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
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Discovered I wasn't too interested