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  • User #8298

  • Application cycles: 2007
  • Demographics: Female, Caucasian
  • Home state: Wisconsin
  • Brief Profile: *4 years of varsity track and field--school record holder, NCAA academic all-american, 8 times all-conference (Div. II)
    *some volunteering experience; most is sporadic (hellooo, I was a varsity athlete and worked) and non-medical, but I have been volunteering at a local hospital since this spring
    *worked 10-30 hours per week throughout different phases of my post-secondary education
    *earned 2 competitive fellowships/scholarships in graduate school
    *decent amount of research (continuous since junior year of college through 2 yrs. of grad school), but no publications
    *2 conference presentations of my research (psychology, not medical)
    *2 years on college bowling team
    *Pre-med club during post-bacc year
    *SHAPE (spreading health awareness through peer education) member in college
    *GEOC (graduate employee organizing committee) member in graduate school
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    *1 year as graduate teaching assistant for statistics (taught my own lab sections)
    *now coaching gymnastics at local YMCA and head coach of a high school team, also sprints and jumps coach for high school's track team (leadership?)
    *applied last year with a 27S MCAT (10V,10BS,7PS) and missing science prerequesites (was in the process of completing them) and was rejected by all schools without an interview
    *BCPM is about 3.7 when undergrad and post-bac undergrad courses are combined to make a single GPA (AMCAS keeps them separate)
    *Possible 'red flag'--left graduate PhD program in psychology after 2 years of study...realized it wasn't what I wanted to do with my life...was doing well in program, however, 4.0 and #1 in class
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2007

    • Undergraduate college: Winona State University
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Psychology/Social Sciences
    • Institution: PhD Psychology Program
    • Area of Study: Psychology/Social Sciences
    • Institution: Post-bacc science classes
    • Area of Study: Premedical Studies
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 516
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 128, CARS 129  
    • Overall GPA: 3.70
    • Science GPA: 3.30

    Summary of Application Experience

    S = submitted secondary, C = complete, I = interview invite R = reject

    My credit cards are maxed out.
    I'm also planning my July 2008 wedding, adding to the stress and financial load.
    I don't know what I'll do if I don't get in anywhere this year!

    *AACOMAS submitted on June 30, verified July 26....can we say SLOW?!

    *AMCAS submitted on June 20, verified June 26...less than a week, that's what I'm talkin' about!

    COMMENTS WELCOME!!

    Applied, Rejected

    Vanderbilt University
    Mayo Medical School

    Applied, Withdrew

    Harvard University
    Stanford University

    Application Complete

    Columbia University
    University of Wisconsin
    Jefferson Medical College
    Johns Hopkins University
    Yale University
    Drexel University

    Application Complete, Rejected

    University of Chicago
    University of Pittsburgh
    Brown University
    University of Rochester

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted

    Case Western Reserve University
    University of New England

    Accepted off Waitlist

    Wayne State University

    Accepted

    Medical College of Wisconsin

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