Undergraduate College: UCSD
Undergraduate Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
MCAT: BS 13, PS 11, VR 9, S
Overall GPA: 3.72
Science GPA: 3.69
Brief Profile:
State of residence: VA
cGPA: 3.72 with upward trend
sGPA: 3.69
MCAT: first time was 32S (P: 9, V: 12, B: 11), second time was 33S (P: 11, V: 9, B: 13)
PS: probably as best as it was going to get. i had 20+ people edit it including friends, family, coworkers, bosses, my professors, english teachers, med students, doctors, etc.
LORs: 1) science #1- took two notoriously hard classes with him and got a's in both, went to his office hours every week, i was one of the first students he got to know in my classes
2) science #2- took one class with him and got an a, went to office hours every week, ta'ed with him, still on really good terms
3) non-science- took five classes with him (lol) + a's in all of them, was in an honors seminar/section type thing with him, also went to lots of office hours, also do volunteer work with him
4) research PI- met with him 2x per week, worked on an indp project with him, he called me "the best undergrad our lab's ever had"
most significant ECs: research (3 yrs, did independent project, no pubs but that was mostly because a project failed for two yrs before my PI moved me to another one... and i discussed this in my app a bit), TAing, and student council leadership positions (was on council for 2 years, held at least 4 ish positions overall, did a ton of things like oversaw/ran/planned an event of 1000+ ppl, budgets, designed merch, publicity, etc.)
other ones: premed org where i also had a lot of leadership roles + did volunteer work, shadowing, pbk and other honors, my jobs (where i worked at all 3 yrs of undergrad + discussed this too because i'm an OOS student so i needed to work for loans/bills)
gap year activities (+ and i've sent update letters to those i could): working full-time in a lab with publication coming soon, volunteering in ER, hosting book discussions for pregnant/parenting teens, volunteering in a classroom for homeless children, on the college relay for life planning committee, volunteer in a free clinic in mexico
AMCAS submitted: 7/3/2011
Application Complete, Rejected
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/4/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/9/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 8/9; R: 8/28 like everyone else
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/9/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/17/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 8/17; Update letter: 11/30; R: 3/9
Emory University - "C: 8/23; Update letter: 11/30; R: 3/2 expected this but it doesnt show notification of receipt of my..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/20/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/23/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 8/23; Update letter: 11/30; R: 3/2 expected this but it doesnt show notification of receipt of my update... weird
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/20/2011
- Secondary Completed: 9/1/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 9/1; R: 3/13
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/21/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/23/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 8/23; Update letter: 12/1; R: 12/20 random rejection?
Cornell University - "C: 8/29; Update letter: 12/1; R: 12/9 :( sad about this but it was a huge reach anyway"
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/26/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/29/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 8/29; Update letter: 12/1; R: 12/9 :( sad about this but it was a huge reach anyway
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/29/2011
- Secondary Completed: 9/1/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 9/1; R: 2/14
University of Michigan - "C: 9/7; Update letter: 12/1; R: 1/13 kinda expected since it was such a reach but sad that i had to ..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 9/5/2011
- Secondary Completed: 9/7/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 9/7; Update letter: 12/1; R: 1/13 kinda expected since it was such a reach but sad that i had to wait so long :( held out hope
New York University - "C: 9/28; Update letter: 12/5; R: 2/15 really pissed about this one because i knew i was rejected whe..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 9/7/2011
- Secondary Completed: 9/28/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 9/28; Update letter: 12/5; R: 2/15 really pissed about this one because i knew i was rejected when they finished interviews but they didn't inform us until two weeks later. this AFTER i sent them several love letters, etc. seriously? you were my top choice... >:(
Brown University - "C: 9/20; R: 12/6 :( thought i was a good fit here but again i guess it was a reach"
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 9/8/2011
- Secondary Completed: 9/20/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 9/20; R: 12/6 :( thought i was a good fit here but again i guess it was a reach
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 9/11/2011
- Secondary Completed: 9/14/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 9/14; R: 3/30
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 9/14/2011
- Secondary Completed: 10/4/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 10/4; Update letter: 12/2; R: 1/24
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 9/22/2011
- Secondary Completed: 10/11/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 10/11; R: 3/2 hilarious rejection email
Application Complete, Withdrew
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/11/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/12/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 8/12; In the area: 9/28; Update letter: 11/30 been on re-review since completed pretty much; W/R: 2/13 got that weird email about the "slim" interview chance... ya no thanks GW
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/17/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/18/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 8/18; Update letter: 10/20; W: 4/9
Invited for Interview, Withdrew
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 9/2/2011
- Secondary Completed: 9/7/2011
- Interview Invite: 3/12/2012
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 9/7; Update letter: 12/2; II: 3/12; W: 3/12 so late!!!
Attended Interview, Waitlisted
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/11/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/11/2011
- Interview Invite: 9/1/2011
- Interview Attended: 11/7/2011
- Waitlisted: 1/17/2012
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 8/11; II: 9/1; IA: 11/7; WL: 1/17
Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Withdrew
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/20/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/22/2011
- Interview Invite: 12/15/2011
- Interview Attended: 2/21/2012
- Waitlisted: 4/6/2012
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 8/22; II: 12/15; IA: 2/21; W: 4/6
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 9/10/2011
- Secondary Completed: 10/18/2011
- Interview Invite: 12/15/2011
- Interview Attended: 1/30/2012
- Waitlisted: 4/10/2012
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: 10/18; II: 12/15; IA: 1/30; W: 4/10
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 10/5/2011
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: 10/20/2011
- Interview Attended: 11/9/2011
- Waitlisted: 12/5/2011
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
C: ? don't know haha; II: 10/20; IA: 11/9; WL: 12/5 (upper third); W: 4/6
Accepted
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/4/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/4/2011
- Interview Invite: 12/16/2011
- Interview Attended: 1/26/2012
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 1/31/2012
Summary of Experience:
C: 8/4; Update letter: 10/10; II: 12/16; IA: 1/26; A: 1/31 HUZZAH!!!!!!!
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: 8/17/2011
- Secondary Completed: 8/25/2011
- Interview Invite: 9/27/2011
- Interview Attended: 11/10/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 12/15/2011
Summary of Experience:
C: 8/25; II: 9/27; IA: 11/10; A: 12/15 DYING DYING DYING
Summary of Application Experience
major UGH. lots of ups and downs, lots of waiting!
