Undergraduate College: Private Southern College
Undergraduate Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
MCAT: BS 11, PS 12, VR 11, Q
Overall GPA: 3.85
Science GPA: 3.85
Brief Profile:
Graduating with a BA and BS
average volunteer hours, healthcare and otherwise, hospital fellowship
diverse extracurriculars
No research to speak of :(
Used to be a TA in the bio lab
Research assistant in biology dept and music dept
AMCAS submitted: 6/1/2011
Applied
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/17/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Never filled out the secondary. I was just so burnt out on secondaries by the time I got theirs, and I really don't need to fly out to oregon.
Applied, Rejected
University of Tennessee - "Did not meet residency requirements. I thought about arguing it, or changing it, but I did not want ..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/1/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Did not meet residency requirements. I thought about arguing it, or changing it, but I did not want to lose my Louisiana residency, so that's that.
University of Washington - "Did not meet residency requirements. The book I looked at said they did not have residency requireme..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/1/2011
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
Did not meet residency requirements. The book I looked at said they did not have residency requirements, oops.
Application Complete, Rejected
Mayo Medical School - "I don\'t think they ever even pulled my LORs, I never got email notification saying they were. "
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/22/2011
- Secondary Completed: 6/22/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
I don\'t think they ever even pulled my LORs, I never got email notification saying they were.
Baylor College - "kind of surprised I didn't get an interview here..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/27/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/13/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
kind of surprised I didn't get an interview here...
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/5/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/28/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
3/12 - no interview by now, probably not happening.
3/23 - finally got a rejection email
Loyola University Chicago - "5/2 - officially rejected
3/12 - since I haven't gotten an interview by now, i can probably cross t..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/19/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/4/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
5/2 - officially rejected
3/12 - since I haven't gotten an interview by now, i can probably cross this one off the list.
Attended Interview, Rejected
University of Alabama - "3/19 - rejected. bummer.
Loved this school!! Too bad its so expensive for out of state..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/17/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/20/2011
- Interview Invite: 9/20/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/29/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
3/19 - rejected. bummer.
Loved this school!! Too bad its so expensive for out of state...
Attended Interview, Withdrew
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/1/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/8/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/10/2011
- Interview Attended: 8/29/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
interviews went really well I think. Very laid back.
10/20: I've been accepted three places now, wasn't blown away by this school, best to just withdraw.
Attended Interview, Waitlisted
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/20/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/13/2011
- Interview Invite: 1/18/2012
- Interview Attended: 2/7/2012
- Waitlisted: 3/13/2012
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
3/13 - waitlisted. Really a bummer since I got waitlisted at vandy yesterday and decided this was my second choice. Waiting game begins.
2/7 - School was really nice, beautiful buildings, great reputation, lots of flexibility. Lets just see if I get in first...
wow, cannot believe I got invited for an interview here! Not sure if I'm gonna go though, it's expensive and I probably would not get any aid.
Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Rejected
Emory University - "3/2 - barely made the cut, last interview day. Group interview did not go well for me, I feel like I..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/5/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/13/2011
- Interview Invite: 2/7/2012
- Interview Attended: 3/2/2012
- Waitlisted: 6/1/2012
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
3/2 - barely made the cut, last interview day. Group interview did not go well for me, I feel like I was just making the other people look better. I'm really not a good interviewee. Interview day was waaaaay too long. If they're gonna make you show up at 7:30, there should be some sort of breakfast. Bagels, fruit, something healthier than cookies and soda. Tour was like, 3.5 hours long, included way too much.
2/7 - interview invite, during my interview day at Wash U. Really surprised, hopefully this is the last interview of the season, I'm getting so burnt out. And they have a group interview here...
Vanderbilt University - "3/12 - NOOOOOO!!! waitlist. still have no idea who my second choice is, such a hard decision.
2/2 -..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 7/22/2011
- Secondary Completed: 10/17/2011
- Interview Invite: 10/17/2011
- Interview Attended: 1/31/2012
- Waitlisted: 3/12/2012
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
3/12 - NOOOOOO!!! waitlist. still have no idea who my second choice is, such a hard decision.
2/2 - Praying to the adcom gods for an acceptance here, Looove this school. This is my 1st choice now.
10/17 - finally got my secondary submitted, interview scheduled...for january :(
7/22 - OMG secondary and interview invite!! definitely considered this a reach, so excited!
Accepted off Waitlist
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/1/2011
- Secondary Completed: 6/23/2011
- Interview Invite: 9/2/2011
- Interview Attended: 10/29/2011
- Waitlisted: 2/2/2012
- Accepted: 5/2/2012
Summary of Experience:
5/2 - accepted. was not expecting this. already decided i'm going somewhere else though, gonna have to decline.
School seems nice, students seem a little socially awkward.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/5/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/16/2011
- Interview Invite: 11/30/2011
- Interview Attended: 12/16/2011
- Waitlisted: 2/2/2012
- Accepted: 5/15/2012
Summary of Experience:
5/15/12 - accepted off the waitlist. This kinda sucks. If they'd accepted me a month earlier I would be going here. Probably should have waited to make my decision but other circumstances forced me to make a decision quickly. Hope it wasn't the wrong one...
Loved this school! Hope they love me too.
no secondary, received app complete email 8/16
Accepted
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/17/2011
- Secondary Completed: 7/28/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/16/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/19/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 10/18/2011
Summary of Experience:
2/15 - Withdrew, I just don't like it as much as other places I've been accepted.
First interview was horrible, second and third went fine. Really like this school, nice safety. Average step 1 scores are like 6 points below Galveston, not sure that really makes a difference. Sim Lab is amazing, way better than Tulane's. Class size, 200, not small, but does 25 students really make a difference? New hospitals being built, but probably not done until I'm in 4th year. I give it an 8 out of 10.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/21/2011
- Secondary Completed: 6/29/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/16/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/17/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 10/18/2011
Summary of Experience:
First acceptance!! I'm going to med school!
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/22/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/3/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/22/2011
- Interview Attended: 10/18/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 10/20/2011
Summary of Experience:
4/16 - withdrew. they insisted that I make a decision by this date, so I did.
So excited! I love the ER here, and shreveport seems like an easy city to live in and not get distracted.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 6/29/2011
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: 7/18/2011
- Interview Attended: 8/26/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 11/15/2011
Summary of Experience:
2/15 - Withdrew. Kind of put off that I didn't hear anything about whether or not I would have to pay in-state or out of state tuition yet, and I think the class size is too big. Gonna go with one of my other options.
8/26 - really like this school, but I don't think one of my interviews went so well. Hopefully the other one will be good enough to get me in.
