Obezzy
Application cycles: 07/18/2011
Demographics: Male, 35, Caucasian
Home state: Indiana
Last Active: 10/15/2012

Brief Profile: ECS; Lots of service related work domestically and abroad. Most of my work has been with a non-profit throughout my college career.
-Three short-term summer research internships, and one two-year long-term summer research during school year
-Great recommendations

// Applications //

Application Cycle One: 07/18/2011

Undergraduate Area of study: Psychology/Social Sciences

Total MCAT SCORE: 509
MCAT Section Scores: B/B 127, C/P 127, CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.78
Science GPA: 3.67

Applied

Rush Medical College

Application Complete

University of Michigan

Application Complete, Withdrew

Boston University

Georgetown University

Attended Interview

University of Chicago

Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 07/18/2011
Secondary Completed: 09/20/2011
Interview Invite: 09/22/2011
Interview Attended: 11/28/2011
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience: Summary: Strong support/ and student mentoring, amazing training hospitals, nice medical school and unbeatable financial aid.

Curriculum: standard.

Hyde Park: Hyde Park is a nice residential area. Not many businesses but there\'s the beach, museums, places to run. Crime is a problem if you\'re not careful (or not accustomed to an inner-city) but not a big deal (there\'s lots of options to use to keep you safe-saferide, escorts, etc.). Love the proximity to undeserved areas of southside Chicago and the bus ride away to a Mexican neighborhood west of UChicago.

Hospitals: Chicago medical is huge and expanding (includes childrens, and center for advanced medicine). The Center for advanced medicine attracts patients from all around the country and world. Medical students have a top priority in training and are usually main person in charge of their patient. Great mix of patients (extremely wealthy to extremely poor).

Facilities: Really nice medical school building with everything centrally located. Hospitals are a walk away, and libraries of the campus are easily accessible as well.

Current Students:The current students were ok, I didn\'t get to talk to them much.

Atmosphere: There is a nice atmosphere to study and interact. Very active admissions office, and office of diversity. There is a strong emphasis on students, and student learning (maybe because of small class-88 students). Administration really cares about the students and does a lot to keep them happy.

Cost: Lots of scholarships. Almost $10 mill for the incoming class. Housing is cheaper than other areas of Chicago, but I think I would want to live downtown.
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Cornell University

Cleveland Clinic Medical School

University of Pennsylvania

Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 08/29/2011
Secondary Completed: 09/21/2011
Interview Invite: 10/24/2011
Interview Attended: 11/29/2011
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience: Summary: Best interview day. Amazing facilities, location, faculty, students, flexibility and financial aid.

Curriculum: Abbreviated curriculum w/ lots of PBL. They finished the pre-clinical years in 1.5 years (not accelerated, just more concise and reorganized to avoid repetition). ipads for next years class. Tons of flexibility to take time off, get an MPH in 4 years, or to start a family. 1.5 4th year to do what ever you like (excluding selectives). Not a large emphasis on primary care but is a large focus of many of the students and programs there. Opportunity to get an MBA or MHM (health care management) without having had prior business experience or GMAT (7 spots set aside for medical students each year).

Philadelphia: Probably my favorite city thus far. I really like NYC and Chicago but I feel like philly has components of both. Love the population base and proximity (huge Mexican migrant, and black).

Hospitals: Top class everything and serves predominately undeserved populations.

Facilities: Everything is really nice and well kept. Lots of windows here as well. Central medical school location in middle of larger campus. Nicest anatomy lab I\'ve seen on the second floor with windows. Tons of places to study in medical school or on campus.

Current Students: I really clicked with everyone I talked to and was excited to be around such a talent student pool. Lots of opportunities to get involved with pretty much about anything (really reminded me of Columbia).

Atmosphere: I loved the atmosphere of the medical school and the area that the school is in. Administration was the so kind and helpful. Most engaged office of diversity and loved the administration.

Cost: Tons of financial aid ($3 mill for the incoming class). Housing is way cheaper than Chicago and NYC.

Am trying not to get so invested into any schools I haven\'t been accepted to but Penn definitely stood out to me.
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Attended Interview, Waitlisted

George Washington University

Washington University in St. Louis

Columbia University

Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Withdrew

University of Pittsburgh

Accepted

Wright State University

Brown University

Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 07/18/2011
Secondary Completed: 09/22/2011
Interview Invite: 10/23/2011
Interview Attended: 11/18/2011
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: 12/18/2011
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience: Summary: Block scheduling, emphasis on primary care, amazing facilities, strong advising and support system (academies, and mentoring), and alive small city, and Barbara is awesome!!!

Curriculum: standard w/ PBL. Integrated electronic resources since requirement of Ipad for all first years. Fully funded summer project (can vary from research to non-research related-simply have to have a proposal).

Providence: Surprising population base. Lots of immigrants from Brazil and other places. Downtown is active and has an increasing Mexican population that is very important to me.

Hospitals: 7 affiliated hospitals but relatively distant from the medical school. Excellent emergency medicine department.

Facilities: New. This year was the first class to move into the new medical school building. The medical school is close to downtown but only a fifteen minute walk from the main campus. Four story building with a cafe, and a gym/yoga room/roof terrace in the making. The building is extremely bright because of all the windows and decorated in vibrant colors. Rooms have tons of technology for standardized patient car, anatomy lab on second floor, and tons of study space, and kitchens. SIM lab is an another building.

Current Students:I didn\'t click with any of the students but they were all extremely cordial. Can\'t wait for second look weekend to see what my classmates are going to be like.

Atmosphere: Bright. This may be a strong contribution of the building setting and administration (lots of windows and caring admins). Pleasant place to study and hang out.
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Duke University

Vanderbilt University

Northwestern University

Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 07/18/2011
Secondary Completed: 09/29/2011
Interview Invite: 10/23/2011
Interview Attended: 11/27/2011
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: 12/18/2011
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience: Summary: Great area in chicago, top hospitals, tons of community clinics.

Curriculum: Unique schedule w/ lots of PBL. First year is switching to a more streamlined version (not sure if it will be 1.5), where systems are studied in both normal and abnormal states subsequently. Third year has electives built into it (take two required and then one elective, two required, one elective..). Tons of established international opportunities for electives and summers.

Downtown Chicago: Easily accessibility to beach, stores, bars, clubs... I like being close to all of the action especially during the summer, and being able to commute without a problem. However, I like neighborhood restaurants and stores better than big name restaurants, food chains, and stores I can\'t even afford ( which are pretty much the only ones downtown).

Hospitals: Top pediatrics hospital being finished, top rehab hospital, and amazing main hospital. The hospitals serve mainly wealthy individuals, and am not sure if there are many undeserved populations going there.

Facilities: Really nice facilities with tons of study space. However, there isn\'t a central location for medical students (I could be wrong). Anatomy lab was surprisingly not as fancy as the rest of the place.

Current Students: Nice people.

Atmosphere: Very engaged office of diversity. Administrations seemed very occupied with their own affairs.

Cost: no word on any scholarship opps. Housing is offered by NW but it isn\'t much cheaper than non-NW housing. Better to look for your own place an pay the extra for so much more space. Costs about the same as the subsidized housing at Cornell.

Super excited about NW. Really liked the medical school, and would love to live downtown. The tradeoff is that it is further away from the communities that I want to work in.
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Harvard University

University of Virginia

MD Applicants

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