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  • User #10495

  • Application cycles: 2008
  • Demographics: Male, East Asian
  • Home state: California
  • Last Active: 08/08/2014
  • Brief Profile: Some info are scrambled to maintain anonymity.
    -Research scholarships and mid-size awards.
    -Worked in multiple labs. Minor publication from previous lab(~8th author). Some (~1) recent publications.
    -Desire to work in BME.
    -Normal volunteer experience.
    -TA/Tutoring
    -Fraternity leadership.
    -A few other leadership positions.
    -Adversity story (nothing dramatic.)
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2008

    • Undergraduate college: Public
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Institution: Research Minor
    • Area of Study: Other
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 525
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 132, CARS 132  
    • Overall GPA: 3.91
    • Science GPA: 3.96

    Summary of Application Experience

    AMCAS:
    verified 6-12

    -6/14: really thinking about applying MD only to a few schools, and if accepted subsequently apply to PhD as internal candidate. Some schools (i.e. Hopkin) seem really difficult to get into even for MD only if one applies MD/PhD.

    -Decided on all MD/PhD, for better or worse...

    -Interviews are fun but juggling them with school is a pain.

    Quarter is almost over..
    I have been very fortunate during the process so far.

    I can't complain, I'm grateful for the outcome, though to be honest the process is inherently random (just sample the MDapp profile pool). Not that you can't sway your odds, good and thorough research into schools and interview preps always helps, but I'm not that disciplined of a person; so you can't be in the zone 100% of time for interviews.

    Maybe I can offer more school/app advices if anyone's interested.
    Good luck.

    Application Complete

    University of Michigan
    Stanford University

    Application Complete, Rejected

    Johns Hopkins University

    Application Complete, Withdrew

    University of Southern California
    Mayo Medical School
    Oregon Health & Science University
    University of California, Irvine

    Attended Interview, Rejected

    Harvard University

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted

    University of California, San Francisco
    Washington University in St. Louis
    Yale University

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Withdrew

    University of California, San Diego

    Accepted off Waitlist

    University of Washington

    Accepted

    University of Pittsburgh
    Duke University
    Baylor College
    Cornell University
    Columbia University
    University of California, Los Angeles
    University of Pennsylvania

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