Undergraduate College: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Undergraduate Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
MCAT: BS 13, PS 13, VR 12, R
Overall GPA: 3.98
Science GPA: 3.97
Brief Profile:
usually wear boxers, actually.
ECs:
2010-2011 Germany Fulbright
2009 Michael E. DeBakey Summer Surgery Internship
3 years research, 1 pub, 1 presentation, 3 posters
~200 hours volunteer tutoring
AMCAS submitted: 6/1/2011
Applied, Withdrew
East Carolina University - "So I realized I do not want to go here; probably won't submit the secondary.
Finally got around..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: No
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
So I realized I do not want to go here; probably won't submit the secondary.
Finally got around to withdrawing, 17.10
Application Complete, Rejected
University of Chicago - "huzzah! my first rejection. Said really vague, probably not Pritzker-specific things in the "why us"..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 7/7/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
huzzah! my first rejection. Said really vague, probably not Pritzker-specific things in the "why us" section. Note to self--get better at faking a written emotional connection.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 7/8/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SC: 7/8/2011; R: 9/12/2011. I narcissistically think this had partly to do with the fact that I provided no extra secondary information about why I really wanted to go here. Don't rush the secondaries, kids. All the schools want you to make them feel special
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 7/8/2011
- Interview Invite: No
- Interview Attended: No
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SC: 7/8/2011 R: 10/11/2011. We could have been so good together, dude.
Attended Interview, Rejected
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 8/5/2011
- Interview Invite: 11/19/2011
- Interview Attended: 12/15/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SC: 8/5/2011
Attended Interview, Waitlisted
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: Yes
- Interview Invite: 8/3/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/26/2011
- Waitlisted: 2/18/2012
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SC: 7/25/2011 II: 8/3/2011
This was one of the programs I was most excited about by far. Coming in I was thinking first choice. I have a lot of research experience and actually heavily considered an MD/PhD. This program seemed like a great alternative. Not going to lie, it\'s nice that it\'s free too. Probably my favorite thing about it is the size and that it seems like you can tailor your medical school experience yourself. I love working in small groups, and critical thinking is my bag soo was really excited to see what CCLCM had to offer. Interview day was great, three interviews, One student and two faculty. They all went well (or so I believe). Actually the second faculty interview kept asking me about why I was second and not first author on a paper, which was a sore spot, so I might have seemed a bit bitter (basically my PI said it wouldn\'t be appropriate for an undergrad to head the paper up, so he made me \"co-first\" with the masters student who hadn\'t really done anything on the project, and put my name second even though it alphabetically came first. Anyway I\'m over that drama, obviously ;)) Hopefully I showed how mature and grounded I really am....
The program\'s amaaazing. Only a bit hesitant about the portfolio aspect, but just because it\'s such a big change, not that it\'s bad. It seems like something that is more applicable to the real world, anyway, so it\'s probably better to practise early.
Columbia University - "SC: 6/21/2011. II: 9/4/2011
Ahh Columbia. my dream school for undegrad. Honestly didn't know too mu..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 6/21/2011
- Interview Invite: 9/4/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/20/2011
- Waitlisted: 3/5/2012
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SC: 6/21/2011. II: 9/4/2011
Ahh Columbia. my dream school for undegrad. Honestly didn't know too much about the program coming in, but I do love manhattan, although 168th is approaching the edge. P/F first two years, honestly seems laid back in comparison to some of the other schools, which much much more focus being places on ECs. The number/activity of clubs is boggling. Get the feeling that Dean Nicholas is the god of admissions, much more than any other school I visited. Knew quite a bit about us, and talked about our experiences in a little pow wow before interviews. My interviewer was quite cool, and the interview itself was conversational. What I don't get is how any meaningful information is gained from these things. They seem just to be pleasant conversations to me, but I guess I don't have the mind of an adcom. Anyway the campus is tres cool and the hospital attaches conveniently to the school. Only thing that kind of worries me is the number of schools in the NYC area, I would rather not have to fight for placements.
I love the city, and the program seemed great. Lots of extracurriculars and interesting people. Living in a dorm for another year is the only negative I can actually think of.
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 7/25/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/3/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/27/2011
- Waitlisted: 10/18/2011
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SC: 7/25/2011 II: 8/3/2011
I was never really sure about Case Western and honestly, probably would not have applied to it had I not applied to CCLCM. The interview group was huge, by far the biggest I've ever been in. Maybe 25 people? Anyway I had two interviews, a student and a faculty. My faculty interview was horrendous. I stress this. Horrendous. He quite obviously disliked me from the moment I shook his hand. He just really disliked my overall application, and thought I should have applied MD/PhD, and thought I was full of B.S. That's the way it goes sometimes, and I did try to be pleasant for most of it. This contrasts spectacularly with my student interview, which was amazing. The guy who interviewed me was really cool, and we had probably the best discussion of all my interviews to date. I actually really liked all of the Case students overall. The hospitals are great, and rainbow babies reminds me a lot of Vandy's children's hospital. Also happened to make a friend there who was moving to Berlin on the same day as me. If nothing else, very grateful for that :)
Put on Hold 10/18
Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Withdrew
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 6/21/2011
- Interview Invite: 9/12/2011
- Interview Attended: 12/15/2011
- Waitlisted: 3/13/2012
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SC: 6/21/2011; II: 9/12/2011
Mayo Medical School - "SC 7/6/2011. II: 8/1/2011. IA: 9/9/2011
Put on hold 10/18/2011.Wasn't feeling the Mayo vibe, to b..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 7/6/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/1/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/9/2011
- Waitlisted: 10/18/2011
- Accepted: No
Summary of Experience:
SC 7/6/2011. II: 8/1/2011. IA: 9/9/2011
Put on hold 10/18/2011.Wasn't feeling the Mayo vibe, to be honest, probably won't send an update letter.
Withdrew
Accepted
Johns Hopkins University - "SC 7/7/2011. II: 9/9/2011
For all the talk of Baltimore I've heard, I wasn't expecting to love it..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 7/7/2011
- Interview Invite: 9/9/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/22/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 10/20/2011
Summary of Experience:
SC 7/7/2011. II: 9/9/2011
For all the talk of Baltimore I've heard, I wasn't expecting to love it. Great place for foodies. Didn't learn that much about the curriculum, but my interviewers were great
University of Pennsylvania - "SC: 7/7/2011
Awesome SIM lab, great, flexible curriculum that\'s a hybrid of group learning and l..."
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 7/7/2011
- Interview Invite: 9/27/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/29/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 3/14/2012
Summary of Experience:
SC: 7/7/2011
Awesome SIM lab, great, flexible curriculum that\'s a hybrid of group learning and lecture. I do like lectures...
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 8/1/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/3/2011
- Interview Attended: 9/12/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 11/15/2011
Summary of Experience:
SC: 8/1/2011 II: 8/3/2011
Combined PhD/MSTP: No
- Submitted: Yes
- Secondary Completed: 8/6/2011
- Interview Invite: 8/1/2011
- Interview Attended: 8/22/2011
- Waitlisted: No
- Accepted: 10/16/2011
Summary of Experience:
II: 8/1/2011 SC: 8/6/2011 IA: 8/22/2011
Summary of Application Experience
Hurry up and wait
All right so I submitted my application super early, and then tried to get in my secondaries ASAP as I knew I was leaving the country on October 2nd, and wanted to get in most if not all of my interviews before that. Had I been able to take more time on the secondaries, I would have expended a lot more effort looking at the school's aims and tailoring my response to that. The last thing you want to do is be generic, is what I've learned.
