Brief Profile:
Teacher's assistant for 3 summer classes. 4+ years of research Spector Prize for best undergraduate research thesis in biology FASEB conference best undergraduate poster, San Diego 2008 American Society of Gene Therapy presentation, Boston 2008 New Orleans Hurricane Katrina relief work on spring break Alpha Phi Omega Community Service Fraternity - VP of Comm. Service SCUBA diver 1 semester of shadowing in emergency room
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: Washington University in St. Louis
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 523
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 132,
CARS 130
Overall GPA: 3.66
Science GPA: 3.59
Summary of Application Experience
8/5 - I joined MDapps, and am already halfway through my secondaries. I'll update from here.
8/22 - Updating my progress. I just received the supplemental MSTP application for U of Washington. They sure do things weird haha... Currently complete at 6 schools, submitted 3 secondaries but not complete, working on 3 more secondaries, and waiting to hear from 2 more schools.
10/12 - Updating. Currently have 5 MSTP interviews and 1 MD-only so far. 2 rejections, and waiting to hear from 5 more programs. I decided to withdraw from Colorado after getting 5 interviews, just because I'm going broke and a $100 secondary fee is quite a lot... I'm not sure anymore that I would want to live in Denver anyway... Preparing for my first interview at Baylor next week, and I bought my interview suit!
10/20 - Baylor went amazingly. The Texas Medical Center is HUGE!! I was super impressed with the students, the facilities, and Houston itself. Definitely moving Baylor to the top of my list.
11/3 - Interviews at Northwestern and UT Southwestern went really well. UTSW is probably one of my top choices now. At UIC I got the impression they didn't think I wanted to be there, which I found kind of odd :(. I mean, I obviously applied to your school because I thought I might come there...
11/10 - Got a call from the director of UTSW today! I've been accepted!!!! I am SO SUPER EXCITED!!! W00T!!!
11/11 - 2nd acceptance! Yay!! (UIC)
11/22 - Received a WashU interview invite and attended the Vanderbilt Interview. Was pleasantly surprised and liked it a lot.
11/24 - UW interview invite! Off to Seattle!
12/23 - Withdrawing from UIC. I'd rather go to Vandy or UTSW so far. Also adding my U Chicago interview and Vanderbilt acceptance which I somehow forgot to add back from 12/3 and 12/5
1/7 - Withdrawing from Northwestern. Why the heck is it showing up as rejected from UCSF TWICE?? I guess they really didn't want me :P.
1/10 - Rejected from Stanford :(. Oh well, I had a great interview at Wash U yesterday, so no worries (hopefully).
1/16 - U of C interview was great. If it was located anywhere but Chicago I would very seriously consider it. But it's just soooooo damn cold! I dunno, will think about it.
1/25 - Withdrew from UTSW. Will be attending Vanderbilt unless I get into WashU or really like UW.
2/8 - Interview weekend at UW was hands down the most enjoyable of any that I attended. Loved Seattle, great school, I just have to really decide if I can handle a place that's dreary and drizzly and overcast 2/3 of the year... :(. They let you know really quickly, should get a call today if I got in. Harvard just had their last interview day, so I guess that's a silent rejection. I don't expect to hear from Penn, but not 100% sure yet. I also think Baylor has handed out all of its candidate reviews already, but not completely sure on that yet either. So, it remains Vandy, with a possibility of Wash U or UW.
2/8 (continued) - Confirmed that U Penn has already given out all their interviews, so that's a rejection. Also checked my notes and it says that we would hear back about candidate review at Baylor in Dec or Jan. Since it's February, I'm going to assume a rejection there too.
2/10 - Got a call from Baylor MD, saying I've been accepted. I'm now very confused about my MSTP status, so I sent the MSTP department an email asking what's up. We'll see...
2/10 (continued) - Got invited back to candidate review at Baylor! Decisions, decisions...
2/13 - Decided I would rather go to Vandy than Baylor, withdrawing from Baylor. Was waitlisted at Wash U, but I'm told I have a quote 'reasonable' chance of getting accepted. I was really hoping to have made a decision by now, but I guess I will just proceed as though attending Vandy. I'll reevaluate and decide how long I want to hold out for Wash U after the Vandy revisit.
2/17 - Rejected from UW, withdrew from U Chicago. Down to TWO for sure!
