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  • User #2036

  • Application cycles: 2004
  • Demographics: Male, Caucasian
  • Home state: Michigan
  • Brief Profile:
    Club Involvement:
    -Cofounder & VP of Teen Pregnancy & STD Prevention Club
    -VP of Premed club
    -Active Member of various Honors societies (ODK, Golden Key, etc), but left these off.
    -Member of Biotechnology Club
    -Billiards Club
    -Intramural Broomball

    Research Experience:
    -1 semester research in organic chemistry
    -2 semesters research in inorganic chemistry
    -Summer research project on experimental cancer drugs

    Clinical Experiences:
    -Worked as home healthcare aid for a summer.
    -Worked as pharmacy technician for a winter and 2 summers.
    -Structured Learning Assistance Facilitator (similar to Student Instructor)
    -Lots of shadowings of physcians of different specialities (clinically & research)

    Community Service:
    -Community Service at nursing homes and various community projects (blood drives, tours of college, etc): 100+ hours
    -Worked and volunteered as a tutor for 2 semesters.
    -Peer Mentor

    Awards:
    -Honors Shining Star Award
    -Facilitator Spotlight

    Miscellaneous:
    -Honors College Student
    -Attended various cultural events on regular basis for Honors
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2004

    • Undergraduate college: Ferris State University
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 519
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 130, CARS 129  
    • Overall GPA: 3.98
    • Science GPA: 3.99

    Summary of Application Experience

    Submitted AMCAS June 30th, verified July 7th.

    Lessons Learned (in order):
    1. Waiting is hell...
    2. It is expensive to apply to medical school
    3. I hate writing essays
    4. New York is a lot farther from Michigan than I thought (13 hrs)....
    5. Philly is really that close to New York? I suck at geography!
    6. I applied to too many schools. Probably should have thrown a few higher ranked schools in there, seeing how I got automatic interviews at the high ranked schools I did apply to.

    10/15/2004:
    I canceled my out of state interviews (nymc, penn state, jefferson) after I was accepted to MSU. I have spent way too much money and missed too much school. MSU is an awesome school, the people are great there, and I know I would be happy there.

    07/10/2005:
    This will probably be my last update.. I have made up my mind and will be going to Wayne State. They made me an offer that I can't refuse- a full-ride scholarship!

    Applied, Withdrew

    Rosalind Franklin University

    Attended Interview, Withdrew

    University of Cincinnati
    Medical College of Wisconsin
    Drexel University
    Case Western Reserve University
    Cleveland Clinic Medical School
    University of Pittsburgh
    Pennsylvania State University
    New York Medical College
    Jefferson Medical College

    Accepted

    University of Iowa
    Ohio State University
    Wayne State University
    University of Michigan
    Michigan State University

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