Nerday Shortay
Application cycles: 06/09/2009
Demographics: Female, 36, Caucasian
Home state: Connecticut
Last Active: 09/25/2013

Brief Profile: Edit: I have had a wonderful medical school experience and am now applying to Psychiatry residency programs :)

I made this profile when I was applying to medical school, and I only just remembered some of the stories/mishaps below...

1) Wash. U. St. Louis interview: When the Dean of Admissions showed up to interview me 20 minutes late, I said, "You're late, sir. You only have one chance to make a first impression and you are late." I was having a bad day, and luckily he had a quality sense of humor. When he asked me if I had any interest in doing a PhD along with the MD, I responded, "Absolutely not."

2) Pritzker interview: I stepped on a giant grate outside and wrecked the heel on my shoe. I attended my faculty interview with a broken shoe, and then lost my cell phone on the way to the airport.

3) Cornell interview: While sitting in the interview room with all the other interviewees, I noticed something on the table in front of me. Inexplicably, it was fresh bird poop.

4) Columbia interview: After my faculty member finished interviewing me, I let down my guard and, before I could stop myself, I asked how I did on my interview. He said, "Well, nobody has ever asked me that before. I guess I can tell you."

5) Hopkins interview: In a letter from my student interviewer that I received after being accepted, he told me that I was the only applicant in history to swear not once, but twice, during my interview and still receive an acceptance.

6) Harvard interview: When the interviewer asked me, "Is there anything else I should let the committee know?" I responded, "Yes. I'm not a sociopath."

In conclusion, I need to get a life. Cheers!

// Applications //

Application Cycle One: 06/09/2009

Undergraduate college: University of Connecticut
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

Total MCAT SCORE: 522
MCAT Section Scores: B/B 132, C/P 128, CARS 130
Overall GPA: 3.99
Science GPA: 3.99

Application Complete, Rejected

Stanford University

Invited for Interview, Withdrew

Albert Einstein of Yeshiva University

Duke University

Attended Interview, Rejected

Harvard University

Attended Interview, Withdrew

University of Chicago

Cornell University

Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Withdrew

Columbia University

University of Pennsylvania

Accepted

Mayo Medical School

University of Connecticut

Washington University in St. Louis

Johns Hopkins University

Yale University

MD Applicants

Nerday Shortay