Brief Profile:
The cycle is FINALLY over for me, after a full year of much cursing and hand-wringing and craziness. I was accepted to my top choice school (University of Colorado) off the wait-list exactly one year and one day after I submitted my AMCAS primary application. I was waitlisted at the majority of schools at which I interviewed; not sure if it\'s because I\'m just not as awesome in person as I think I am, or if I chose schools who waitlisted a ton of people in general, or if this year\'s applicant pool was just super incredible overall.
About me: I enjoy long walks on the beach, scented candles, and chocolate fondue. Oh, sorry, that\'s my match.com profile. I graduated college in 2009 with a government degree, but after doing some political campaigning and working at a law firm, I finally realized that politics was not the right career for me. I volunteered as an EMT for two years and honestly that was the only part of my college experience that I really loved, so I started a post-bacc at my state school immediately afterwards.
I qualified for the AAMC\'s Financial Assistance Program and applied to the full 14 schools that were free for me. I have many years of clinical experience as an EMT and as a CNA, but not much research, so I chose schools that valued community service and patient care above research. Didn\'t want to waste one of my free primaries at a school that I didn\'t have a shot with.
Extracurriculars: ~Volunteer EMT in college with several leadership positions (1500+ hours) ~Several jobs in college; worked for the theater department, a law firm, the School of Foreign Service ~College Democrats with several leadership positions ~Hospital volunteering, quit after a year because it was kind of soul-sucking (150 hours) ~Women\'s Health volunteer (100 hours) ~Undergraduate TA for Calc-Based Physics for one semester ~Some private tutoring for AP chemistry students in high school ~CNA on a telemetry floor for two years, just transferred to rehab closer to home (2500+ hours) ~Physician shadowing; endocrinologist/PCP and occupational health physician (20 hours) ~Homeless shelter volunteer for two years as weekly kitchen lead for dinner service
