Brief Profile:
Academics: Honors, a couple of scholarships through honors program Phi Beta Kappa Graduated Summa Cum Laude
Research: 1 year in a genetics research lab, no pubs but had a great time 1 summer clinical testing at Mayo, no pubs. Also was fun 1 semester doing a clinical research project on exercise interventions 1 semester biochemistry/animal science stuff
Volunteering: Habitat for Humanity Community work for transplant patients Overseas medical missions trip Blood drive Children's science fairs and bowls 6 hours a week at the local hospital's cancer resource center
Clinical: Shadowing a doc once a week for the morning.
Other: Advise pre-med students at my school 5-8 hours a week. Ran a marathon-this implies I am fast...I am not. At all :) Worked at Mayo's medical records department
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: Iowa State University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 526
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 132,
C/P 132,
CARS 132
Overall GPA: 3.95
Science GPA: 3.99
Summary of Application Experience
Want to stay in Midwest if at all possible. Not worried about prestige. Looking to go to a school that will train me well and provide lots of opportunities.
10/15/08: Accepted to SLU! 10/21/08: Accepted to Iowa! 1/23/09: Accepted to WashU, Mayo, and Minnesota in the span of an hour. It was a (really, really, really) good day. 1/27/09: Withdrew from all schools but Mayo, Minnesota, and WashU. I hope everyone else gets that exciting phone call that they have been dreaming about! 2/5/09: Decided to withdraw from WashU because of Mayo acceptance. Best of luck to WashU applicants!
2/12/09: Pulled the trigger and withdrew from MN. After four years of working hard towards my dream of getting in to Mayo Medical School, I am happy to say that I will be at Mayo next year.
Application Complete, Rejected
University of Minnesota, Duluth
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 10/27/2008
Summary of Experience:
Did not meet mission statement. I knew this was likely on its way.
