Application Cycle One: 07/16/2011

• Undergraduate college: University of California
• Undergraduate Area of study: Psychology/Social Sciences

• Total MCAT SCORE: 516
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 128, CARS 129   Detailed Breakdown
• Overall GPA: 3.64
• Science GPA: 3.54

Summary of Application Experience

TMDSAS calculated my GPAs as: 3.68 cumulative, 3.53 science.

Let us hope things go better this time around. Re-applicant ftw.

2011:

7/17 - AMCAS finally submitted. Only applying to UCR/UCLA until the primary gets verified.. then I\'ll add the rest. Now to finish my TMDSAS.. Also submitted all letters of rec from Interfolio to both services.
7/19 - TMDSAS submitted. Going to mail the check today too.
7/20 - TMDSAS received my check and started processing my application already. Submitted UT Southwestern\'s secondary.
8/3 - TMDSAS transmitted to schools! I\'ve been slacking on secondaries, as you can see.
8/17 - AMCAS finally verified! Added 44 AMCAS schools; grand total comes out to 51. UCLA PRIME, UCR/UCLA, and normal UCLA are all in one entry.
8/18 - St. Louis + URochester + MCW + Wright State secondaries submitted. UCincinnati\'s payment service is down so I couldn\'t submit it yet. Also added Loma Linda because I can write about what I\'m doing this year, which is all at Loma Linda. Finished UWisconsin but can\'t submit until 8/20. Finished BU but need to wait on receipt of LoR.
8/19 - GW + Georgetown + UCincinnati + BU secondaries submitted.
8/20 - UWisconsin secondary submitted.
8/24 - Jefferson finished but not yet submitted; waiting on contact info change.
8/26 - NYMC secondary submitted. Visited Baylor today and decided to add it.
8/27 - Finally submitted Texas A&M\'s secondary (while in Texas). It was a beast. Jefferson is still having a lame system error. Albert Einstein secondary submitted.
8/29 - Baylor secondary submitted. Jefferson secondary finally submitted. (talked to Rita on the phone a lot)
9/1 - Penn State secondary submitted.
9/2 - Vermont & Buffalo secondaries submitted.
9/6 - Created Secondary Application Completion Schedule. Placed on interview hold at MCW.
9/7 - Drexel + Rosalind Franklin + Wake Forest secondaries submitted.
9/10 - BU rejection. First one. Lame.
9/12 - Hofstra secondary submitted.
9/13 - Michigan State secondary submitted.
9/14 - UC Irvine secondary submitted.
9/15 - UC Davis + UCLA Geffen secondaries submitted.
9/16 - Wayne State pre-secondary rejection & University of Wisconsin pre-interview rejection.
9/17 - Loyola secondary submitted.
9/18 - Colorado secondary submitted. Howard finished, but need to mail.
9/19 - EVMS + Rush secondaries submitted. Still need to mail Howard + a form for Rush. What was the point of having an online application but making me mail stuff in anyway?
9/20 - Howard and Rush mailed.
9/22 - SUNY Downstate secondary submitted. Did part of Brown\'s, then realized how much I like Brown, so I put it on the backburner so that I could take it more seriously later.
9/23 - University of Miami secondary submitted. Snail mail rejections from University of Wisconsin and Wayne State. However, the fact that I passed the screen for UCLA PRIME this year (I didn\'t get the secondary last year) makes up for it. I also received my new letter of recommendation and submitted UCSD\'s secondary but still need to send in new letter packet. I also finished Albany and Temple but need to wait for new letter to show up on AMCAS before submitting both.
9/24 - Submitted Tufts but still need to send in letters.
9/25 - Submitted University of Minnesota and USC but still need to send in letters.
9/26 - Virginia Tech secondary submitted. Loma Linda secondary finished but their website has been down all day. Still need to send in letters for both. Also, City of Riverside volunteer application submitted, LOL.
9/27 - All secondaries that still needed to be submitted have been submitted, and all letters I needed to send have been sent.
9/28 - The Commonwealth Medical College secondary submitted.
9/30 - Brown secondary submitted.
10/4 - Temple wants to interview me again! :D That was a really quick turnaround! Only 7 days!
10/5 - Sent \"In the Area Request\" to all Pennsylvania schools.
10/6 - OMG! Got a Jefferson interview, automatically scheduled the day after my Temple interview! That \"In the Area\" email worked!
10/7 - FINALLY submitted UCLA PRIME\'s secondary, staying up all night to meet the deadline.
10/11 - Hofstra interview invite! Scheduled for 1/26...
10/12 - Hofstra wants to accommodate me for 10/31! Also, placed on pre-secondary hold for UCR/UCLA... ????
10/13 - Harvard secondary submitted.
10/18 - Mock interview with Gwen.
10/19 - Pre-interview hold at Drexel.
10/20 - Georgetown pre-interview rejection. Also finalized all flight, car, and hotel bookings for trip in 2 weeks.
10/24 - SUNY Downstate interview invite! They scheduled for November 21; I\'m trying to reschedule to Nov 3 or 4. Can only schedule a later date. There goes the 4-in-a-row dream. Haha.
10/25 - Rescheduled Downstate to November 28.
10/26 - Mock interview with Aunt Beth.
10/28 - Mock interview with Viet.
10/31 - Attended Hofstra interview.
11/1 - Rejected pre-interview from Rochester, \"continue to review\" status at Penn State, and attended Temple/St. Luke\'s interview.
11/2 - Attended Jefferson interview.
11/6 - Primary screening complete at Rosalind Franklin, entered \"possible interview\" pool.
11/7 - Pre-interview rejection from Minnesota.
11/9 - Pre-interview rejection from NYMC.
11/16 - Waitlisted at Jefferson. =/
11/21 - TCMC interview invite! They wouldn\'t let me schedule it for next week. Scheduled for January 20.
11/28 - Attended Downstate interview. UCI pre-interview rejection, which sucks.
11/29 - USC interview invite! Amazing! Scheduled for January 17.
11/30 - Placed on \"hold\" for interview at UCSD. That\'s better than last year, I guess.
12/1 - UCSF pre-secondary rejection.
12/7 - Brown pre-interview rejection and pre-interview \"hold\" at Albany, where I interviewed last year. Noooo. For fun, sent my AMCAS to Indiana University, Florida Atlantic, Stony Brook, Meharry, Ponce, and Universidad Central Del Caribe because their deadlines are 12/15.
12/8 - Submitted Stony Brook\'s secondary.
12/21 - Texas A&M pre-interview rejection. Submitted Florida Atlantic\'s secondary, while in Vietnam.
12/22 - Indiana University supplemental materials invitation, which is equivalent to an interview invite.
12/25 - Merry Christmas! Submitted Indiana University\'s secondary application. Still have to mail some forms though.

2012:

1/9 - Formally received Indiana University\'s interview invitation, scheduled for January 25.
1/10 - Pre-interview hold at UCLA PRIME and interview invite from Saint Louis University, scheduled for February 7.
1/11 - ACCEPTED to SUNY Downstate!! The letter was actually dated 12/27, and I just came back from Vietnam to check the mail today! Also in the mail was a waitlist letter from Temple for the second year in a row.
1/12 - Withdrew from Indiana University\'s interview s/p Downstate acceptance. Mock interview with Gwen to prepare for USC.
1/17 - Attended USC interview which I was 45 minutes late for.
1/20 - Attended TCMC interview which was better than expected.
1/24 - Rejected pre-interview from Wake Forest. At least I was in the interview pile. I wouldn\'t have gone to it anyway.
1/25 - Tufts wants to interview me again! I\'m shocked, considering they didn\'t even waitlist me last year. Scheduled for March 6. Also, pre-interview rejection from Michigan State.
2/1 - UCSD says that I will either get an interview or a rejection by 2/15.
2/2 - Rejected from UT Southwestern. Didn\'t receive a formal rejection from the other Texas schools yet but I\'m going to mark them as rejections too because Texas match day has passed and I had no interviews.. lol.
2/7 - Attended St. Louis interview, and much thanks to Pranay for letting me stay at his place and borrow his car. SLU impressed me and exceeded my expectations.
2/9 - Waitlisted at USC; at least I wasn\'t rejected for being late! Haha.
2/13 - Withdrew from GW b/c they sent me an email asking me if I wanted to stay in consideration, and I didn\'t want to write a paragraph about why I wanted to stay.
2/14 - Submitted 2012 FAFSA, and rejected pre-interview from Colorado.
2/15 - FAFSA processed.
2/21 - Finally rejected pre-interview from UCSD. I was hoping this was my best shot at a UC too b/c I had been on hold. I are delusional. Also rejected pre-interview from Virginia Tech.
2/22 - Interview invitation from Florida Atlantic!! Outside of any Cali schools, Harvard, Baylor, and University of Miami, this was the only school that I still wanted to go to the interview if invited. Yay. Scheduled for March 20.
2/24 - On hold for April reconsideration at TCMC. This is not a waitlist.
2/28 - Rejected pre-interview from Albany.
2/29 - Rejected pre-interview from Wright State and UCLA.
3/2 - Rejected pre-interview from Baylor.
3/6 - Attended Tufts interview and was rejected pre-interview from Harvard.
3/8 - Alternate listed at Saint Louis and received SUNY Downstate\'s financial award letter.
3/9 - Rejected pre-interview from University of Cincinnati.
3/12 - Finally rejected post-interview from Hofstra. Naaeeiioooooouu!
3/15 - Rejected pre-interview from Loma Linda.
3/20 - Attended Florida Atlantic interview.
3/21 - Rejected pre-interview from Albert Einstein.
3/26 - Rejected pre-interview from UC Davis.
3/27 - Pre-interview rejection from University of Vermont. I found out by randomly logging into the status page.
3/28 - Made the alternate list at FAU! Interview was for a place on the waitlist anyway.
3/29 - Drexel has completed its interview season; rejected pre-interview. Also rejected pre-interview from Stony Brook by snail mail.
3/30 - Rejected pre-interview from UT Houston and UM (University of Miami). The latter is more sad; the first was just a delayed email, really.
4/2 - Rejected pre-secondary (finally) from Charles Drew/UCLA.
4/5 - Rejected pre-interview from EVMS and received Tufts email which said a decision would come next week.
4/6 - Rejected pre-interview from Rush Medical College.
4/13 - Deferred decision at Tufts, which is much nicer than a rejection last year.
4/14 - Logged into Buffalo\'s status page. My status today is \"non-accept.\" No letter or email.
4/16 - Pre-interview rejection from Penn State.
4/18 - Pre-interview rejection from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University.
4/20 - Waitlisted at TCMC. There we have it; Downstate was the only school that accepted me right away.
4/30 - Submitted $100 Acceptance Deposit to SUNY Downstate.
5/2 - Pre-interview rejection from Loyola Stritch.
5/14 - Submitted Letter of Interest to USC in person.
5/25 - Rejected pre-interview from UCLA PRIME.
5/30 - Rejected pre-interview from Medical College of Wisconsin.
6/5 - Finally placed on waitlist at Tufts off of deferred list.
6/22 - Withdrew from USC\'s alternate list, which was a very difficult decision.
7/11 - Rejected pre-interview from Howard University. lol.
7/27 - Rejected post-waitlist from Saint Louis University.
8/6 - TCMC and FAU both told me they matriculated today. In other words, a double post-waitlist rejection. lol.
8/7 - Rejected post-waitlist from Jefferson Medical College.
8/13 - Matriculated at SUNY Downstate, and was rejected post-waitlist from Temple University.
8/21 - Rejected post-waitlist from Tufts University.