Brief Profile:
Nontrad, ORM, low verbal score, underprivileged, and late to apply (by SDN standards).
Took MCAT twice. 4/2012: 12 BS 12 PS 7 V (31N) 5/2012: 13 BS 12 PS 8 V (33M)
See below for my timeline and comments on the application experience.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 07/06/2013
Undergraduate college: UC
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 514
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 129,
CARS 124
Overall GPA: 3.94
Science GPA: 3.94
Summary of Application Experience
UCSF Class of 2018!
Submitted AMCAS 7/7/13. Verified 8/22/13. First Interview Invite 9/16/13. First Acceptance 12/13/13.
Total Cost: $6925 ($1805 on primaries, $3545 on secondaries, and $1575 on interviews).
Advice: Apply broadly, and don't be afraid to include reach schools. You never know what will happen until you throw your name into the applicant pool.
Applied, Rejected
Charles Drew University/UCLA
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 01/08/2014
Summary of Experience:
Placeholder for UCLA PRIME.
Summary of Experience:
Received secondary 7/10/13 (before verification).
Received "30 days since completion" notice on 10/4/13.
Sidenote: Unprofessional admissions process. Beware of the long wait between completion and pre-interview rejection (I waited 5 1/2 months). I emailed BU at the end of December that I was going to be "in the area" for an interview at Dartmouth on 2/18. Instead of rejecting me in January, they waited until 2/18 (the day of my Dartmouth interview) to notify me that I was rejected. My advice to them is to pull the trigger faster!
