familyaerospace

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Application Cycles: 6/2/2011 | 6/5/2012
Demographics: Male, 31, Caucasian
Home State: Georgia
Last Activity Date: 3/29/2013

Undergraduate College: Emory University
Undergraduate Area of Study: Psychology/Social Sciences

MCAT: BS 8, PS 9, VR 9, O
Overall GPA: 3.53
Science GPA: 3.63

Brief Profile:
I am a 30-something year old who realised, after getting over a horrible medical phobia, that medicine is where he needs to be. Better late than never I suppose. Also trans and mother of 4.

Current top 5 areas of interest in Medicine

Aerospace Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine (focusing on LGBT community), Family Practice (focusing on LGBT community), Neurology

Education

Education

Master of Science: Space Studies, University of North Dakota, 2007

Bachelor of Science: Anthropology and Human Biology, Emory University, 2003
Also had a second major and two minors

GPA

HIGH : 4.0
FR : 3.09
SO : 3.56
JR : 3. 35
SR : 3.42
PB : 3.84

UG cGPA : 3.51
UG BCPM : 3.60

Yes, I know, my cGPA and sGPA are pretty close. I feel good about that.

GRAD cGPA : 3.74
GRAD BCPM : 3.83

According to AACOMAS

cGPA : 3.54
sGPA : 3.70

Activities

3 published journal articles
7 conference proceedings
3 radio show interviews as an expert guest
7+ years of teaching
5+ years of research
5+ years of professional service as an officer or committee member (16 positions total)
20+ years of being involved in performing arts
3+ years of weekly work for a non-medical nonprofit

Letters

Uploaded so far...

Doctor - internist
Science - physicist who taught three courses
Science - astronomer who taught me 3 courses, including 2 graduate courses
Science - biophysicist
Non science - anthropologist (former client and former boss), who has known me 8+ years and worked with me for 6 of those years
Non science - psychologist who advised me on my graduate thesis
Peer - former coworker
Premed Committee Letter
Work - CEO from when I was a tech transfer consultant

Shadowing

Total : 400+ hours

Areas

Family Medicine
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Nephrology
Neurology
Ob/gyn
Pediatrics
Plastic Surgery

Medical Related

1.5 years as a technology transfer consultant specializing in life sciences technologies.
Volunteer work at the hospital - Over 350+ hours in Emergency
Shadowing - See Above

GRE : 1160, 5.5 (was required for the post-bacc)

Application year : 2011 for incoming 2012

AMCAS submitted: 6/5/2012

Applied

Michigan State University - "SR: 7/12 Missed the deadline for secondary completion."

Applied, Withdrew

University of Kansas - "SR: 7/17. After asking for 18 essays (and me completing them) the errors on the website would not a..."

Application Complete

Morehouse School of Medicine - "SR: 7/30, SS: 8/17"

Application Complete, Rejected

Yale University - "SR: 7/14, SS: 8/7, R: 3/12"
Columbia University - "SR: 7/12, SS: 8/9, R: 3/4"
Emory University - "SR: 7/13, SS: 8/29, R: 2/22"

Attended Interview

Mercer University - "SR: 7/6, SS: 8/24, II: 8/29, I: 10/23 I have to say this was a very laid back interview. Really ..."

Attended Interview, Waitlisted

Medical College of Georgia - "SR: 6/29, SS: 7/13, II: 12/19, I: 1/23, WL 3/29"

Summary of Application Experience

SR = Secondary Received
SS = Secondary Sent
II = Invitation to Interview
I = Interview
R = Rejected