Relevant Experiences -Worked as lifeguard/swim instructor/nurse's office aide while in school and for summers since 16 -Student-run EMS/ EMT-B (CPR instructor) for 2 years (+200 hrs) -Interned in public health for 2 Underrepresented minority organizations for 1 summer and 1 semester -Worked in diagnostic lab as client srvc/billing rep for +3 years -University research lab assistant for 1 semester -Hospital ED clinical research intern for over a year (+100 hrs)
Interests -all things science and medicine -lived abroad for 2 semesters (learned a new language) -enjoy singing for a band and running for charity events -like playing sports, swimming, teaching, reading
This is my first time applying. Hoping for the best!
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 08/29/2012
Undergraduate college: NYU
Total MCAT SCORE: 509
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 127,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.59
Science GPA: 3.13
Summary of Application Experience
Two acceptances under my belt!! I'm on my way to becoming a doctor :) Now how do I pay for this shizznit?
Applied, Rejected
Touro University - Harlem
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:
Submitted primary, but never sent a secondary...silently rejected.
Summary of Experience:
Sent application via email and check via mail. Very nice rejection letter and they are willing to give you pointers and encourage you to apply next year.
Summary of Experience:
It's way too late to probably ever hear a response.(Late Feb) I've heard their class is almost filled and that even though some have been invited to interviews, there are no spots open....
Summary of Experience:
LECOM Seton Hill Problem Based Learning Program
No essays and letters not required until invited for interview= nice.
Interviewed with a group of 6. The two interviewers were faculty PHDs, not physicians. They did not ask any generic "why medicine/DO" type of questions. They let us discuss different topics ranging from how to fix healthcare system to how to deal with noncompliant patients. Afterward there was a PBL simulation, which I found to be very fun! Because the program is small the facilities are small. I was disappointed that there was no simulation lab, standardized patient center, or access to patient care for first and second years. The library is small, but thankfully very quiet. Not sure why the ban on food and drink includes water in a bottle ....I was sooo thirsty the whole time. Unsure I like the chaos that is finding clerkships. Like that there are many different clubs and ways to get involved. Not sure all students seem happy there, but then again medical school is rough...maybe I caught them on a bad day. Seton Hill is truly a beautiful campus (had that hogwarts sort of feel) and I feel that it would make a fine place to live and grow.
Summary of Experience:
I'm in!!!!! Will probably choose this school over LECOM because it's close to home. Now the hard part, deciding whether I should live with the parents or get an apartment...
Late AACOMAS App, but very excited about interview. They invite for interviews even without the secondary and do not require a letter from DO.
Absolutely loved this school! I was in the afternoon session so it began with an introduction/DCP preview/lunch/tour and then interviews from 1-4. The staff was very friendly and I enjoyed the short preview to DCP (their PBL program). The student "ambassadors" that gave the tours were very kind and informative. I enjoyed learning about the scholars program. The facilities are clean and they have many resources such as the ICC (standardized patients/simulator) and a cadaver lab that is open until very late (about 8 per body). I think the DCP facilities are cramped, but I like that they are always open and that the walls are entire white boards. The lecture hall for LDP students is your standard large lecture hall (kind of dreary).
The interview portion was afterward and of course with all my anxiety I was second to last. The interviewer was faculty phd who asked your standard set of why medicine. I think it went well. Hoping for the best.
brizbee took the old MCAT and scored a which is in the percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a on the updated scale which is in the percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted brizbee’s section scores as follows:
brizbee scored a 10 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
brizbee scored a 10 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
brizbee scored a 10 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
