Brief Profile:
Graduate Program: BU GMS MAMS (SMP) cGPA/sGPA:4.00
400 hours shadowing 6-7 different physicians from high school till graduate school Volunteering in 4 different hospital departments (200+ hours in high school, 75 hours in graduate school) Non-Clinical Volunteering with disabled children from high school-summers/winters in college Outreach program serving underserved in East Boston (Spring 2012-current) Volunteering in Clinic in Rural India Work study job (freshmen year) MCAT Biology Teacher/Tutor (junior year) Working in family dry cleaning business (full time Summer/Winter/Spring breaks) Campus Tour guide 3 years Model UN Chair 3 years Varsity Mens Crew 1 year, Club lacrosse 1 year, intramurals 2 years 2X Deans List, merit scholarship junior/senior years 3 years Research Assistant in lab during undergrad 1 semester research tech in neurosurgery lab+clinical exposure with physician National VP of Membership in fraternity for 1 year (senior), chartered fraternity freshmen year, held many other leadership positions
I previously applied my junior year and I was very sloppy about it/didn\'t know what I was doing. I applied very late (verified September), with secondaries out by end of October.I ended with 2 interviews, one in state waitlist, one OOS rejection. I decided to take time to take an SMP to increase my grades and give me time to get more clinical exposure. I hope this application cycle will be MUCH different and I hope this MDapp can help you guys. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 06/04/2012
Undergraduate college: Johns Hopkins University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Institution: Boston University School of Medicine
Area of Study: Other
Degree Obtained: Master of Arts in Medical Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 519
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 129,
C/P 130,
CARS 130
Overall GPA: 3.40
Science GPA: 3.50
Summary of Application Experience
6/5/2012 Primary Application submitted 9:31 EST on first day AMCAS opened. Just started this MDApp as a reapplicant. I feel ten times stronger than the last time I applied so I'll see how it goes. 7/1/2012-Graduate Letter Packet Received by AMCAS, waiting on JHU Committee Letter to be sent out this week. 7/12/2012-JHU Committee Letter Sent out 7/19/2012-Received my first interview invite to Cooper Medical School on 7/19/2012!!! 7/24/2012- As of now submitted 28 secondaries/complete at these schools, waiting on 6 more schools to send secondaries, and waiting on Mayo/Vanderbilt to either reject me or screen me out. 8/6/2012-All secondaries submitted besides Tufts (still waiting for secondary) 8/7/2012-BU invite!!!! Guess my SMP here really did help 8/10/2012-Tufts finally came in, submitted and complete! Now the waiting game begins (plus preparing for interviews) 8/13/2012-UMDNJ-RWJMS Interview Invite!!! Saint Louis University Interview Invite!!! 8/24/2012-Creighton University Interview Invite!!! 8/28/2012-Drexel Interview Invite!!! 9/6/2012-CWRU Interview Invite!!! 9/7/2012-UMDNJ-NJMS Interview Invite!!! Now I've received all 3 state schools and my masters program school. Lets hope I can pull off an interview invite at my alma mater haha
So now that I've been accepted to the multiple schools I wanted to go to, I will most likely be withdrawing all of my applications besides the following schools: Emory, NYU, UVA, Hopkins, Columbia, Harvard. I will be sending update letters/LOI to those schools in the coming months. So far though I can't complain, received 10 interview invitations this early in the cycle, and found out I was going to medical school on 10/3. Now I can really relax rest of the year.
Total Cost: Primary: 1560 Secondary: 3340 Other: 340, Flight/Hotel:700 MCAT: ~1500 (800 for classes, 200-300 for books, 400-500 for two exams) TOTAL: 7440
Applied, Rejected
Vanderbilt University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
still no secondary, probably pre-screened
