Brief Profile:
ER volunteer 4 hrs/wk for 1 yr Surgery/ICU Waiting Room Desk Attendant 5 hrs/wk for 1 semester ER shadowing for 1 yr Light research in diabetes lab for 1 yr Research in phytonematology lab for 1 yr Work at oil testing laboratory during breaks 8 hrs/wk for 2 yrs Work as Shift Lead at movie theater during breaks 32 hrs/wk for 4 yrs Honors College for Freshman-Junior yrs LSU Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship recipient LSU Chancellor\'s Future Leaders in Research participant AED Platinum Member for 3 semesters Have been playing guitar for 8 years, can also play bass, drums, and sing Marine Biology concentration in my degree
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 06/01/2009
Undergraduate college: Louisiana State University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 511
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 128,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.88
Science GPA: 3.84
Summary of Application Experience
AMCAS Submitted: 6/2/09 AMCAS Verified: 6/8/09 Examkrackers Complete Prep Set: $160 Examkrackers AudioOsmosis: $80ish MCAT: $212 Premed Committee Fee: $10 AMCAS Primary: $625 Suit + interview clothes: $600 Secondaries $1100 total >>Baylor: $90 - Amazing school. Texas Medical Center = incredible. #1 choice. Still waiting after 7 months... >>LSU-NO: $50 - In-state, great clinical simulation lab. Overall better than I expected. First acceptance!!!! >>Ohio State: $80 - nice hospital. Rejected, but I didn\'t really feel like I would have liked it there after the interview. >>Pittsburgh: $85 - Rejected. Would have loved to interview here. >>St. Louis: $100 - Rejected. I think I would like my accepted schools better anyway. >>Virginia: $80 - Really liked it here. Everyone was very relaxed and friendly. Rejected. I loved this place so much and was not expecting this after being in the first day of interviews. Oh, well. >>Maryland: $70 - on hold as of 10/13, no offical rejection yet but they only interview through March >>Virginia Commonwealth: $80 - Nice school. I think I like Richmond. ACCEPTED!!!! 12/16 >>Vermont: $85 - Invite 9/18, Withdrew after thinking about location, cost, etc. >>Loyola: $75 - You can get your rejections by phone!!! Nice way to speed it up. >>NYU: $100 - Withdrew, since they were taking too long to reject me. >>Wake Forest: $55 - Rejected. I thought I would like this school. >>Vanderbilt: $50 - Weird interview. Would do almost anything to get off the waitlist. >>Emory: $100 - Rejected. Oh well, I knew it was coming by now. >>OHSU: secondary arrived too late >>UNC: dumb move applying here App Season Stats (just for keeping records) Total Miles Traveled: 8357(6447 flown, 1910 driven) Total Hours Traveled: ~67 Total Cost:
10/14 - First acceptance came a day early. 12/16 - Yes! I can leave LA if I want to! 4/2 - Baylor will accept until about the end of the month. I want to go there so badly. 5/8 - Baylor waitlist :( Shoot me in the freaking face. 5/14 - Withdrew from VCU. LSU-NO it is. I am going to be a doctor, but the application cycle gave me too many false hopes.
Lessons Learned (so far): - Apply early. - Early interviews don\'t mean much. Sure they\'re great and you have a much better chance, but they don\'t guarantee ****. - I should have done the Texas app and applied to 90% reaches and LSU. 4 of my 6 interviews were reaches, so why not make an entire list based off dream schools? There are a lot of things I would have done differently, but whatever - I can\'t change it now.
