Brief Profile:
Non-trad, two teenagers (one autistic), marriage, work & kids for 20 yrs b4 returning for post-bacc classes. EC: very involved undergrad w/hospital & clinic volunteering, elected offices, university ambassador, dean's list, blah blah; since college, lots of community activities, mostly w/health orgs or kids' activities Work: not medical, but medically related field which involved frequent, close involvement w/ physicians and other hcp's; other management & cust. service
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2004
Undergraduate college: St. Louis Community College
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Institution: University of Iowa
Area of Study: Computing and Information Science
Degree Obtained: BBA
Total MCAT SCORE: 505
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 124,
C/P 127,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.71
Science GPA: 3.91
Summary of Application Experience
7/3/04: submitted to AACOMAS 8/10/04: AACOMAS verification complete & app submitted to schools 8/30/04: had rec'd secondaries from all 6 DO schools by/before this date and received pre-secondary interview invite from KCUMB-COM 9/30/04: submitted to AMCAS, designated 4 schools (worth a try?) 10/04: interview at KCU, awaiting decision of adcom 10/04: AMCAS delaying verification of my app due to transcript which they have received but have not yet posted 10/04: physician finally sent out LOR, all other LOR received by schools weeks ago, hope for other DO i/v invites soon; not certain what sort of response to expect from MD schools