Brief Profile:
Applying in 2010. I graduated in 2009. Some minor profile details anonymified/changed randomly now that I am starting at a medical school.
I realized my desire in medicine (and science) late in my college career (3rd year) so my application has been delayed a bit. I hadn\'t taken a single science class in college until then. Turns out I love it!
I have to take two years off between college and medical school. Having to wait around is frustrating, but I\'m trying to use these two years to do all the cool stuff I wanted to do in college but never had the time.
ECs: Some research, volunteering, and clinical experience Couple unique ECs Guitar Various summer and school jobs Lots of peripheral hobbies!! I like metal, as you may have guessed from my username! I also play guitar. I like beer, gourmet cooking, reading, cycling, racquet sports, frisbee, videogames, foreign languages, and a bunch of other things.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 06/03/2010
Undergraduate college: 1st Tier Liberal Arts College
Undergraduate Area of study: Foreign Language/International Studies
Total MCAT SCORE: 517
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 129,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.74
Science GPA: 3.80
Summary of Application Experience
Good luck everyone!
Application Timeline: 6/4 - AMCAS submission 7/14 - Still waiting on one LOR for my committee packet. Grrr!! 7/28 - AMCAS received my letter packet! Sweetness.
9/20 - Finally finished all my secondaries, lol. Or should I say, I finally finished my Stanford secondary. And now I am applying to more schools that are places that my girlfriend wants to go to.
9/24 - Interview attended at University of Colorado. I really enjoyed this interview, especially considering it was my first. My state school impressed me more than I expected -- the most important thing I\'m looking for is a cooperative, friendly student body and CU seems to be great in that respect! The facilities are brand-spanking-new, and the curriculum is quite awesomely integrated. The students were very laidback, and seemed to be involved in a lot of outdoorsy stuff (hiking, snowboarding, etc). CU has a good spread of clinical affiliates too: great tertiary care hospital, children\'s hospital, hospital for the underserved, VA, etc.
9/29 - Just had interview at Temple University, I really liked the school and think it\'s great overall! Student body is very friendly, the facilities are amazing, and it\'s location in North Philly is both its biggest strength and weakness, as paradoxical as it sounds. There are incredible outreach opportunities that the students engage in, and Temple seems to have a lot of respect for its part in the Philadelphia community.
I should also add that my student host was AMAZING and answered all my questions about Temple, gave me a lot of advice about the rest of the application process, and was overall really cool. She definitely reflected well on the student body there at Temple.
10/8 - Interviewed at Case Western. This is a superb school yet one that does not seem \"hung up\" on the fact that it\'s an excellent school... that\'s my kind of style. Campus is beautiful, but the medical education building really does not have windows (except for this huge section of the building called the fishbowl which is all window), which is kind of funny. The anatomy lab is austere, which is appealing in an aesthetic way :) The students I met I seemed to get along with very well, and the curriculum is basically hand-tailored to my learning style. I mean, people bash PBL, but Case students seem to really like it there. The area immediately around Case is quite nice, but I did not have the time even to walk around in downtown Cleveland, so I can\'t comment on the lifestyle there. I got a GREAT vibe from this school, in part because the students were amazing, and it is at the top of my list! My two hosts were great, and I stayed up the night before my interview having one of the best conversations of the entire year with one of them. I was beginning to worry I wouldn\'t feel a \"connection\" at any school, but I definitely felt it at CWRU. My fingers are crossed....
10/15: First medical school acceptance ever at Temple University School of Medicine! This day will be marked in the annals of my life, forever.
10/19: Accepted at University of Colorado School of Medicine! I am thrilled and utterly grateful with how things are turning out!
10/20: Accepted at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine!! Unbelievable!!!
10/29: Interviewed at Georgetown, it was great to see my brother there but man interviewing is starting to get old.
11/3: Had a great interview at USC, got to visit a good friend and then my girlfriend too!
12/2: Accepted at USC. I have received far more than I deserve at this point! I have received acceptances at all of my \"realistic top choices.\" If nothing else happens for the rest of the year, I will still be extremely happy!
12/3: Fun interview at AECOM. I think I had a bit too much fun but hopefully this doesn\'t mean a rejection :)
1/17: Had a string of rejections in the last two weeks. Duke, UNC, and Georgetown. I get the feeling that my application cycle is winding down... Everything is very quiet from my other schools.
3/4: More rejections, withdrew from several schools. At this point I sort of want to withdraw from everywhere else, so I\'ll mull it over before I go ahead. I\'m really thrilled with how my application cycle turned out, and it\'d be nice to put this whole thing to rest!
3/30: Final rejection from UCLA. I am waiting to hear back on financial aid, but super glad to be done with this process! I am really looking forward to starting med school! Can\'t wait to learn stuff again instead of spending my day working at a boring job!
5/15: Decided on USC! It was really close between USC and Case Western, but USC won out in the end.
Applied, Rejected
Vanderbilt University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/13/2010
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 08/25/2010
Summary of Experience:
Snail mail rejection pre-secondary
Summary of Experience:
First rejection. This definitely hurt, I felt like I was a pretty good fit to their objectives, but I was cut for whatever reason. At least they didn\'t drag it out and reject me in March, I suppose. I guess I will just hope for more interviews next week to dull the pain.
The end of a dream, yes.. but the first of many to come, I\'m sure. I will have to steel myself for all of the let-downs that are gonna happen over the next year. No matter how successful I am, there will be many failures I\'m sure.
Pretty late app, applying here for my girlfriend despite the low chances. I actually do like the program here though, so I\\\'m tepidly hopeful for an OOS interview.
Summary of Experience:
Update: No e-mail notice regarding rejection. Impersonal rejection letter on app center. No offense Duke, I\'m sure you\'re a great school, but you do not treat your applicants very well.
Extremely late application. Don\'t expect to hear back from Duke, but I hope to.
Summary of Experience:
Update: Post-interview rejection, very confused considering I did well at my other interviews, but I really wasn\'t happy about the school on my interview day and that may have had something to do with it. Not sad about this one.
Update: Too lazy to really update in detail, but I had a decent impression of Georgetown. It seems like they emphasize intensity for the sake of intensity, with is rather absurd in my eyes.
Summary of Experience:
Update: Waitlisted. I don\'t think the East Coast likes me!! Withdrew.
Update: Interview was fun, Einstein is a well-rounded school with a friendly, welcoming student body. The Jewish vibe here is surprisingly strong, I\'m not sure how I feel about that.
Awesome!! I am going to NY! Definitely takes the edge off of the last week\'s rejections..
Summary of Experience:
Update 10/19: Accepted! I am SUPER stoked, especially because my in-state school is great!
Update: Interview was awesome, I hope I am accepted here. I could definitely see myself attending this school, mainly because the community at UC SOM is really cool and non-competitive. Also, the Children\'s Hospital is amaaaazing.
9/14: Yaaa stoked about this interview!! I am excited to tour the new campus. Learning about the interview only one and a half weeks before my date makes me nervous though.. have not started seriously prepping yet!!
Summary of Experience:
Update 10/20: Accepted!! =) I really love Case, I am super happy about this!
Update 10/8: My interview was awesome, I loved this school a lot!! Hoping for an early acceptance here...
8/31: Sweet, gonna interview at Case!! I really like this school, and I am really looking forward to checking it out. My dad tells me Cleveland is not so hot, but I want to approach it with an open mind. I really like the opportunities available at Case, including the robust combined degree programs and the required thesis.
Summary of Experience:
Update 12/3: Acceptance by snail mail! Thick envelope, my parents called me about it while I was at my Einstein interview. This is the last acceptance that I was hoping for, so I think it\'s safe to say that I am way more happy than I have a right to be!
Update: Had a good time in LA and really liked my interview at USC. The lunch is as good as everyone says it is! I was impressed. USC really takes care of their students. I really liked the school despite the stress of the interview day (my alarm didn\'t go off so I was almost late!!).
WHOA got a Cali interview at USC!! This school is definitely one of my top choices and I am SUPER stoked about this. Hell yes!
Evergrey took the old MCAT and scored a which is in the percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a on the updated scale which is in the percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted Evergrey’s section scores as follows:
Evergrey scored a 12 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 130 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
Evergrey scored a 12 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
Evergrey scored a 11 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
