Brief Profile:
College Summary: -Summa cum laude graduate in chemical engineering (biochemical engineering emphasis program) and minor in history -Chancellor's Leadership Academy Class of 2004- leadership and 'professional skills' development group -Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society inductee -Omega Chi Epsilon Chemical Engineering Honor Society inductee and secretary -Campus-wide writing contest winner- 1st Place in two categories: 'Research Paper' and 'English I Paper' -Concrete Canoe student design team president -Freshman chem tutor and teaching assistant for anatomy lab -Volunteered for a year or so at a Meals on Wheels kitchen and for a full summer (~4 hrs/day) in a med onc ward as a patient care liaison.
Work/Shadowing/Research Experience: -Shadowed various physicians in surgery and clinic for ~40 hrs -Two summers working as a lab analyst for a pharmaceutical manufacturer. QA/QC testing to FDA standards and worked on product stability research project. -Eight months spent working as chemical engineer in industrial production of citric acid from corn syrup fermentation. Did medium-scale capital and maintenance projects to increase process efficiency and safety. -Aside from one month spent before my freshman year of college doing a small pilot study for lung phenotypes in BTEB-1 gene knockout mice, I didn't do any conventional bench research in college. Instead, when asked in interviews about any research experience I may have had I drew from my ChE project development methods while working in industry.
It might be evident, but I didn't fully decide to pursue medicine until about my junior year. That's why my CV might look a little unconventional.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2007
Undergraduate college: University of Missouri-Rolla
Undergraduate Area of study: Engineering/Technology
Total MCAT SCORE: 519
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 132,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.95
Science GPA: 4.00
Summary of Application Experience
Definitely apply early. There's nothing better than getting a shot at those earliest slots in the interview season.
