Application Cycle One: 07/17/2014

• Undergraduate college: University of California
• Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

• Total MCAT SCORE: 519
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 131, C/P 129, CARS 127   Detailed Breakdown
• Overall GPA: 3.80
• Science GPA: 3.80

Summary of Application Experience

If you're interested in how I studied for the MCAT:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/30-mcat-study-habits-the-cbt-version.503250/page-28#post-14948607

6/18/14: I submitted > 30 primaries because I wanted to increase my chances of getting into at least one school. However, I know I'm going to hate myself once secondaries start rolling in. We'll see how many secondaries I actually end up completing. I'm waiting for transcripts to be received by AMCAS before my application will be ready for review.

6/27/14: Transcripts received by AMCAS. Application ready for review.

Primaries for 34 schools = $1348

7/18/14: Application processed and verified. Let the secondaries roll in???

7/21/14: Woke up to 12 secondary emails. I felt my cortisol levels immediately spike.

7/30/14: Submitted 16 secondaries, but still have 14 secondaries to finish. Likely not going to complete certain secondaries because of the # of essays or LOR requirements.

8/4/14: First interview invite at the University of Pittsburgh! Very surprised, but very excited!

8/6/14: Added Harvard, Yale, and Brown to see what happens.

8/30/14: Currently have 5 interview invites and I couldn't be more grateful. However, I dread looking at my bank account at this point.

10/21/14: I have already attended 3 interviews (no decisions yet) and I still have 6 more to go! I haven't received another interview invite in a couple weeks so I'm not holding my breath on receiving another one.

11/11/14: First acceptance to University of Iowa after I interviewed at Albert Einstein! So happy and excited!!!

1/12/15: Last interview of the application cycle is at UC Irvine.

4/30/15: Accepted at University of Pittsburgh off first tier waitlist! Very unexpected, but very grateful. Will be matriculating unless I get accepted at a CA school ;)