Brief Profile:
Community service: tutoring for elementary school kids (~one year)
Clinical experience: 'patient liaison' in ED of nearby hospital (~one year); spent a few hours there shadowing physicians
Other activities: heavily involved in College extracurriculars, including ambassadors program (recruiting prospective students) (five years, several leadership positions); also involved in university's Honors program throughout undergrad; volunteered for a Congressional political campaign
Research/work experience: one summer working in an engineering research lab; total of 1.5 years of work experience in industry through co-op program (some medically relevant work, some not); senior thesis work in engineering lab
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2007
Undergraduate college: University of Cincinnati
Undergraduate Area of study: Engineering/Technology
Total MCAT SCORE: 517
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 132,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.80
Science GPA: 3.80
Summary of Application Experience
June 2007: took MCAT (29R) July 2007: submitted AMCAS (before receiving MCAT results) August 2007: completed secondaries September 2007: retook MCAT (35S) October 2007: complete
My atypical MCAT timing fortunately did not have any negative results. Although I did not apply widely, I received interview invites from everywhere I applied, and was accepted or waitlisted everywhere I interviewed.
The worst moment in my application process was when I received a rejection letter from Case in October, before my 2nd MCAT results came in. I had emailed all the schools to let them know that I was retaking the test, but my email fell through the cracks at Case and I got the immediate 'NO' based on my sub-par 1st MCAT. Fortunately, it took just one phone call for them to pull my application out of the trashcan and re-evaluate it upon arrival of the new MCAT score... and months later, I'm in!
Application Complete, Withdrew
SUNY Buffalo
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:
Withdrew after interview invitation.
