Application Cycle One: 05/30/2019

• Undergraduate college: HYPSM
• Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

• Total MCAT SCORE: 523
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 131, C/P 131, P/S 131, CARS 130
• Overall GPA: 3.89
• Science GPA: 3.88

Summary of Application Experience

GENERAL TIPS/NOTES
- I applied to 17 schools total, all MSTP.
- I pre-wrote all my secondaries (highly recommend!!!) so I was able to turn almost all of them around in less than a day. Pre-writing honestly saved my life and I found secondaries so much less stressful than others did because of it. Check the SDN school-specific threads for secondaries and if you are applying MSTP, be careful because sometimes the MSTP prompts are different from the MD prompts. I tried to make sure the MSTP prompts were posted for all the schools I applied to.
- I am applying from abroad. I will add some tips towards the end of my cycle for applying to MD-PhD from abroad, provided I dont completely f--- it up and die of fatigue lmao.

GENERAL TIMELINE
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5/30 Primary submitted and verified
6/28-8/7 Secondaries received and submitted (I submitted almost all within <1 day)
8/12 Committee letter received by AMCAS
8/14 First interview invite at UMich!

(For the sake of anonymity, Ill be doing more detailed updates on timeline and impressions after the cycle is over. I will be updating periodically to add any interviews/rejections/withdrawals/acceptances, but Im going to hold off adding dates and details!)