Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: Anonymous
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 523
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 130,
CARS 132 Detailed Breakdown
Overall GPA: 3.84
Science GPA: 3.83
Summary of Application Experience
I'm not necessarily looking for a top school... just one where the students seem happy, and not overly competitive. And preferably in a big city. AMCAS submitted: 7/14/08, $910 (ouch) - Added WashU and Wake Forest: 8/8/08, $60 - Added U of Vermont: 9/1/08, $30 - Committee letter sent to new schools: 9/3/08 - Added Tufts: 9/13/08, $30 - Added UPitt: 9/24/08, $30 AMCAS verified: 8/6/08 Committee Letter uploaded to Virtual Evals: 8/14/08 U of Rochester secondary sent: 8/6/08, $75; complete: 8/18/08 Mayo fee sent: 8/7/08, $85 NYMC secondary sent: 8/8/08, $100; complete: 9/8/08 UPenn secondary sent: 8/14/08, $80; complete: 8/15/08 Jefferson secondary sent: 8/20/08, $80 Drexel secondary sent: 8/26/08, $75 Harvard secondary sent: 8/27/08, $85 U of Vermont secondary sent: 9/2/08, $85; complete: 9/4/08 WashU secondary sent: 9/2/08, $50; complete: 9/4/08 Case Western secondary sent: 9/3/08, $85; complete: 9/9/08 Albert Einstein secondary sent: 9/5/08, $110 Cornell secondary sent: 9/6/08, $75; complete: 9/8/08 Dartmouth secondary sent: 9/13/08, $85 U of Chicago secondary sent: 9/16/08, $75 Wake Forest secondary sent: 9/19/08, $55 NYU secondary sent: 9/22/08, $100 Mount Sinai secondary sent: 9/24/08, $105 Tufts secondary sent: 9/28/08, $105 UPitt secondary sent: 9/29/08, $75 UCSF secondary sent: 9/30/08, $60
Application Complete
Jefferson Medical College
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 08/19/2008
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Secondary sent: 8-20-08, Complete: 8-20-08 silent rejection
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New York Medical College
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 09/07/2008
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Secondary sent: 8-8-08, Complete: 9-8-08 silent rejection?
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Application Complete, Rejected
University of Rochester
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 08/17/2008
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Secondary sent: 8-6-08, Complete: 8-18-08... oh well
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Tufts University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 10/01/2008
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Secondary sent: 9-28-08, Complete online: 10-2-08
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Wake Forest University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 10/08/2008
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Secondary received: 9-2-08, Secondary sent: 9-19-08, Complete: 10-9-08
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Columbia University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 12/21/2008
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 03/06/2009
Summary of Experience:
SS: 10-12-08, C: 12-22-08, R: 3-7-08 not surprised, since i wasn't even complete until dec
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Application Complete, Withdrew
George Washington University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Johns Hopkins University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
...I think I've been in Baltimore long enough
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Oregon Health & Science University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Secondary received: 9-18-08, Due: 10-23-08 .. totally missed the due date
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Boston University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
apparently, they reject a lot of people pre-interview pretty arbitrarily
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Yale University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
decided i wouldn't really fit with their self-directed curriculum and optional exams
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Georgetown University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
didn't feel like writing their 'why georgetown' essay
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SUNY Stony Brook
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
eh, never mind.. long island
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Ohio State University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
got too lazy..
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Brown University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
half of the class comes from the combined BA/MD program; I'm not crazy about Rhode Island
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Attended Interview
University of Pennsylvania
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 08/14/2008
Interview Invite: 10/23/2008
Interview Attended: 10/23/2008
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
SS: 8-14-08, C: 8-15-08, II: 9-19-08, I: 10-24-08
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Washington University in St. Louis
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 09/03/2008
Interview Invite: 10/26/2008
Interview Attended: 10/26/2008
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
SS: 9-2-08, C: 9-4-08, II: 9-25-08, I: 10-27-08 interviewed w/ the admis. dean, who rocked
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New York University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 10/01/2008
Interview Invite: 01/14/2009
Interview Attended: 01/14/2009
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
SS: 9-22-08, C: 10-2-08, II: 12-17-08, I: 1-15-09 great school, crappy student housing
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University of California, San Francisco
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 10/27/2008
Interview Invite: 01/28/2009
Interview Attended: 01/28/2009
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
PR: 8-6-08, SS: 9-30-08, C: 10-28-08, II: 12-15-08, I:1-29-09 MY FIRST CHOICE!
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Attended Interview, Rejected
Harvard University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 09/21/2008
Interview Invite: 11/03/2008
Interview Attended: 11/03/2008
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
SS: 8-27-08, C: 9-22-08, II: 10-6-08, I: 11-4-08 :(
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Albert Einstein of Yeshiva University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 10/01/2008
Interview Invite: 01/15/2009
Interview Attended: 01/15/2009
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
SS: 9-5-08, C: 10-2-08, II: 10-28-08, I: 1-16-09
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Attended Interview, Withdrew
Drexel University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 09/01/2008
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
SS: 8-26-08, C: 9-2-08, II: 12-23-08 - can't afford to keep interviewing
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University of Vermont
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 09/03/2008
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Secondary sent: 9-2-08, Complete: 9-4-08 - can't afford to keep interviewing
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Dartmouth College
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 09/21/2008
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
SS: 9-13-08, C: 9-22-08, II: 1-14-09 - can't afford to keep interviewing
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Attended Interview, Waitlisted
Vanderbilt University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: 11/16/2008
Interview Attended: 11/16/2008
Waitlisted: Yes
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
II: 8-28-08, SS: 9-27-08, I: 11-17-08- WL.. don't think nashville is for me anyways
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: 12/08/2008
Interview Attended: 12/08/2008
Waitlisted: 12/17/2008
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
SS: 9-24-08, C: (by 10-8-08), II: 10-12-08, I: 12-9-08, Alternate List: 12-18-08 blehhh
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Mayo Medical School
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 09/04/2008
Interview Invite: 11/20/2008
Interview Attended: 11/20/2008
Waitlisted: Yes
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
LOR req: 8-21-08, C: 9-5-08, II: 10-29-08, I: 11-21-08 -amazing place, alternate list 3/16
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Cornell University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 09/07/2008
Interview Invite: 02/09/2009
Interview Attended: 02/09/2009
Waitlisted: 03/06/2009
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
SS: 9-6-08, C: 9-8-08, II: 1-6-09, I: 2-10-08, WL... really liked the school
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University of Pittsburgh
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 09/28/2008
Interview Invite: 12/01/2008
Interview Attended: 12/01/2008
Waitlisted: Yes
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
SS: 9-29-08, C: 9-29-08, II: 10-3-08, I: 12-2-08, WL.. not crazy about the school
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Accepted
Case Western Reserve University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 09/08/2008
Interview Invite: 10/20/2008
Interview Attended: 10/20/2008
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: 11/04/2008
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
SS: 9-3-08, C: 9-9-08, II: 9-10-08, Interview: 10-21-08, Accepted: 11-5-08
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University of Chicago
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 09/21/2008
Interview Invite: 11/09/2008
Interview Attended: 11/09/2008
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: 12/09/2008
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
SS: 9-16-08, C: 9-22-08, II: 9-26-08, I: 11-10-08, A: 12-10-08 probably going here!! :))
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