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  • User #8306

  • Application cycles: 2007
  • Demographics: Male, East Asian
  • Home state: California
  • Brief Profile: Human Spinal Cord Research Lab, 2 years (VOLUNTEER,PAID)
    HIV Research Lab, 2 years (not extensive experience, VOLUNTEER)
    Neurotrauma Research Lab, 1+ years (PAID)

    Magna Cum Laude *Didn't mention on PharmCAS
    College Honors Laureate
    Dean's Honors List (several) *Didn't mention on PharmCAS
    Alpha Lambda Delta/Phi Eta Sigma Inductee *Didn't mention on PharmCAS
    Golden Key Inductee
    Phi Beta Kappa Inductee

    Clinical Intern, 1+ years (ER, L/D, Pharmacy, Critical CU, cardio-thoracic ICU, neonatal ICU)
    Clinical Laboratory Intern, 3+ years
    Certified Phlebotomy Technician I, 2+ years
    Community Cardiovascular Screenings, 4 years

    William Homan Scholarship
    Rehabilitation Guild Scholarship
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2007

    • Undergraduate college: UCLA
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 513
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 128, CARS 126  
    • Overall GPA: 3.80
    • Science GPA: 3.78

    Summary of Application Experience

    Applied to 18 medical schools, 6 in-state, 12 out-of-state.
    Received supplementary to 16 medical schools.
    Denied interview to 10 medical schools.
    Interviewed at 6 medical schools (plus 1 school I declined).
    Waitlisted at 5/6 medical schools interviewed.*
    Rejected at 1/6 medical schools interviewed.*
    Accepted from waitlist to 1/5 medical schools interviewed.**

    *Contributed to questioning my fit for medical school.

    -During Cycle-
    Retail Pharmacy Employment
    Pharmacy Technician Certification Board
    CA Board of Pharmacy Pharmacy Technician
    Completed pre-pharmacy prerequisites (Final GPA: 3.82 Science, 3.85 Total)

    **By this time, pharmacy seemed a better fit. Declined my guaranteed acceptance to apply to pharmacy school.

    Applied to 4 pharmacy schools, all in-state (USC, UCSD, UCSF, UOP).
    Interviewed at 3 pharmacy schools, (plus 1 school I declined). (USC - Nov, UCSD - Jan, UCSF - Feb, UOP - Jan/Feb - declined)
    Accepted by 3/3 pharmacy schools (USC-Dec, UCSD-Mar, UCSF-Mar)
    Matriculating at UCSF

    Applied, Rejected

    University of North Carolina
    University of Washington

    Applied, Withdrew

    Brown University

    Application Complete, Rejected

    Charles Drew University/UCLA
    University of Chicago
    University of Pittsburgh
    University of California, San Francisco
    Stanford University
    University of California, San Diego
    Michigan State University
    University of California, Irvine

    Attended Interview, Rejected

    University of California, Davis

    Attended Interview, Withdrew

    Albert Einstein of Yeshiva University

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted

    University of Rochester
    University of Southern California
    Oregon Health & Science University
    University of California, Los Angeles

    Accepted off Waitlist

    University of Vermont

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