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  • User #2134

  • Application cycles: 2004
  • Demographics: Male, 51, Hispanic
  • Home state: Illinois
  • Last Active: 10/07/2020
  • Brief Profile: Political campaign volunteer
    Undergraduate research assistant
    Dean's List all semesters of current undergraduate career
    Air Force and Illinois Air National Guard service
    Received award for academic excellence in Philosophy
    Previously employed as a Medical Technologist
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2004

    • Undergraduate college: Southern IL University - Edwardsville
    • Undergraduate Area of study: History/Humanities
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 519
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 128, CARS 130  
    • Overall GPA: 3.26
    • Science GPA: 3.45

    Summary of Application Experience

    I was a non-traditional applicant who returned to college ten years after a disastrous first attempt at a bachelors degree. My AMCAS BCPM and overall GPAs are due to my poor performance so long ago. My undergraduate GPA at SIU was 3.8 with a BCPM GPA of 3.9, which I believe the adcoms took into account. I have worked as a Medical Laboratory Technician in both military and civilian hospitals and clinics.

    My AMCAS application was submitted on 7/20/04 and verified as complete on 8/06/04.

    As of 04/05/2005, I had heard back from all the schools that I sent applications to. I am only waiting on financial aid to help me decide which school I will be attending in Fall 2005.

    05/11/2005: This has been one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make. The financial aid packages I received from UMich, UChicago, and Dartmouth were all very competitive; SIU wasn't too bad considering how inexpensive it is; and the SLU package wasn't as much as I would have liked for such an expensive school. After much consideration, it looks like I will be attending the University of Michigan School of Medicine as a member of the Class of 2009! Go Blue!

    04/05/2008: Wow! It's been so long since I looked at my profile here. I see that I had gotten some comments which I wasn't notified about and didn't answer. Sorry, people! Anyway, I'm hoping that from now on I will get some notification of comments people leave on my profile, and I will try to answer as best I can. Let me just say that I'm very happy with my decision to attend the University of Michigan Medical School.

    Applied, Withdrew

    Case Western Reserve University
    Rush Medical College

    Application Complete, Rejected

    Washington University in St. Louis
    Harvard University

    Invited for Interview, Withdrew

    Loyola University Chicago

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Withdrew

    Northwestern University

    Accepted

    Dartmouth College
    University of Illinois
    University of Chicago
    Saint Louis University
    University of Michigan
    Southern Illinois University

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