Brief Profile:
I have been extremely grateful for all the help I have gotten from others\' mdapps over the past few years. Hopefully this profile will similarly help people going through this process in the future.
ABOUT ME: Graduated in 2009 from a small, unranked undergrad school.
Submitted AMCAS later than I wanted for circumstances beyond my control. Hopefully it won\'t hurt my chances TOO much.
Major AMCAS activities: ED volunteering (400 hours) Volunteering for underserved clinic Physician shadowing (100 hours) 2 years work as research assistant 2 publications in 10+ impact factor journals, boatload of poster abstracts Grocery store work throughout all of college (summers + academic year)
First-generation American, first in family to attend college, etc.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 07/30/2012
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 517
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 129,
C/P 132,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.68
Science GPA: 3.70
Summary of Application Experience
Update January 2013: App cycle has been slow to this point, and looks like my interviews will be ending next week with my Case interview. I will say that I have been disappointed to get so few interviews, and probably would've had more luck if I had applied to MSTPs instead of just MD. I called one school's admissions office where I was rejected, and the lady on the other end kindly looked over my file for 5 minutes and critiqued it... she said the glaring hole in my application was a lack of service-oriented extracurriculars.
2/2/2013: This thread on SDN really made me rage that I didn't apply disadvantaged http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=979634. I don't know how much it would've helped, but it definitely would've given me some extra space to discuss my family, my background, and why I didn't really go to a reputable college. Oh well, live and learn.
5/18/2013: Still on Case waitlist. I sent a LOI on 5/3, and I am 99% sure they already re-reviewed my file. Basically means they are not interested in me.
I need to reapp... worst year ever. I will be making a new mdapps in a few months. This profile is not really anonymous at this point.
Applied
University of Vermont
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 09/19/2012
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
SR 9/10 SS 9/20 submitted over a month ago and still not complete
Called for feedback 5/1, will email me back with a form in about a week. 4 weeks later, it still hasn't arrived. Thanks Vermont.
Summary of Experience:
SR 9/12 SS 9/14 C 9/17. Wish I didn\'t spend so much time on this secondary, probably too late for an II at this point anyway. R 10/22.
Really thought I had a good secondary for this school, but oh well. I probably didn\'t have enough community service on my application to make the people there happy.
Summary of Experience:
SR 9/10 SS 9/11 C 9/11 II 9/18 IA 10/3 Great school with a very modern campus, great opportunities for clinical medicine and research. New research building opening in December 2012 which is exciting. Loved my interview day, and would be thrilled to matriculate here. The tuition alone will make UMass difficult to turn down if I am lucky enough to receive an acceptance. I felt like I had good conversations with my interviewers, so I am trying to be optimistic despite the lack of IIs from other schools. Update Letter sent 10/24 R4/29 well that's a kick in the nuts
Called for feedback 4/28, they do not provide feedback
Summary of Experience:
SR 9/7 SS 9/17 C 9/17 II 11/14 wow was not expecting an interview here. They are the best of the best. Need to make the most of this one. IA 1/3 good program WL 2/5 kinda bummed about this one. Would definitely matriculate if accepted but last year only 8 students were accepted after being put on hold. Sent an update professing my love lol but not optimistic either way. R 3/26 expected but still hurts, Called 6/4 for feedback on my application, phone interview scheduled with the dean.
