Application Cycle One: 06/11/2013
Undergraduate college: UC Davis
Undergraduate Area of study: Physical Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 519
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 129,
C/P 132,
CARS 129 Detailed Breakdown
Overall GPA: 3.81
Science GPA: 3.81
Summary of Application Experience
Timeline (Reapplication): 3/23/13 - Second MCAT 4/23/13 - Received score 6/12/13 - Submitted AMCAS to 6 schools (all reapplications) - $335 6/18/13 - Added 14 schools - $490 6/29/13 - Added Hofstra to AMCAS $35 7/8/13 - AMCAS verified! 7/17/13 - Pitt Interview Invitation!! 7/22/13 - Added Vermont to AMCAS $35 7/31/13 - UCI interview invite! :) A chance to return to my hometown? 8/1/13 - Hofstra interview invite! Looks like another trip to the east coast in October!! :) 8/7/13 - Creighton interview invite! :D 8/8/13 - Michigan interview invite!! Unbelievable!! 8/29/13 - Dartmouth interview invite! 9/18/13 - Cincinnati interview invite :) 9/24/13 - MCW interview invite! 10/15/13 - Michigan waitlist :( 10/16/13 - Creighton acceptance!! I'm going to be a doctor !!!! :D 10/29/13 - Cincinnati acceptance! :) 10/30/13 - UC Irvine waitlist :/ 10/30/13 - UCLA-Geffen interview invite! 12/18/13 - UCSD interview invite! 1/28/14 - Dartmouth waitlist 1/31/14 - Pitt waitlist 2/11/14- UCSD waitlist $$$ Official Costs $$$ - $3,017.93 2nd MCAT - $270 AMCAS fees - $895 Secondaries: $1852.93 (total) Dartmouth - $130 U Mich - $85 Rochester - $100 Columbia - $85 UC Davis - $80 Pitt - $85 MCW - $70 Einstein - $120 Hofstra - $100 Mayo - $120 Cincinnati - $25 USC - $90 NYMC - $110 Icahn-Mt Sinai - $110 UC Irvine - $80 Creighton - $95 U Wisconsin - $56 UC Riverside - $71.93 UCSD - $80 UCLA/Geffen - $80 UCSF - $80
Application Complete, Rejected
University of California, Davis
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/11/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/14/2013
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 01/23/2014
Summary of Experience:
Surprised, but also relieved I'm not attending this school
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/11/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/16/2013
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 02/06/2014
Summary of Experience:
Icahn is showing this reapplicant no love
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University of California, San Francisco
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/11/2013
Secondary Completed: 08/12/2013
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 12/12/2013
Summary of Experience:
AMCAS acknowledged 7/23, secondary received 8/12
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University of Rochester
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/17/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/08/2013
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 12/12/2013
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Columbia University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/17/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/09/2013
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 02/26/2014
Summary of Experience:
no love from a true reach
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Albert Einstein of Yeshiva University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/17/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/11/2013
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 01/13/2014
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University of Southern California
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/17/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/12/2013
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 01/21/2014
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University of Wisconsin
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/17/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/22/2013
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 08/13/2013
Summary of Experience:
First rejection... Understandable since I'm OOS
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Mayo Medical School
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/17/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/28/2013
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 09/07/2013
Summary of Experience:
fee paid 7/9, payment received 7/10, LOR request 7/16:) , LORs marked as received 7/29
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Charles Drew University/UCLA
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/17/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/28/2013
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 06/17/2014
Summary of Experience:
Placeholder for UC Riverside (new school)
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Application Complete, Withdrew
New York Medical College
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/17/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/21/2013
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Hold status 10/8; withdrew 2/4 in favor of more affordable Cincinnati
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University of Vermont
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 07/21/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/22/2013
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after Creighton acceptance. Reservations about OOS cost of attendance as well as my chances for interview (never small-pooled)
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Invited for Interview, Withdrew
Medical College of Wisconsin
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/17/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/14/2013
Interview Invite: 09/23/2013
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
small pooled 8/22, withdrew after Creighton acceptance (would not attend over Creighton)
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Attended Interview, Rejected
Hofstra University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/28/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/16/2013
Interview Invite: 07/31/2013
Interview Attended: 10/10/2013
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 03/09/2014
Summary of Experience:
Not the school for me
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Attended Interview, Waitlisted
University of California, Los Angeles
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/11/2013
Secondary Completed: 08/07/2013
Interview Invite: 10/29/2013
Interview Attended: 11/25/2013
Waitlisted: 07/02/2014
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
WL 7/3
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University of California, San Diego
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/11/2013
Secondary Completed: 08/11/2013
Interview Invite: 12/17/2013
Interview Attended: 01/29/2014
Waitlisted: 02/10/2014
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
11/26: Pre-interview hold. 12/18: ii. Decision on 2/11/14: Waitlist. 5/1: Asked to remain on WL
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Dartmouth College
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/17/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/11/2013
Interview Invite: 08/28/2013
Interview Attended: 10/07/2013
Waitlisted: 01/27/2014
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
4/25 - Asked to remain on Wait List.
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Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Withdrew
University of California, Irvine
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/11/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/17/2013
Interview Invite: 07/30/2013
Interview Attended: 09/22/2013
Waitlisted: 10/29/2013
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
the ambivalence is mutual... 5/1 withdrew
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University of Pittsburgh
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/17/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/09/2013
Interview Invite: 07/16/2013
Interview Attended: 09/15/2013
Waitlisted: 01/30/2014
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Second tier wait-list... disappointed - Update 5/21: withdrew
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University of Michigan
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/17/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/09/2013
Interview Invite: 08/07/2013
Interview Attended: 09/26/2013
Waitlisted: 10/14/2013
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Low-tier wait-list :( Essentially no chance :( - 3/20: withdrew
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Accepted
University of Cincinnati
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/17/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/14/2013
Interview Invite: 09/17/2013
Interview Attended: 10/14/2013
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: 10/28/2013
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Feeling the love. Great peds hospital and integrated curriculum, too. Update 5/12: Withdrew. Hardest decision ever, but I could only choose one school and I had to go with my gut.
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Creighton University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/17/2013
Secondary Completed: 07/23/2013
Interview Invite: 08/06/2013
Interview Attended: 09/12/2013
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: 10/15/2013
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
First acceptance!!! I love the school, too! Update: Scholarship!
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