Application Cycle One: 07/31/2009
Undergraduate college: UIUC
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 522
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 132,
CARS 129 Detailed Breakdown
Overall GPA: 3.40
Science GPA: 0.00
Summary of Application Experience
Basic info: -Molecular and cellular biology major with minor in chemistry. -Low GPA with strong upward trend junior/senior years. -1 year of hospital volunteering/shadowing. -1 year of research with 1 publication. -Teach For America corps member: taught chemistry in an underprivileged urban high school. Holla if you\'re TFA! Notes: -Applied to TMDSAS schools because they were cheap - I applied to all schools at the cost of one AMCAS school. I am not affiliated with Texas in any way. Got an interview and didn\'t get outright rejected post interview, so I guess that worked out. -Secondary application fee is not required at Tulane for TFA corps members! -Did not have a nonscience professor LoR - that barred me from applying to some schools. -Grew up in IL, moved to CA for TFA. My immediate family resides in IL. Hence all the IL schools. -8 interviews: 3 acceptances (1 from a waitlist), 5 waitlists, 0 post-interview rejections. I think my TFA experience really helped. Non-traditional applicant with high MCAT, low GPA (the UCs rejected me based on my crappy grades - believe me, I called.), and decent ECs - applied to a bunch of schools to maximize my chances of getting into ONE school. I\'ve put up my stats to give those with lower GPAs hope. If you\'re in the same situation, apply early and apply all over the US if you can afford it - I spent all the extra money I earned as a teacher on med school apps. Expect interviews and acceptances a bit later in the application season. PM me on SDN if you have any questions regarding the application process. Good luck and don\'t despair!! :)
Applied
Loma Linda University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Submitted a primary application but decided not to complete the secondary after considering its religious affiliations.
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Application Complete
Brown University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Boston University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Columbia University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Rush Medical College
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Stanford University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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SUNY Downstate
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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SUNY Upstate
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Texas A & M University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Texas Tech University, El Paso
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Tulane University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Tufts University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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University of California, Davis
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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University of California, Los Angeles
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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University of California, San Diego
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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University of California, San Francisco
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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University of Chicago
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Northwestern University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Yale University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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University of Texas, Southwestern
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Long School of Medicine - University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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University of Texas, Houston
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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University of Texas, Galveston
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Albert Einstein of Yeshiva University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Georgetown University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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George Washington University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Wake Forest University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Note to self and everyone else: when a school asks you to write about why you want to attend their school and says that it\'s \"optional\", it is NOT optional. Might be reason why I never heard from this school again...
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University of Southern California
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
This school rejected me via email 3 times... it\'s a record.
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Drexel University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
This school updates silently without sending you any sort of notification. Make sure you check your account often.
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Attended Interview, Waitlisted
Albany Medical College
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: Yes
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Medical College of Wisconsin
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: Yes
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Texas Tech University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: Yes
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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The Commonwealth Medical College
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: Yes
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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New York Medical College
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: Yes
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
People on SDN weren\'t kidding; of the 8 schools I visited, this school by far had the most impressive anatomy lab.
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Accepted off Waitlist
Case Western Reserve University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: Yes
Accepted: 05/07/2010
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Awesome school. Totally fell in love with it during interviews. Matriculating here!
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Accepted
Rosalind Franklin University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: Yes
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Good school. Withdrew after acceptance to CWRU.
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University of Illinois
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: Yes
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Technically the first school that accepted me. I never knew I was accepted until after CWRU accepted me and emailed me about withdrawing from other schools. I was on hold at this school for so long that I assumed I was rejected. Apparently, I was accepted mid-April but the acceptance letter got lost in the mail. :(
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