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  • User #10407

  • Application cycles: 2008
  • Demographics: Male, East Asian
  • Home state: New Jersey
  • Brief Profile: Guess I am considered a non-traditional applicant. I graduated with a degree in Biomedical Engineering and have been working at a major pharmaceutical in drug development for the past 2 years. About a year ago I decided I wanted to go back for medical school, so I have been studying for MCATS and adding some ECs to my resume. Fortunately I completed all premed requirements as an undergraduate.

    Research: Post Graduation
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    * 2 years of experience in pharmaceutical research
    * Numerous poster presentations and abstracts

    Research: Undergraduate
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    Industry
    * Three summer research internships in industry mostly dealing with tissue engineering applications
    * Continued one internship part time during senior year
    * Publication- second author

    Academia
    * Research in stem cell biology from freshman to senior year
    * Unfortunately no publication
    * Work supported by undergraduate research fellowship
    * Poster presentation at conference

    Clinical Experience/Volunteering
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    * 100+ hours of volunteering in nursing station and emergency department
    * Significant amount of exposure to patients and physicians

    Others
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    * Captain Intramural soccer from freshman-senior year
    * Distance runner (5K)
    * Member Engineering Honors Society Tau Beta Pi
    * Deans list all but one semester
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2008

    • Undergraduate college: Rutgers School of Engineering
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Engineering/Technology
    • Overall GPA: 3.67
    • Science GPA: 3.63

    Application Complete, Rejected

    Tufts University
    Jefferson Medical College
    Georgetown University
    George Washington University
    Boston University
    Albany Medical College
    New York University
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    University of Pennsylvania
    University of Rochester

    Application Complete, Withdrew

    University of Maryland
    SUNY Stony Brook

    Attended Interview, Withdrew

    Albert Einstein of Yeshiva University
    New York Medical College
    Temple University

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted

    Pennsylvania State University
    UMDNJ - New Jersey

    Accepted off Waitlist

    SUNY Upstate

    Accepted

    SUNY Buffalo
    Drexel University
    SUNY Downstate
    UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson

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