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  • User #10552

  • Application cycles: 2008
  • Demographics: Male,
  • Home state: New Jersey
  • Brief Profile: SMP - Class of 2008-2009

  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2008

    • Undergraduate college: University of Pennsylvania
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Engineering/Technology
    • Institution: Georgetown University
    • Area of Study: Computing and Information Science
    • Degree Obtained: Pending
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 514
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 125, C/P 130, CARS 129  
    • Overall GPA: 3.30
    • Science GPA: 3.10

    Summary of Application Experience

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    6/4/08 - AMCAS receives transcript
    7/1/08 - AMCAS submitted!
    7/22/08 - AMCAS verified
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    Update - 2/14
    My interviews got progressively harder. Robert Wood was the most in depth one I had, and wow, I'm not sure how I did but I definitely would have done worse if I hadn't went to Drexel and UMDNJ beforehand. It lasted about 80 minutes and my interviewer was very sharp and really dug deep to get to know me. My interviewer also gave me a few lessons on ethics/cultural competence issues DURING the interview. I ended up just being very honest about myself. I should be hearing from Drexel soon, the decision should be in the mail. It's getting very hard to concentrate on my classes in the SMP, but I really need to because I'm going to need those grades if I blew all my interviews.

    2/20 - Waitlisted at UMDNJ. Very disappointed.

    2/23 - Waitlisted at Drexel. Have to keep my head up and stay focused.

    2/24 - Wow, what a year. Interview invitation at EVMS. I'm starting to think I'm just a terrible interviewer. I really hope not. It only takes one school to believe in me!!!

    3/4 - EVMS interview. Everyone there was incredibly friendly. Their standardized patient program is amazing!! The interview was very relaxed and interesting.

    3/5 - Rejected from RWJ. Very sad, mainly because I shared a lot of personal stories with my interviewer and he/she seemed really receptive to listening. Also my interviewer was very warm at the end of the interview and seemed to be really interested me. I wonder if that was all a front and I actually came off as a terrible person. The roller coaster year continues.

    4/11 - I'm having a terrible feeling I won't get in anywhere this year.

    6/29 - Accepted to NYMC. Unbelievable.

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    $970 - AMCAS primary application fees (28 schools)
    $17,770.50 - SMP - 1st semester
    $162 - VirtualEvals

    Applied, Rejected

    Wake Forest University

    Applied, Withdrew

    SUNY Upstate
    Loyola University Chicago
    Tulane University

    Application Complete

    Albany Medical College
    University of Toledo
    Temple University
    Pennsylvania State University

    Application Complete, Rejected

    Michigan State University
    University of Rochester
    Medical College of Wisconsin
    SUNY Buffalo
    Boston University
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    Albert Einstein of Yeshiva University
    University of Vermont
    Creighton University
    George Washington University
    Saint Louis University
    Tufts University
    Jefferson Medical College
    Rosalind Franklin University

    Attended Interview, Rejected

    UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson
    Georgetown University

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted

    UMDNJ - New Jersey

    Accepted off Waitlist

    Drexel University
    Eastern Virginia Medical School
    New York Medical College

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