Brief Profile:
Clinical: -Volunteered in clinical program in India full-time for four weeks -Volunteer in Oakland's Children's Hospital ER for ~100 hours -Been working full-time as a medical assistant since last May (took a year and a half off since graduating)
So basically, I have over 2,000 clinical hours logged to date.
Research: -Worked in a psych lab for a semester -Published article in a student-run medical journal -Annual attendant of neuroaesthetics conference at UC Berkeley
EC's: -President of Alpha Gamma Honor Society -President of Students for Integrative Medicine (which included organizing and running our annual Integrative Medicine Conference) -Premed Honor Society Member -Health educator in the underserved Oakland School District -Wrote and directed my own short play -Developed and taught integrative medicine course on campus for two semesters
Awards: -UC Berkeley scholarship -Alpha Gamma Sigma Excellence in Service award and scholarship
Work: -Private tutor -Floral designer all throughout college to support myself
General: -Pretty interesting background: Dad is a Buddhist priest and head member of the Native American Church community so I grew up with a very diverse upbringing (note that I'm Caucasian, if you're wondering) and was exposed to a wide variety of cultures and medical practices -My dad barely graduated high school, mom never did. Grew up low-income.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: UC Berkeley
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 509
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 126,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.60
Science GPA: 3.33
Summary of Application Experience
Timeline: -Mailed SRJC transcrit: 5/16 -Mailed Berkeley transcript: 5/16 -Mailed College of Marin transcript: 5/20 -AMCAS Berkeley transcript receipt: 5/23 -AMCAS College of Marin transcript receipt: 5/29 -AMCAS SRJC transcript receipt: 6/2 -Submitted FAP app: 6/6 (Realized that I was eligible the *day* I was going to submit AMCAS primary. Boo for the AMCAS delay, but yay for the $$$.) -FAP approved: 6/18 -Submitted AMCAS: 6/18 -AMCAS Verified: 7/2 (Here we go! Wheeeee!)
Cost: -MCAT (+ rescheduling 2x): $310 -MCAT practice tests: $75 -SRJC transcripts (mailed 5/16): $10 -College of Marin transcripts (mailed 5/20): $15 -Berkeley transcripts (mailed: 5/16):$22 -AMCAS primary: $420 (thank god for FAP!) -LOR sent: TBD
Notes: -7/12: MCAT PS section was BRUTAL. I don't even know what happened. Pure murder. One month to wait! -8/14: MCAT came back about as expected. Up one point in V and BS, down one in PS. Not sure where that leaves me, honestly. I'm just happy it didn't go *down*. 9/3: First rejection: Wake Forest. And so begins the cycle again. Whee!
