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   Detailed Breakdown
• 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.