*1 year undergrad psych research in Dr. Langlois' lab *4 years as an officer in Plan II Students' Association *3 years SAT Instructor for the Princeton Review - now an MCAT verbal teacher *spent one summer working for/shadowing neurologist at UT-H *volunteer at Austin/Travis County Communicable Disease Clinic, 1 summer *studied abroad in Kenya in fall 2006; did independent research on malaria and the use of mosquito nets *volunteer at Eastside Community Connection, 1 semester that will be continued this year *Public Health Internship; BIO 361P on TB and Type II diabetes *continuing public health research this summer in Brownsville, TX: border health/TB/Type II diabetes *will be Public Relations Chair in Society of Public Health Students this year
Scholarships: most notably the Larry Temple Scholarship Endowment
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2007
Undergraduate college: University of Texas at Austin
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Institution: Plan II Honors
Area of Study: History/Humanities
Degree Obtained: BS/BA
Total MCAT SCORE: 523
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 131,
C/P 130,
CARS 132
Overall GPA: 3.95
Science GPA: 3.96
Summary of Application Experience
I'm going to Hopkins. Holy cow.
4/21 Duke waitlist - which means rejection, as I shall not remain on it. 3/27 FINALLY Penn released decisions. Waitlist. Gonna drop this like it's hot, I have enough decisons to make already! 3/26 Tuition and fees scholarship to Baylor! Holy shit I could be a doctor and have no debt. None. This makes everything even more complicated!! (Best complication ever.) 3/22 Official Harvard rejection...still haven't heard officially from Duke, but it's not an acceptance, that's for sure. Only Penn left thank God! 3/19 Hells yeah, JHopkins! 3/5 Got the official finger from 2 more Cali schools. No love from the West Coast! That's cool though. 3/3 Columbia!!!!!!!!! 1/18 Baylor acceptance!!!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYY 12/20 - Cornell acceptance!!!!!!! OMFG I can't believe it! 12/10 I thought I was done...interview to JHopkins, 1/25! 11/24 Accepted to Emory!!! So excited. 11/16 Accepted to UTHSCSA. Will decline this one immeadiately while I decide between UTSW, UTH, and UTMB. 11/15 Accepted to UTMB! 11/15 12:03am Accepted to UTSW 12:04 am Accepted to UTH! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! 11/3 Accepted to Pittsburgh! 10/20 Rejected from UCSF. Lamezor. I tried... 10/18 Interview for Harvard! 11/30 10/15 Accepted to Michigan!!! 10/12 Interview for Duke! 10/3 Put 'on hold for possible interview' at UCSD. Still crossing my fingers... 9/28 Interview for Penn! 11/2 9/26 Interview for Emory! 10/26 9/17 Interview for Columbia! 10/12 9/13 Email Columbia and mention that I'll be in town for Cornell... 9/12 Interview for Cornell! 10/11 8/29 Interview for Vandy! still tbd 8/24 Interview for Tufts! (putting off until next semester) 8/11 Interview for UTSW! 9/8 8/10 Interview for UTH! 8/24 8/9 Interview for Baylor! 9/7 7/27 Interview for UTHSCSA! 8/27 7/20 Interview for Pittsburgh! 9/28 7/18 Interview for UMich! 9/21 7/16 AMCAS finally verified; I'm drowning in secondaries. 7/10 Haven't turned in a single secondary yet, mainly because I'm desperately trying to get my LORs in. 7/6 Was offered an interview by UTMB for 8/17.
Applied, Rejected
University of California, San Francisco
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
rejected pre-secondary, 10/20