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  • CellPowerhouse

  • Application cycles: 06/06/2015
  • Demographics: Male, 34, East Asian
  • Home state: New York
  • Last Active: 04/06/2016
  • Brief Profile: I'm not terribly anonymous on here, which is a bit concerning, but I figured I'd try to help others as much as I can by maintaining a detailed MDApps. There are some profiles on here that are the same, and those were extremely helpful for me and continue to be - thought I'd pay it forward and help anyone with similar stats/interviewing at the same places as I did/will be.

    Disregard the writing score; I took the MCAT in 2014. Score is between 30-34, and both cumulative and science GPAs are >3.6.

    Taking a gap year working as a research fellow. Career changer, though younger than most in my situation. I've been told that my school list is a bit too top-heavy for my stats, but I'm taking a risk with the good stories I'm telling in my application.

    Research: Second-author publication, animal behavior research, medical humanities research, and two summers at a research internship working with the same PI*
    Awards: a mix of awards from school and an abstract award for a major conference presentation
    Clinical Experience: volunteering (~300 hours), shadowing (~40 hours, various specialties), project leader for public health initiatives*
    Employment: student assistant for organic chemistry teaching labs, retail employment
    Other: college quidditch, resident advisor*, TA for a laboratory class, pep band

    *Most meaningful experiences.

    SR= Secondary Received, SS=Secondary Submitted, AC=Application Complete (via e-mail or portal or both), II=Interview Invite
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 06/06/2015

    • Undergraduate college: SUNY
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 509
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 127, C/P 127, CARS 127  
    • Overall GPA: 3.60
    • Science GPA: 3.60

    Applied, Rejected

    Vanderbilt University

    Application Complete, Rejected

    University of Rochester
    University of Michigan
    Dartmouth College
    Duke University
    Hofstra University
    Mayo Medical School
    Jefferson Medical College
    Wake Forest University
    University of California, Irvine
    Tufts University
    University of Southern California
    University of California, San Francisco
    University of Chicago
    Yale University
    Johns Hopkins University

    Application Complete, Withdrew

    New York Medical College
    SUNY Upstate
    Loyola University Chicago

    Attended Interview, Rejected

    Harvard University

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted

    University of Pittsburgh

    Accepted

    SUNY Stony Brook
    SUNY Buffalo

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