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  • User #8045

  • Application cycles: 2007
  • Demographics: Male, East Asian
  • Home state: Colorado
  • Brief Profile: Dean's List last semester at UPENN.
    Master's program at UCDHSC: 4.0 GPA after 3 semesters.
    Research for 3 years, 5 small publications.
    Shadowed orthopedic surgeon.
    Currently doing clinical work in OB/GYN office.
    Several tutoring positions and volunteer positions.
    Medical mission trip to Cambodia for summer.
    Several ECs: coed acappella, dance troupe, intramural basketball, mentoring, etc.
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2007

    • Undergraduate college: University of Pennsylvania
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Institution: University of Colorado at Denver & HSC
    • Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Degree Obtained: M.S.
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 516
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 127, C/P 129, CARS 130  
    • Overall GPA: 3.39
    • Science GPA: 3.33

    Summary of Application Experience

    S: Submitted secondary
    C: Application complete
    Ii: Interview invite
    Id: Interview date
    Rl: Rejection letter
    Re: Rejection email
    Al: Acceptance letter
    Ae: Acceptance email
    Ac: Acceptance call
    H: on Hold
    W: Withdrew

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    [05.xx.07] - started AMCAS application
    [05.20.07] - sent out transcript requests (2) for AMCAS
    [05.30.07] - UPENN transcript processed from school
    [05.31.07] - UCDHSC transcript processed from school
    [06.01.07] - AMCAS Draft 1 revision
    [06.05.07] - AMCAS Draft 2 revision
    [06.06.07] - UCDHSC transcript received by AMCAS (email notice)
    [06.08.07] - UPENN transcript received by AMCAS (email notice)
    [06.09.07] - AMCAS Draft 3 revision
    [06.10.07] - started AACOMAS application
    [06.10.07] - MCAT scores sent from AAMC to AACOMAS (complete)
    [06.10.07] - AMCAS Draft 4 revision
    [06.11.07] - sent out transcript requests (2) for AACOMAS
    [06.11.07] - AMCAS Draft 5 revision / AMCAS Draft 6 revision
    [06.11.07] - 12:40pm AMCAS SUBMITTED, also called and confirmed that my transcripts were in fact mine (confirmed the first and last class on each transcript). Found out that summer and future courses that I am enrolled in for my graduate degree were not included in official. [Status: Not yet submitted] --> [Status: Waiting for transcripts] --> [Status: Ready for review]
    [06.13.07] - [Status: Processing is Complete]
    [06.13.07] - Academic Change Request submitted for recalculation of semester hours for 2 classes
    [06.18.07] - UCDHSC transcript received by AMCAS (no email notice)
    [06.21.07] - Academic Change Request verified and processed. Received an email that was same as the first time my application was verified. Changed the two courses that I requested and a 3rd that I didn't request (Orgo Lab).
    [06.21.07] - AMCAS release primary application to all medical schools.
    [06.22.07] - first secondary (George Washington Med) received
    [07.09.07] - 2:15am AACOMAS SUBMITTED
    [07.28.07] - HPAB request sent to UPENN
    [07.30.07] - first AACOMAS secondary received.
    [08.07.07] - HPAB request received
    [08.13.07] - HPAB letter uploaded
    [08.15.07] - Applicant update sent (all 37 schools)
    [09.02.07] - 22 confirmed complete applications, 8 non-confirmed complete applications, 4 secondaries not completed, 3 secondaries not received.
    [09.03.07] - added 5 more schools (Albany, Creighton, EVMS, SLU, VCU)
    [09.05.07] - finished and mailed 3 DO secondaries
    [09.24.07] - first acceptance.
    [10.29.07] - first MD acceptance. oh sick they let jy be a dr.





    financial record:
    2006 AMCAS (29 schools): $1000
    2006 AMCAS Secondaries: $2210
    2008 AMCAS (43 schools): $1150
    2008 AMCAS Secondaries: $3180
    2008 AMCAS Secondary Mailing: $175
    2008 Applicant Update Mailing: $170
    2008 AACOMAS (3 schools): $220
    2008 AACOMAS Secondaries: $215
    2008 AACOMAS Secondary Mailing: $15
    interview 9/13: $400
    interview 9/28: $600

    TOTAL APPLICATION COST: $9335

    Application Complete

    Jefferson Medical College
    Loyola University Chicago
    Rush Medical College
    New York University
    Tufts University
    Rosalind Franklin University
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    Creighton University

    Application Complete, Rejected

    University of California, Los Angeles
    University of California, San Diego
    University of California, San Francisco
    University of Pennsylvania
    SUNY Downstate
    Temple University
    Stanford University
    University of Chicago
    Georgetown University
    Boston University
    UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson
    Albert Einstein of Yeshiva University
    George Washington University
    University of Southern California
    Columbia University
    Yale University
    SUNY Upstate
    Northwestern University

    Application Complete, Withdrew

    Harvard University

    Attended Interview, Withdrew

    Loma Linda University
    University of California, Davis
    New York Medical College
    Tulane University
    Eastern Virginia Medical School
    Chicago College of Mid. University
    Saint Louis University
    Touro University - Mare Island
    Albany Medical College

    Accepted

    University of Illinois
    Drexel University
    University of Colorado
    Western University of Health Sciences
    UMDNJ - New Jersey

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