Application Cycle One: 2009

• Undergraduate college: Top 20 School
• Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

• Total MCAT SCORE: 523
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 131, C/P 130, CARS 132   Detailed Breakdown
• Overall GPA: 3.78
• Science GPA: 3.74

Summary of Application Experience

AMCAS submitted 7/8/09, verified 7/29/09
TMDSAS submitted 7/13/09, sent 8/11/09

After my Wash U acceptance I withdrew from my other interviews - if I end up paying $40,000 a year, I may as well do it there. I didn\'t finish a lot of secondaries for the same reason, I basically stopped caring. This process really burns you out.

2/5- Accepted by Baylor, withdrew from my remaining applications & interviews.
Life is good!!!! My application cycle is officially OVER!

My overall impressions -- AMCAS was a pretty big waste of money but I do think it\'s necessary to apply widely. I did severely underestimate my likelihood of getting in. I would have added some schools like JHU and Harvard that I previously didn\'t think I had a shot at.

In the end I ended up deciding between Wash U and BCM. It was a hard choice, but the cost at Wash U would have been ~$75,000 a year with living expenses, and BCM\'s in-state tuition is $6,500 a year. They both have amazing programs, but I love Houston and the people I met at Baylor were much friendlier and chill than the students at Wash U. And in the end I just couldn\'t justify the slightly better reputation of Wash U as being worth another $200,000 of debt. I felt like I was taking a gamble with BCM\'s financial instability, but once I got here I found out that it really isn\'t that big of a deal at all! I couldn\'t be happier at Baylor and I feel certain that I made the right decision for myself.