Application Cycle One: 2006

• Undergraduate college: Carnegie Mellon University
• Undergraduate Area of study: Engineering/Technology

• Total MCAT SCORE: 511
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 125, C/P 127, CARS 130   Detailed Breakdown
• Overall GPA: 3.53
• Science GPA: 3.44

Summary of Application Experience

Applied to 21 schools, but not sure if it's enough. I'm super paranoid about my scores. Biological sciences are weak, also received C's in Physiology and organic chemistry 1. That's the weakest park of my application.

August 2005 - took MCATs (decided not to take it again though wasn't SUPER satisfied with scores. figured I could do at least a 32-34.)

6/27 AMCAS submitted
6/28 AMCAS verified
received SECONDARY Columbia Univ
received SECONDARY George Washing Univ
7/3 received SECONDARY NJMS
7/13 received SECONDARY Boston Univ
7/19 AMCAS processed
7/19 received SECONDARY Case Western Univ
7/20 received SECONDARY Georgetown
7/20 received SECONDARY Cornell
7/20 received SECONDARY New York Medical College
7/20 received SECONDARY Temple
7/20 received SECONDARY Robert Wood Johnson
7/20 received SECONDARY Univ of Penn
7/20 received SECONDARY NYU
7/21 received SECONDARY SUNY Downstate
7/24 submitted secondary to New York Medical College
7/24 received SECONDARY Penn State University
7/25 submitted secondary to UMDNJ - NJMS
7/25 submitted secondary to UMDNJ - RWJMS
7/25 received SECONDARY Albert Einstein College of Medicine
7/25 received SECONDARY Jefferson Medical College
7/26 submitted SECONDARY to Jefferson Medical College
7/27 received SECONDARY SUNY Stonybrook
7/28 received SECONDARY Tufts
7/29 received SECONDARY University of Maryland
7/29 submitted secondary to Albert Einstein College of Medicine
7/31 received SECONDARY Mount Sinai
8/14 submitted secondary to Temple University School of Medicine
8/15 received SECONDARY Drexel
8/15 submitted SECONDARY to Drexel University School of Medicine
8/17 submitted SECONDARY to Penn State College of Medicine
8/21 submitted SECONDARY to George Washington University School of Med
8/22 submitted SECONDARY to New York University Medical School
8/26 submitted SECONDARY to SUNY Downstate
9/01 submitted SECONDARY to Boston University School of Medicine
9/02 submitted SECONDARY to Georgetown University School of Medicine
9/11 submitted SECONDARY to University of Maryland School of Medicine
9/13 submitted SECONDARY to Weill Medical College of Cornell University
9/13 submitted SECONDARY to University of Pennsylvania
9/18 invite from UMDNJ-NJMS, FIRST INTERVIEW scheduled for 10/13!!! SOOOO EXCITED
9/20 submitted SECONDARY to Mount Sinai School of Medicine
9/21 invite from UMDNJ-RWJMS, YAY!!!!! scheduled for 10/6!!
10/13 REJECTED - 1st one :( Snailmail = Georgetown = sucks your money and then makes you bleed
10/16 REJECTED - Boston University
10/19 On hold - SUNY Downstate- they said they need to see my fall grades? Is it basically over?
11/8 YAY FINALLY after months of not hearing anything, I got an interview invite from NYMC. YES
11/10 waitlisted at UMDNJ - RWJ :( :( :( :( :(
11/14 ACCEPTED AT UMDNJ-NJMS. OMG I AM SO HAPPY . This is the happiest (or close to it) DAY OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!! YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!!!!
11/16 rejected from GWU. but who cares. YAY!
11/27 decided to withdraw from NYMC because of NJMS acceptance. NYMC costs a lot more
11/28 on hold at University of Maryland (pre-interview) lalala.
12/5 wow, i didn't expect to get anymore interviews but just got one from Penn State! YAY! I will be interviewing there 12/22. That was the earliest date they had, and the lady at the admissions office recommended interviewing early since they are rolling. She was super happy and nice.
12/18 decided to withdraw from SUNY downstate
12/21 didn't think i would get anything else, but just got an invite today from TEMPLE after being completed for 4 months!!! Scheduled for earliest date, 1/10.
1/1 checked Drexel status page and it said 'schedule an interview', and so i did... for 1/11.
1/8 rejected from cornell. meh, no surprise.
1/26 got accepted into TEMPLE!!!!!!!!!
2/2 got accepted into PENN STATE!!!!!!!!!!
2/5 rejected from aecom. oh well.
2/24 waitlisted at drexel, but declined to stay on waitlist. I'd rather go to Temple anyways! yay!
3/26 rej from UPENN
4/17 will probably go to Temple. withdrew from penn state after receiving financial aid. Will withdraw from NJMS in next few weeks.
5/4 settled, going to temple! bf is md/phd there so that's main reason why i chose it over umdnj.