User #16458
Application cycles: 2011
Demographics: Male, 51, Caucasian
Home state: Florida
Last Active: 10/06/2011

Brief Profile: I\'m a non-trad student. By trade, I\'m a television writer. I\'ve had a very successful writing career, but medicine is my calling, passion and love. Not a great GPA by any stretch. Actually, it\'s a poor GPA. Upward trend though.

Research:

- 4 Journal Papers to date (2 indexed, 2 non-indexed), expect to have ~6 come Oct/Nov.
- 2 Abstract/Poster Presentations
- 1 Textbook Chapter (printing in Jan/Feb 2012)
- 3-5 Papers under review as of 8/11
- 5 or so published \"Acknowledgements\"
- Literally about 20+ uncredited manuscript projects that I\'ve participated in helping write. Maybe more.
- About a dozen academic doctors have me on speed dial for ongoing work, and vice-versa. I hope to convey that I have built a lot of trust with my \"future\" colleagues.

Shadowing/Observing (Over 500+ hours Total)

Peds Anesthesia (~50 hours) (Shadowed at P&S Peds Anesthesia, NYC, FL)
General Anesthesia (~100 hours) (Shadowed P&S and Schneider\'s Childrens LI, FL)
Interventional Pain Management (~50 hours) (Shadowed Intrvntl Pain Doc (Anes) for one week FT; also saw patients with Physiatry, Neuro, & OR cases too)
Cardiothoracic Surgery (~50 hours) (Shadowed Dr. Oz for an MV Repair in NY; two beating heart cases in FL, three CABG+MV repairs in FL)
Cardiology - Cardiac Catheterization Lab - (100+ hours, as part of my research assistant position, PCI clinical trial, seriously cutting edge stuff)
Anesthesia: (75+ hours of additional anesthesiology exposure per my new research assistant position)
Cardiology/IM - Morning Rounds - (20 hours+) (with former boss at research spot, he\'s an academic interventional cardiologist, CCU rounds with interns, interesting to see the actual process)
Cardiology - Clinic (10 hours) Initial Patient Evaluations for Clinical Trial
Neurological Surgery (~9 hours) (saw one coccygectomy and one cervical disk repair)
Integrative/Alternative Medicine, P&S (3 years)
Women\'s Health P&S (3 years)
CME Fundraising for two successful P&S CME courses partnered with Univ. of Ariz. (3 years)

Volunteering:
Emergency Department - Los Angeles, (105 hours)
Cardiology - Clinical Trial - Research Assistant - Volunteer - 400+ hours to date (8/11)

Father:
x2

Continued success to ALL!!!! D712.

Oh: When I was 22, I successfully gave the Heimlich Maneuver to a Male, ~80 y/o pt, who demonstrated bilateral manual clutching of his distal tracheal processes, with rapidly dropping Sp02. Turned out to be too much Tuna Salad for his epiglottis. He gave me a $5.00 tip following said procedure and asked for a doggie bag for 1/2 uneaten tuna salad sandwich. (Could I make this stuff up?)

// Applications //

Application Cycle One: 2011

Undergraduate college: Columbia University
Undergraduate Area of study: Psychology/Social Sciences

Total MCAT SCORE: 472
MCAT Section Scores: B/B 118, C/P 118, CARS 118
Overall GPA: 0.00
Science GPA: 0.00

Summary of Application Experience

Have to go Ninja for reasons that only other Ninjas would understand.

Adding AMCAS schools not to say that I\'m final at any of these just yet. If it seems like I didn\'t apply to an obvious choice (like a certain state school) I probably didn\'t have Calculus or another specific requirement. I\'m applying broadly, all over the US. I understand that if I get into Baylor, I\'ll probably get into my state school, however, this is such a random process I\'m trying to cover all bases...

The bottom line: poor GPA, better postbac GPA, superb ECs/shadowing/research/pubs/book chapter/medical exposure, very unique and popular writing background, MCAT will update : )

I think I limited OOS schools (I\'m in FL) if they accepted less than 20% OOS. If I\'ve made any obvious mistakes, please chime in!

Applied to 39 schools.

Thanks
D712

Applied

Baylor College

Creighton University

Drexel University

Florida Atlantic University

Florida State University

George Washington University

Indiana University

Loyola University Chicago

Medical College of Wisconsin

Medical University of South Carolina

New York Medical College

Northwestern University

Oakland University

Pennsylvania State University

Rosalind Franklin University

Rush Medical College

SUNY Stony Brook

The Commonwealth Medical College

Ohio State University

University of Miami

University of Toledo

University of Vermont

University of Central Florida

University of Chicago

University of Cincinnati

University of Colorado

University of Iowa

University of Kentucky

University of Minnesota, Duluth

University of Missouri, Columbia

University of North Carolina

University of Pittsburgh

University of South Florida

University of South Carolina

Vanderbilt University

Brown University

Yale University

Wayne State University

Jefferson Medical College

University of Pennsylvania

MD Applicants

User #16458

// Applications //

Application Cycle One: 2011

Summary of Application Experience

Applied

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