User #2263
Application cycles: 2004
Demographics: Female, South Asian
Home state: California

Brief Profile: Took 2 years off between undergraduate and applying
-Undergraduate degree in Bioengineering
-Took MCAT 3 times (2000, 2003, 2004) Improved from a 20 O (4 VR, 8 PS 8 BS) to a 23Q (6 VR, 8 Ps 9 BS) to a 30 O (8 VS 11 PS 11 BS).
- English is my first and only language so I don't know about that 8 in Verbal - - all my practice Verbal tests had been 9-10. Reading long boring paragraphs is difficult under pressure.

During College:
-Independent Study in Bioengineering 3 months in summer - small project nothing significant
-Hospital Volunteer 3 years ER, ICU, nothing spectacular
-Lab Assistant job 10 hrs a week while in college - simple making solutions, buffers, purifications stuff

Since Graduating:
-Direct patient contact as Mental Health Counselor, patient care for over a year in Psychiatry
-full time clinical research job in Psychiatry
-Tutor in Chemistry for a few months

// Applications //

Application Cycle One: 2004

Undergraduate college: University of California San Diego
Undergraduate Area of study: Engineering/Technology

Total MCAT SCORE: 509
MCAT Section Scores: B/B 129, C/P 128, CARS 124
Overall GPA: 3.54
Science GPA: 3.50

Summary of Application Experience

Submitted Primary app 6/22, processed 7/1.

10/20 - Got waitlisted at U Vermont. Not surprising since I am not a Vermont resident. My interviewer even told me that most out of staters get waitlisted and I will have to wait several months for a decision (this was after asking her about out of state applicants). Hoping for good news in May 2005...

10/25 - Another waitlist at Drexel...

3/8 - So wailists galore at Drexel, NYMC, UVM, SLU, Boston.
Waiting for response from Rosalind Franklin. Really excited to get interview invite at Loma Linda - Now my top choice.

7/26 - Decided to attend NYMC instead of Rosalind Franklin. As of today I haven't heard back from the waitlists (Vermont, Drexel, SLU, UVM) - giving up on those.

Applied, Rejected

Vanderbilt University

University of California, Davis

Application Complete, Rejected

Medical College of Wisconsin

Jefferson Medical College

George Washington University

University of California, Irvine

Georgetown University

University of California, San Francisco

Albany Medical College

University of California, San Diego

Pennsylvania State University

Tulane University

University of Pittsburgh

Wake Forest University

Dartmouth College

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

University of California, Los Angeles

Albert Einstein of Yeshiva University

University of Rochester

Northwestern University

University of Southern California

Tufts University

Loyola University Chicago

Michigan State University

Virginia Commonwealth University

Charles Drew University/UCLA

Attended Interview, Rejected

Loma Linda University

Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Rejected

Boston University

Drexel University

University of Vermont

Saint Louis University

Accepted off Waitlist

New York Medical College

Accepted

Rosalind Franklin University

MD Applicants

User #2263