Application Cycle One: 06/01/2009

• Undergraduate college: University of British Columbia
• Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

• Total MCAT SCORE: 516
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 131, C/P 128, CARS 126   Detailed Breakdown
• Overall GPA: 3.60
• Science GPA: 3.58

Summary of Application Experience

6/2/09: Submitted

6/3/09: Verified

6/9/09: Called AMCAS to make sure adding more schools at this point won't hurt my application and then added more schools

6/11/09: Was just looking over my application again and can't erase the feeling that I could have written things better. I was rushing things to submit on the very first day since everyone says it's better to apply early. But now I think of it I'd rather submit late and have very well-written application. My application looks like some 5-year-old wrote it. Sigh..

6/12/09: Started to draft secondaries.. I think I'll just write the full essay not just draft it for faster submission. Questions might change but I think it's worth completing them. I'm also SO paranoid about everything. I literally can't take my eyes off SDN and keep reading same stuff over and over again. I really hope I get at least one interview. I don't want to go through the pain of 0 interview like last year.

6/13/09: I realized today that I could have written much stronger personal essay. In retrospect, I was trying to sell myself that I have numerous different experiences but come to think of it.. it ended up looking like just blatantly listing my ECs which is already in the work/activities section. I could have just been myself?? could??ve just wrote about my life and the difficulties I??ve been though and how I endured and overcame it. That way I could have illustrated my passion for medicine more geuniely.. well.. to my assurance, there are a few schools that offer optional space that I can include any story that I missed out in the primary application.. But I doubt that secondary application carries as significant weight as the primary application. Let??s see what happens.

6/25/09: Secondaries recieved from Columbia P&S, U of Rochester and Mayo. U of Rochester and Mayo secondary submitted. Waiting for complete status.

7/1/09: Yale secondary submitted

7/2/09: U of Rochester complete

7/4/09: Submitted Cornell secondary. But concerned.. While reading their course requirement, they say minimum grade for any course is 'C' but I have C-. Got to call them about this. Also have to ask about 'writing intensive course'

7/6/09: Temple Submitted, Creighton & BU secondary received, Confirmed that I'll be disqualified from Cornell since I have C-.

7/7/09: UPitt Submitted, Columbia submitted

7/8/09: Mayo LOR Request, Brown Secondary received

7/9/09: UCLA secondary recieved, Duke secondary received

7/10/09: Creighton submitted but non-science LOR won't be in until late next week.

7/13/09: Mt. Sinai submitted, BU finalized

7/14/09: UCLA secondary submitted, Johns Hopkins Secondary received and submitted

7/17/09: Brown, UPenn, NYU secondary submitted. Added Emory. Case Western secondary received

7/19/09: Case Western Submitted

7/22/09: wake forest + USC-KECK 2ndary recieved

7/23/09: Albany and Tufts 2ndary received, Wake Forest 2ndary submitted but photo and fee has to be MAILED (55US)

7/25/09: Tufts submitted

7/27/09: USC submitted

7/28/09: Albany submitted; Mayo rejected; Vanderbilt, Tulane and Dartmouth added

7/30: Tulane Received, University of Sydney interview invite! so excited!!

7/31: Loyola secondary received

8/3: JHU, Wake Forest complete

8/4: Tulane sent, Vanderbilt acknowleged

8/5: Dartmouth received

8/7: Dartmouth submitted, Standford received.
I'm getting SICK AND TIRED of writing mountains of essays. Persistance.. persistance..

8/8: Rush received

8/11: Stanford, Duke (Jesus Christ..) submitted

8/12: Loyola mailed

8/13: Case Western/Cleveland Clinic interview invites

8/23: Drexel received

8/26: Emory received
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Expenses: (@1.19 exchange rate CDN to US)

MCAT $555
AMCAS application $1106.67
Taking Picture $18
Sending stuff to the states $500
Calling cards $25
Mayo Secondary $111
U of Rochester Secondary $101.25
Yale secondary $94.35
Cornell $89.41
Temple $77
UPitt $95
Columbia $95
Creighton $113.69
Mt. Sinai $130
Boston $119.67
UCLA $90
JHU $100
Brown $120
UPenn $100
NYU $120
Adding Emory $40
Case Western $100
Albany $120
USC$110
Tulane, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt added $120
Wake Forest $70
Dartmouth $100
Loyola $100 + 20 mail