Application Cycle One: 2008

• Undergraduate college: Loyola University Chicago
• Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

• Total MCAT SCORE: 509
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 125, C/P 127, CARS 129   Detailed Breakdown
• Overall GPA: 3.84
• Science GPA: 3.92

Summary of Application Experience

5/31/2008-Took the MCAT
7/1/2008-Recieved MCAT scores (30-O). I thought I did terrible so I'm somewhat pleased. I still think I could have done better: the Bio score is ugly. I won't re-take! (I figure my GPA is strong enough to compensate...)
7/2/2008-Submitted AMCAS. I waited until I got my MCAT scores.
7/7/2008-Still waiting for it to be Verified...
Also, the pre-health committee at my school seems to do things slowly. They won't send the committee letter to schools until the third week of August!
7/23/2008-AMCAS VERIFIED! Bring on the secondaries!
8/7/2008- Kind of swamped with secondaries. I think I am writing quality essays and making good progress.
8/13/2008- VirtualEvals has recieved my Letters of Recommendation! I got an e-mail saying that they sent it to 13 schools so far (including the ones using the AMCAS Letter Service).
8/14/2008- AMCAS receives my Letters of Recommendation for the schools using their service! The process is moving along!
8/26/2008- VirtualEvals has now sent my Letters of Recommendation to every school that gave me a secondary. I just need to finish the last three (LUC-SSOM, MSU, Temple).
9/05/2008- What happened to me this week clearly illustrates how much of a crap shoot the application process is: I get an interview invite to Georgetown and a rejection letter (well, technically a waitlist type letter--essentially a rejection) from Southern Illinois! How strange is that? I would consider Georgetown a much better school so at least its not the other way around.
11/21/08- JUST GOT THE ACCEPTANCE LETTER FROM GEORGETOWN!!!!!! I'M GONNA BE A DOCTOR!!!!!
11/25/08- I CALLED CREIGHTON ADMISSIONS AND THEY SAID I WAS ACCEPTED!!!
12/5/08- MY FIRST CHICAGO ACCEPTANCE!!! RUSH! That took longer than expected.
12/10/08- I really feel like I've just started this process yet I'm already in a position to withdraw from schools. It's a very cool feeling. Creighton is a very nice school, but Omaha is not for me.
1/1/09- It's a new year and I feel great!
3/26/09- I really had no interest in going to St. Louis or Wright Univ. I should have withdrawn already but too apathetic to do so. As a matter of fact, I need to withdraw from every school other than Rush, Georgetown, UIC, and Loyola. Those are the only schools I'd still consider (but Loyola is a long shot now). So really just Rush, G'Town and UIC (assuming I'll be accepted to UIC). And UIC only because it is my state school...cheaper tuition.
4/20/09- I got into UIC but I withdrew and now it's down to Georgetown and Rush. I'm leaning towards Rush because it's closer to home and I feel comfortable there.
5/13/09- It's all over! Almost a year following this thing on this and other sites. I'm going to RUSH! I can't wait to start!