Brief Profile:
4 years honors program, 4 months community service at Cancer Support Home, 1000 hours of health care experience including working as a medical historian at a plasma donation center, 5 months working in the CVOR at a local hospital as a perfusion assistant, shadowing several different specialties, Chancellors Scholar, Student Ambassador
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: University of Arkansas
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 502
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 125,
C/P 125,
CARS 126
Overall GPA: 3.60
Science GPA: 3.44
Summary of Application Experience
I knew getting in would be difficult since I got a 24 on the MCAT my first try and a 25 on my second. My superscore was respectable with a 26, but I knew I had to highlight my strengths in my application. I have a lot of clinical experience, so I made sure I talked about that a lot. I also was involved in the honors college and was doing honors research. I feel like my letters of recommendation and my personal statement put me over the top. For my LOR writers I chose a physician, research advisor, and director of my community service involvement, so that the admissions committee could get an idea or the breadth of my experiences. I was the applicant with the 4.0 and 35 on the MCAT, but I made my application work for me. I feel as though I was a well rounded applicant, and I made sure I pointed that out.
Applied, Rejected
George Washington University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 03/04/2009
Summary of Experience:
Would have been cool to live in DC, but I am already accepted so who cares