Brief Profile:
Graduate school (M.S. Biomedical Sciences) GPA = 3.47
Clinical Experience: - Hospital Volunteer, Bethesda Memorial Hospital (216 hours: ACU, ER) - Shadowing Externship, One Semester in Anesthesiology (shadowed 4 Anes) - Physician Shadowing (1 Peds, 2 Anes, 1 Rheumatology (2x), 2 Ophthalmology, 1 IM, 1 GI) - Total D.O. shadowing = 2 Anes, 1 IM = 3 docs - Premed Shadowing in Department (OB/GYN, Cardiac Cath Lab, Radiology, Radiation Oncology) - Autopsy Viewing, Broward Medical Examiner\'s Office
Non-Clinical Experience: - President, AMSA@FAU Chapter - Teaching Assistant, Anatomy & Physiology labs (3 semesters) - Volunteer Notetaker (Biochemistry), Office for Students with Disabilities - Single Day Volunteer: American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, National MS Society, Paint Your Heart Out, FAU Memory and Wellness Center, Habitat for Humanity, FAU-Hall (helping freshmen move in), FAU Graduate School Health Professions Fair - Composer, electronic music (just for fun) - Pitcher, Boca Raton League of the World Adult Kickball Association (WAKA), 3 seasons
Research Experience: - None
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 11/06/2010
Undergraduate college: Florida Atlantic University
Undergraduate Area of study: Psychology/Social Sciences
Institution: Florida Atlantic University
Area of Study: Other
Degree Obtained: M.S.
Total MCAT SCORE: 500
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 124,
C/P 125,
CARS 126
Overall GPA: 3.09
Science GPA: 3.17
Summary of Application Experience
The process:
- AACOMAS application ($335 for six schools) submitted 11/7 - Both transcripts ($10) received by AACOMAS 11/10 - AACOMAS application verified 11/16 - Primaries must have been sent out week of 11/16 (AACOMAS shows 11/25) - Secondaries received: CCOM (11/23), NSUCOM (11/24), PCOM-PA (11/24), LECOM-B (11/29), LECOM-PA (11/29), DMU (12/1) - Secondaries ($50/each) complete: NSUCOM (12/4), LECOM-B (12/5), PCOM (12/23), LECOM-PA (12/23), CCOM (12/31) - Virtual Eval account ($12) @ FAU opened 12/7, letters made available to all six schools by 12/23 - Primary sent to PCOM-GA (1/2) - LECOM-FL interview invite received on 1/5/11, NSUCOM interview received on 1/26/11 - AMCAS ($160) submitted 3/9/11... my alma mater is opening up a new medical school. Had to apply!
GOING TO NOVA!!! Very excited. Thought I had a good interview and I feel very lucky to have been accepted.
Good luck to everyone in future cycles! Really. If you want advice, I\'d have to say:
1. Make sure you keep good records (where did you volunteer, what were the exact dates, how long were you there, how many hours/week on average and what did you get out of it SPECIFICALLY)
2. Save lots of money (I spent at least $1,500+ on this cycle, and that was only applying to eight schools and going on two interviews... I could easily have spent several thousand dollars if I had applied to 20-30 schools and gained 5-10 interviews)
3. I found that talking to my fellow applicants helped ease me up a lot for the interviews.
4. In each interview I had at least one person who had flown over from California/somewhere else to Florida and was experiencing major jet lag, even falling asleep. It seemed like they\'d have an interview on say Tuesday and arrive in town Monday night at 8 pm. So if that\'s you, you might want to try to give yourself an extra day to adjust and be fully awake during the interview day.
5. Apply to Nova. The place is awesome.
Applied, Withdrew
Des Moines University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 11/06/2010
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Received very nice email on 3/2 stating \' We have recently concluded interviews for the class of 2015. We wanted to make a contact with you to let you know that your application will not move further through the application process at DMU.\'
Summary of Experience:
Seton Hill (1st preference over Erie for PBL). Never heard, guess that\'s a rejection. I did get the LECOM-B invite... perhaps it\'s a regional thing.
Summary of Experience:
Secondary application arrived in my email inbox 3/15/2011 -- same morning as my Nova interview! After being in preliminary review forever, I finally received an email saying I had been denied. Oh well.
