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  • canipleasehaveanmd

  • Application cycles: 05/31/2015
  • Demographics: Male, 30, East Asian
  • Home state: California
  • Last Active: 02/29/2016
  • Brief Profile: I am a double major Biology and Anthropology with a double minor is Theology and Social Justice Theory.
    - I have done about two years of research and so far have one coauthor publication.
    - I have done nearly 1000 hours of non-medical volunteer work as well as 4 international service trips, and independent study, and I am currently working on a social justice related senior capstone project.
    - I have received a few honors from my university including membership in the highest honor society in the university.
    - My biggest downfall is that I have relatively few shadowing/medical volunteering hours. Also, I took my MCAT a year early to avoid the new format and therefore my score suffered.

    Anyways, lets see how this goes.
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 05/31/2015

    • Undergraduate college: St. John's University
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 509
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 129, C/P 127, CARS 126  
    • Overall GPA: 3.94
    • Science GPA: 3.95

    Summary of Application Experience

    - I pre-wrote basically all of the secondary essays for the schools that I applied to so I was able to send in my secondaries relatively quickly. I had submitted all of my secondaries well before the end of July (for the schools that sent me their secondaries in July that is. Which did end up to be probably 95% of them.)

    - 07/14/15 I received my first interview invite and I am so happy. I was not expecting to get an invite this early but I am ecstatic! hopefully more to come but I would be so incredibly happy to go to Tulane.

    - It is now August 29 and .... I am starting to really freak out. I have received about 9 pre-interview rejections and only have 1 interview so far. Also, I have been waiting almost two months to hear back from some of the schools that I have applied to so ... fingers crossed for some good news as we head into September. One piece of advice for anyone in the application process: STAY OFF SDN! seriously, I love the site but it will freak you out! I check every single day, multiple times a day, just to see everyone else getting invites while I sit here depressed and anxious. It really is not healthy.

    9/8 so I just got my 8th rejection and... whatever

    Applied, Rejected

    University of Washington
    University of California, Los Angeles

    Application Complete

    Jefferson Medical College
    Medical College of Wisconsin
    Pennsylvania State University
    University of Colorado
    University of Miami

    Application Complete, Rejected

    Creighton University
    Dartmouth College
    George Washington University
    Loyola University Chicago
    Rosalind Franklin University
    Rush Medical College
    Saint Louis University
    Tufts University
    University of California, Davis
    University of California, San Diego
    University of Florida
    University of Rochester
    Washington University in St. Louis
    University of Southern California
    Indiana University
    Mayo Medical School
    University of California, Irvine
    University of Arizona - Phoenix
    Hofstra University
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    University of North Carolina
    Oregon Health & Science University
    University of Wisconsin
    Georgetown University
    Baylor College
    Boston University
    Brown University
    Albert Einstein of Yeshiva University

    Application Complete, Withdrew

    Emory University
    New York University

    Accepted

    Tulane University

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