Application Cycle One: 2003

• Undergraduate college: Duke University
• Undergraduate Area of study: Psychology/Social Sciences

• Total MCAT SCORE: 522
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 132, CARS 129   Detailed Breakdown
• Overall GPA: 3.76
• Science GPA: 3.90

Summary of Application Experience

So...yeah.

I honestly thought this would go easier for me. I wouldn't call it hubris or anything. I just thought I'd be in somewhere by this point.

I didn't get the interviews I thought I'd get. I've interviewed at UMICH, Miami, Jefferson, UF, and NYU. Initially, I was disappointed with my interview offers, but then I grew to accept them and realize that they were still pretty good. Now, I'd be pretty excited to go to any of those places, but this whole post-interview phase has become pretty disappointing too. 5 interviews, 5 waitlists. I'm on the lower tier at UMich, and the 'High Priority' at Jeff. So, now what? I don't know. I feel like I've learned a lot from and about this process, and maybe even about myself, and I'm wondering if it wouldn't even be a great opportunity/blessing to take the next couple years and do something to improve my application. I'm gonna have to think about this a bit, obviously, but I might withdraw from three of these above schools, and see what happens with the other two. And if I don't get in, so what, I'll get in eventually. Probably. In the meantime, I'll gain some much-needed experience.

And my words of advice:
Don't take anything in this process for granted.

4/22 - So, I'm not withdrawing from anywhere. If UF weren't so cheap, I'd have withdrawn from there. However, they did the honors themselves today. So, yeah...

6/22 - Nothing has happened in the last two months.

8/5 - All aboard The Reapplicant Train!

CHOO CHOO!