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User #8454, 4/26/2009 at 7:00am EST
To the California MAMS student: my Davis interview was very comfortable, and UCD was the only California school I heard from (probably because I am an alum). While my interview went well, I think I was waitlisted because of my undergraduate GPA, which still brings down their stats.
To the student choosing between Masters programs:
BU offers great student support and plentiful advice, but it's important to take it with a grain of salt. There are two professors there who will tell you like it really is, while most of them will be very positive and sometimes falsely so. I'm not quite sure what you mean by how much support I received in the admissions cycle. My adviser did give me a list of schools to apply to where he felt I had a reasonable chance, which was very helpful. Beyond that I didn't ask them for much help - I wrote my statements and written pieces with the help of people who know me very well (family and extremely close friends). I did receive strong letters of recommendation from BU faculty though, which may or may not have helped in the end. Hope that helps! Good luck to all of you.
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Anonymous, 4/26/2009 at 6:34am EST
My undergraduate GPAs are very similar to yours. I am currently trying to choose between the Tufts MBS and the BU MAMS. I was just wondering if you would do the BU program again and how much support you received in the admissions cycle? Congrats on getting into medical school!
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Anonymous, 4/17/2009 at 1:15am EST
Hey!
I'm actually in the MAMS program now I have the same GPA , I got a 37 on my MCAT and I'm a cali resident, I was wondering how was the Davis interview? Did you hear back from any other Cali Schools?
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awesome
dr.soon?, 12/12/2008 at 2:16am EST
Thanks for all the information, it really does help those of us in the same boat as you..Good luck at SUNY! I'm sure you'll be one of the best doctors to come out of your class!
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re: gpa
User #8454, 9/18/2008 at 12:41pm EST
My undergraduate GPA had an upward trend, so I focused on that and basically said it was the result of heightened maturity as I went through college. Considering that the classes I took in my masters program are medical school courses (they were mostly A-'s with one B that brought me down) I didn't really have to explain that one; schools thought it was decent. In my applications I didn't spend more than a sentence talking about my performance in college, and each time I did I made sure to highlight my graduate GPA.
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addressing gpa
Anonymous, 9/18/2008 at 7:44am EST
I would greatly appreciate your input with this concern: How did you explain your low GPA in your personal statement and to the adcoms?
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re: BU gpa
User #8454, 8/16/2008 at 12:28pm EST
The main reason for my BU GPA was my biochem class - it was HUGELY rigorous compared to undergraduate coursework and I didn't adapt my study habits in time. That was the class that held down my GPA; otherwise I had an A- average. Also, many students do lab theses to boost their GPA's when something like that happens because that fluffs it with 8 credits of A. I still did the library thesis because I didn't want to keep giving them tuition.
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hi
Anonymous, 8/16/2008 at 7:02am EST
why do you think you only got a 3.5 at BU? Do you have any advice for people looking to do well there?
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Good Luck
User #9654, 6/28/2008 at 5:47am EST
I'm pretty similar to you. Hope you get off one of those WLs. Any advice for me?
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Anonymous, 5/22/2008 at 4:31pm EST
oh wow we have the exact same stats except i went ucla and i will be doing masters probably in Cincinnati or New York. I am from sacramento so i would love to go to davis any advice on applying there for writing secondaries and stuff
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Thanks!
User #8454, 5/3/2008 at 7:10pm EST
Thank you! At this point I just want SOMETHING to work out...
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Good luck!
User #8539, 5/3/2008 at 9:30am EST
Hey Good luck! I really hope you get in. Seems like UC Davis favors their own undergrads. They are so weird with their preferences! Hope it works out with them!!
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Anonymous, 3/30/2008 at 2:45am EST
Im confused by your two different GPAs. Is the BCPM GPA: 3.07
Overall GPA: 3.14 your undergrad GPA and the 3.53 GPA BCPM and 3.55 Overall your grad school GPA?
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User #8294, 2/29/2008 at 9:16pm EST
Did you apply the summer before you started BU GMS?
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