Undergraduate College: State School
Undergraduate Area of Study: Engineering/Technology
MCAT: BS 11, PS 12, VR 10, K
Overall GPA: 3.76
Science GPA: 3.87
Brief Profile:
Removed this so as not to completely give away my identity.
AMCAS submitted: 6/7/2011
Applied, Rejected
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Rejected Pre-Secondary: "Out-Of-Region".
University of Hawaii - "Rejected Pre-Secondary. Surprised I didn't even get a secondary. You don't want my money, Hawaii?"
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Rejected Pre-Secondary. Surprised I didn't even get a secondary. You don't want my money, Hawaii?
Mayo Medical School - "Rejected. Can't say I am surprised.
Fee Paid 06/21/11, LOR Requested 7/1/11. Really hoping for a..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/21/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Rejected. Can't say I am surprised.
Fee Paid 06/21/11, LOR Requested 7/1/11. Really hoping for an interview! Not holding my breath though.
Applied, Withdrew
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
Application Complete
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/30/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/22/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Hold Status.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/4/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/17/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Application Complete, Rejected
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/20/2011
- Secondary Completed: 6/21/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Boston University - "Disappointed by this rejection. I Love Boston and was really hoping for an interview here."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/29/2011
- Secondary Completed: 6/29/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Disappointed by this rejection. I Love Boston and was really hoping for an interview here.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/10/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/10/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Not really surprised by this rejection. Definitely a shot in the dark.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/10/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/11/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Primary Screen 7/13, Small Pool 7/25? Sent an e-mail pitching their other programs after they rejected me. Really?
University of Illinois - "I don't know when I was rejected. The status page says "A final decision was made on ." No date give..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/12/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/12/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
I don't know when I was rejected. The status page says "A final decision was made on ." No date given.Since I haven't interviewed, I think it is safe to assume that a final decision means a rejection. Apparently I should get something in the mail at some point.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/18/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/21/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Drexel University - ""Your file has been reviewed and will be re-evaluated later in the season for a final decision."
..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/27/2011
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
"Your file has been reviewed and will be re-evaluated later in the season for a final decision."
Rejected.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/27/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/27/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Harvard University - "There is the rejection I was waiting for.
Finally Complete.
Still waiting for LORs. Not expect..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/29/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/29/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
There is the rejection I was waiting for.
Finally Complete.
Still waiting for LORs. Not expecting much. Applied because my supervisor lectures here.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/8/2011
- Secondary Completed: 9/26/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
On Hold. Took forever to be marked complete.
Attended Interview
Indiana University - "Interview Scheduled for 9/28!
AMCAS Received - 07/26, SR 8/12, Interview Date on the way!"
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/12/2011
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: 9/7/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/28/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Interview Scheduled for 9/28!
AMCAS Received - 07/26, SR 8/12, Interview Date on the way!
Attended Interview, Rejected
University of Arizona - "Told that I was declined an interview. Then sent an email saying that was a mistake and inviting me ..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/23/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/26/2011
- Interview Invite: 10/24/2011
- Interview Attended: 12/16/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Told that I was declined an interview. Then sent an email saying that was a mistake and inviting me for an interview!
Rejected. For the best. Didn't want to live in Tucson anyways. Didn't feel like a good fit on my interview day, either. I guess that showed through during my interview.
University of Colorado - "Interview day was fun and the facilities are amazing. Can't say anything bad about what I saw when I..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/6/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/15/2011
- Interview Invite: 10/6/2011
- Interview Attended: 11/12/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Interview day was fun and the facilities are amazing. Can't say anything bad about what I saw when I was there, but the admissions process isn't great. Silence for 4.5 months after the interview, followed by rejection isn't fun.
Attended Interview, Waitlisted
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/15/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/18/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/18/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/19/2011
- Waitlisted: 3/2/2012
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Loved the Interview/Visit day! I was worried about the MMI format, but I ended up liking it a lot and found it to actually be fun.
Auto-Interview? The Interview invitation e-mail came 45 minutes after the app complete e-mail.
These essays were a pain. And the website would not cooperate anytime apostrophes or quotations were used so I had to rewrite everything to avoid those.
Accepted
Creighton University - "Accepted! Time to Celebrate!
This school was fantastic! The interview was very relaxed and it se..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/27/2011
- Secondary Completed: 6/28/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/5/2011
- Interview Attended: 8/26/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 10/17/2011
Summary of Experience:
Accepted! Time to Celebrate!
This school was fantastic! The interview was very relaxed and it seemed like they were trying to make us all feel like part of the Creighton family rather that terrify us in the interview. The faculty all seems to really care about the students and EVERYONE has an open-door policy. I really hope I get accepted here because it is definitely my top choice.
Excited for my Interview! The more I learn about Creighton, the more I like it!
Summary of Application Experience
Spent a LOT of time working on my personal statement. Wanted to submit the first day AMCAS was open, but needed to make a few more changes to my application.
ADVICE - Apply to less schools. The secondaries will burn you out. Tried to limit myself to 20, but couldn't.
