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  • User #6042

  • Application cycles: 2006
  • Demographics: Male, East Asian
  • Home state: New York
  • Brief Profile:
    Volunteer:

    -NYcares (2/06 - present)
    -New York Hospital - ED (6/06 - present, 4-5 hours/week)
    -Peer Tutor in College, Math and Science (3 years)
    -Tutored underserved area in Brooklyn (1 year)


    Research:

    -Undergraduate Research - Junior and Senior year
    Manuscript sent to the Journal of the American Chemical Society for publication (June 2006)

    -Clinical Research - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 2004-2005
    worked on a vaccine (phase I clinical trial) targeted against melanoma.

    -Biotech Industry 2005 - present
    Research and Development in Biochemistry
    Work presented at two conferences in 2006.


    Shadowing:

    -Observing doctors at ED/Trauma I center in the Bronx. (6/06 - present, 4-6 hours/week)
    -Observe doctors at ED/Trauma I center in Queens. Shadow MD, PA and nurses.


    Other Stuff:

    -Inducted into Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society (2004)
    -Officer for Americal Chemical Society club in college (2 years)


    Letters of Rec

    -Undergraduate Committee letter packaged with:

    1. Undergraduate mentor (Bucknell high school mentorship program for OOS students) and also my stats professor
    2. Department chair of Biochemistry (advisor and research professor)
    3. Senior Staff Scientist from current job.
    4. Senior Research Associate, M.D. Ph.D from MSKCC
    5. New York Cares Children's Programs Coordinator

    -Additional letters sent directly to schools
    6. NY hospital Hospitality Coordinator
    7. Attending D.O. and Residency Director
    8. Attending M.D. and Undergraduate Medical Education Director
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2006

    • Undergraduate college: Bucknell University
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Institution: Bucknell University
    • Area of Study: Mathematics
    • Degree Obtained: Minor
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 503
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 125, C/P 128, CARS 123  
    • Overall GPA: 3.40
    • Science GPA: 3.30

    Summary of Application Experience

    Interview Feedback
    http://www.studentdoctor.net/interview/show_entry.asp?ID=16631

    Applied, Rejected

    Eastern Virginia Medical School

    Application Complete

    Jefferson Medical College
    UMDNJ - New Jersey
    New York Medical College
    UMDNJ - Osteopathic Medicine
    Philadelphia College - Philadelphia
    SUNY Buffalo
    Drexel University

    Application Complete, Rejected

    New York University
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    SUNY Downstate
    SUNY Stony Brook
    Temple University
    George Washington University
    University of Rochester
    Albany Medical College
    Albert Einstein of Yeshiva University

    Attended Interview

    Virginia Commonwealth University

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted

    SUNY Upstate
    Pennsylvania State University
    Loyola University Chicago

    Accepted

    New York College of New York Tech.

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