Brief Profile:
My GPA isn't amazing, but I brought it up from freshman year, getting mostly A/A- in upper level science courses. I completed a BA (anthropology), BS (biology), and MS (molecular & cell biology) in four years. Because I did a combined program, all my grad level courses are in with my undergrad GPA.
ECs in college: * two or three concurrent part-time jobs to help put myself through school * multiple club & varsity sports * multiple club leadership positions * basic/bench research * clinical research & neonatal ICU intern * peer tutoring, bio/calc/physics/chem/GRE * multiple merit scholarships * multiple grants for projects and research * leadership awards
Post-graduation: * basic/bench research in a different lab * state public health care policy reform * city sports team
Overall, I feel like I've been hampered a bit by having to work so much to support myself and by deciding relatively late that I want to go to medical school. I think I'm missing some clinical background.
Thanks for your comments! 2008 cycle here: http://mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?myid=8233
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2007
Undergraduate college: Brandeis University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Institution: Brandeis University
Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
Degree Obtained: MS
Total MCAT SCORE: 513
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 129,
C/P 126,
CARS 130
Overall GPA: 3.53
Science GPA: 3.46
Summary of Application Experience
MCAT in August 2005: 32Q Applied in 2007: http://www.mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?myid=7942
Submitted 2008 AMCAS on 19 June, verified 25 June. Started receiving secondary applications on 2 July. Recommendation letters were sent via VirtualEvals on 3 August. Most applications were marked complete during the first two weeks of August. Started receiving interview invitations on 10 August. Started receiving rejection letters on 21 August. Finished the last of 44 secondary essays on 2 September. Interviewed in October, November, and December. Accepted in November, December, January, and February. All schools took 4-8 weeks to let me know I got in after the interview.
Cost last year: $2873. Cost this year: $3167. Total cost: $6040.
