft. Worth either. Withdrew.
TTU-El Paso interview: 08/11/2011
Again, another awesome school. The campus is super tiny, but El Paso is a much more beautiful town than I could have ever imagined. The first class from El Paso is just now entering their clinical rotations there. I would be more interested if there was a track record behind the school's revolutionary pre-clinical curriculum and knowing there was a steady patient base in the clinical rotations. Withdrew.
UTSA interview: 08/15/2011
Older facilities, but still nice. I got a good sense of cohesiveness within the class, and despite the reputation of administration there as being uptight, students said there was definitely a conscious effort to change that going on. The pre-clinical curriculum is changing for the 2012 entering class (which should have changed for the 2011 entering class; hence, UTSA got LCME Probationary status), which might put us under the 'guinea pig' status, but they seem to have been very slow and careful about how this new curriculum would look, which is nice. The opportunity to be in Harlingen as a medical student, but acting as an intern resident, is very attractive to me. San Antonio as a city is nice, and has a hybrid feel of big city/small town. Plus I'd still be able to cheer on the Mavs from SA! Withdrew due to matching at UTMB.
UTMB interview: 08/19/2011
Match school!
Georgetown interview: 09/19/2011
UTH interview: 09/23/2011
TTU-Lubbock interview: 10/28/2011
Lubbock has great facilities, a proud student body, and near complete control of patients around the Red River and the TX Panhandle. Rotations are split into three sites, Midland/Odessa, Lubbock, and Amarillo, which can ensure more individual attention and responsibility on wards. Interviewers were both great people, and my interviews here were definitely the most laid back of all the schools I've been at thus far. Not sure if I could grow to like the city though, especially if I ended up staying extra years for dual degree or even just for residency. Withdrew.
UT-Southwestern interview: 12/10/2011
Baylor COM interview: 2/17/2012
McGill interview: 2/20/2012
***************************POST INTERVIEW DECISIONS***********************************************
Georgetown Waitlisted: 10/31/11
TTU Lubbock ACCEPT!: 11/15/11
TTU El Paso ACCEPT!: 11/15/11
UT San Antonio ACCEPT!: 11/15/11
UTMB Galveston ACCEPT!: 2/1/12
UT-Houston Waitlisted: 2/1/12
UT Southwestern Waitlisted: 2/2/12
