JabberTineFont
Application cycles: 08/19/2011
Demographics: Female, 44, Caucasian
Home state: Virginia
Last Active: 05/08/2014

Brief Profile: Nontrad, BA & MFA in English.
Teacher (college-level, 2 semesters).
Admin for high-level exec. (2 yrs).
Medical mission volunteer in Haiti in 2008 (1 wk). No prior medical experience. Trigger for career change.

Clinical experience:
ER volunteer (200 hrs over 9 mos).
Then, phlebotomist for blood transfusions (500 hrs over 4 mos)...
Then, ER scribe (3000 hrs over 2.5 yrs). Had EMT-B which I did not use but helped me get the job.
Scribing overlapped with:
Edited essays for med school admissions business.
Free clinic volunteer (200 hrs over 2 yrs). Lab, pharmacy, patient history-taking.
NIH summer research (2 papers: 1 review/1 research. Review in press.)

MCAT courses (over 3 years, some scholarships):
At comm college: Bio 1 & 2, Gen Chem 1 & 2, Calc 1, Phys 1 & 2, OChem 1 & 2, A&P 1 & 2, Biochem, Stats 1, Biomedical Ethics.
For MCAT used EK books only, no real prep course. Slightly regret this.

Courses during app cycle (almost all scholarships):
At comm college: Micro, Cell Bio, Genetics, Biostats, Med Term.
At 4-year: Histo.
At NIH: Clinical Pharm (free course because I audited it).

// Applications //

Application Cycle One: 08/19/2011

Undergraduate college: ---
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

Total MCAT SCORE: 516
MCAT Section Scores: B/B 127, C/P 128, CARS 132
Overall GPA: 3.46
Science GPA: 3.87

Summary of Application Experience

Submitted AMCAS on 8/20/11, verified on 9/30/11.
Interviewed Nov through Mar.
Regular update letters (end of semester, papers).
First acceptance in early May. Rest after May 15th.
Declined/withdrew from all others after got Case acceptance.

This was such a roller coaster process. My husband deserves a ton of credit!
I also found it encouraging to see nontrads with limited financial resources succeed. Hopefully this profile will do the same.

Application Complete, Rejected

University of Cincinnati

University of Chicago

Mayo Medical School

University of Rochester

Harvard University

SUNY Upstate

University of Virginia

University of Wisconsin

SUNY Buffalo

Rush Medical College

University of Pittsburgh

Loyola University Chicago

Medical College of Wisconsin

Northwestern University

Drexel University

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Attended Interview, Rejected

Cleveland Clinic Medical School

University of Iowa

Attended Interview, Waitlisted

George Washington University

Georgetown University

Jefferson Medical College

Creighton University

Virginia Tech Carilion

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Accepted off Waitlist

Case Western Reserve University

Saint Louis University

Virginia Commonwealth University

Albany Medical College

Accepted

Rosalind Franklin University

MD Applicants

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