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  • User #7991

  • Application cycles: 2007
  • Demographics: Male,
  • Home state: Unknown
  • Brief Profile: Honors:
    President's List: Spring 2005, Fall 2005
    Dean's List: Fall 2004, Fall 2006, Spring 2007

    Medical Experience:
    -Volunteering at a local hospital (~4-6 hrs/wk) Spring 2007 - present
    -Shadowed a radiologist & EM doc (4 hrs/wk)
    -Shadowed orthopaedic resident (brother) in Aug for 2 weeks (60 hrs/week)

    Volunteer/Community Service:
    Elementary & Middle school tutoring (~2 hrs/wk) - Fall 2004 - present
    Helping Other People Everywhere (HOPE) - Fall 2004 - Spring 2006
    Alpha Phi Sigma - Fall 2006 - present

    Extracurriculars:
    Junior Engineering Technical Society - Fall 2004 - Spring 2006
    Started own computer repair 'business' - brief stints I did for 2 summers
    Freelance Website developer - educate local people about computer maintenance (since people can't fix it themselves!)
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2007

    • Undergraduate college: University of Texas at Austin
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Institution: University of North Texas
    • Area of Study: Premedical Studies
    • Degree Obtained: none
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 513
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 127, C/P 129, CARS 127  
    • Overall GPA: 3.76
    • Science GPA: 3.75

    Summary of Application Experience

    11/2/06-4/2/07 - Review for MCAT at Princeton Review
    5/14/07 - Requested first letter of rec (genetics prof)
    5/16/07 - MCAT score released (10V, 12P, 10B) = 32P - Happy about verbal (usually got around 7-8), but a bit sad about bio (11-12 average). Never got higher than a 29 on practice tests, so I'm happy.
    5/17/07 - Started application, filled in boring stuff on TMDSAS & AMCAS applications.
    5/18/07 - Requested transcripts from UNT & UT Austin
    5/31/07 - TMDSAS received transcripts from UNT & UT
    6/7/07 - Letter of rec from first prof received by Interfolio
    6/12/07 - Requested other 2 letters of rec (Ochem 2 + Hist prof)
    6/13/07 - AMCAS received transcripts from UNT & UT
    6/30/07 - TMDSAS optional essay #2 finished
    7/1/07 - Personal statement finished. TMDSAS & AMCAS submitted. App fees paid.
    7/16/07 - AMCAS verified. Health Professions Office packet ready and sent to TMDSAS and Baylor.
    7/18/07 - TMDSAS processed and sent to schools. So it begins! Interview invites, come on down!
    7/23/07 - Baylor secondary submitted and appliction complete. Review process took a week to finish.
    7/27/07 - UTSW secondary submitted and application complete.
    7/31/07 - Interview invite to UTMB
    8/9/07 - Interview invite to Baylor
    9/21/07 - Interview invite to UTH
    9/25/07 - Interview invite to UTSW
    11/15/07 - Accepted to UTMB!!
    12/24/07 - ACCEPTED TO BAYLOR! w00t!!!!!
    3/19/08 - $12,000/year scholarship to Baylor. As if I wasn't going anyway! :)

    Costs:
    Princeton Review MCAT prep: $1599
    MCAT: $210
    Dinner after MCAT: $50
    Transcripts: $70 (and they are electronic too!) =/
    Interfolio: $30
    TMDSAS: $105 + $8 for photos
    AMCAS: $310
    Secondaries: $75
    Plane tickets: $177
    Hotel: $51
    Taxi: $72

    Total: $2708
    Baylor here we come!

    Applied, Withdrew

    Harvard University
    Johns Hopkins University
    Cornell University
    Duke University

    Application Complete, Rejected

    Long School of Medicine - University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted

    University of Texas, Southwestern
    University of Texas, Houston

    Accepted

    Baylor College
    University of Texas, Galveston

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