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  • User #8307

  • Application cycles: 2007
  • Demographics: Male,
  • Home state: Maryland
  • Brief Profile: Biomedical Engineering major

    research, shadowing, leadership, volunteer, fun stuff, blah blah blah. no one thing that's particularly spectacular, but a decent variety of activities.
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2007

    • Undergraduate college: Washington University in St. Louis
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Engineering/Technology
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 520
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 131, C/P 132, CARS 126  
    • Overall GPA: 3.98
    • Science GPA: 3.99

    Summary of Application Experience

    So my rankings of the schools that I interviewed at (without considering financial aid or in-state tuition):

    1) Northwestern
    2) Emory
    3) Case Western - Will be going here, half-tuition scholarship is very very helpful indeed

    Small break

    4) Vanderbilt

    LARGE BREAK

    5) UMD
    6) Johns Hopkins

    LARGE BREAK

    7) UCSD
    8) WashU
    9) NYU

    LARGE BREAK

    10) UChicago

    So after waffling a lot between Emory and Case Western, I just got a half-tuition merit scholarship from Case and so I will be going there. The difference between Northwestern, Emory, and Case Western was so marginal that they were almost tied in my mind without financial aid being a consideration, and I had basically decided that I'd go to the school that offered me the most generous financial aid package. Well, that's done now. Case Western Class of 2012!

    Strange thing about WashU... they sent me an e-mail asking me if I wanted to stay on the waitlist. I replied with a no. Then the next day, they tell me that they're accepting me off the waitlist... I withdrew early the next week, after confirming that they are only offering need-based money (as was expected)

    Applied, Rejected

    University of California, San Francisco

    Application Complete, Rejected

    Baylor College
    University of Pennsylvania
    University of California, Los Angeles
    Cornell University
    Stanford University
    Columbia University
    Harvard University

    Application Complete, Withdrew

    Duke University

    Attended Interview, Rejected

    University of Chicago
    Johns Hopkins University

    Attended Interview, Withdrew

    Mount Sinai School of Medicine

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted

    University of California, San Diego
    University of Maryland
    Northwestern University

    Accepted off Waitlist

    Washington University in St. Louis

    Accepted

    Case Western Reserve University
    New York University
    Emory University
    Vanderbilt University

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