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  • User #10651

  • Application cycles: 2008
  • Demographics: Male, Caucasian
  • Home state: California
  • Brief Profile: - ER volunteer (1.5 yrs)
    - ICU volunteer (0.5 yrs)
    - Pediatric ICU volunteer (1.0 yr)
    - EMT certification
    - First Responder certification
    - Summer Camp Counselor for children ages 3-17 ('07)
    - Graduate Student Council Member
    - Graduate Student tutor
    - Research in Biochemistry Lab (1 yr)
    - Senior Thesis in Biochem Lab (publication coming in late '08)
    - Dean's list award Fall/Winter/Spring quarters '06/'07
    - Chancellor's list award senior year
    - Summer Internship at Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry ('04)
    - Work on hemostasis research at University while applying this year
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2008

    • Undergraduate college: UC Santa Cruz
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Institution: Loyola Univeristy Chicago
    • Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Degree Obtained: M.A.
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 507
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 127, C/P 126, CARS 127  
    • Overall GPA: 3.51
    • Science GPA: 3.46

    Summary of Application Experience

    I applied really late, unprepared, with few LORs, and mediocre GPA/MCAT in 2007.
    Since then I have obtained my Masters in Medical Sciences with a GPA of 3.8, I have gotten 4 new letters of recommendation for a total of 5 in a committee packet, I have had an awesome volunteer experience in a children's hospital (want to go into pediatrics now) and have been involved in student government and tutoring.

    I really hope someone will let me in this time :-/

    5-27-09: I am very happy with how things went this season...I have been accepted at two excellent schools and got plenty of interviews.
    I think the most important part of my application were my letters of recommendation (which some of the admissions committee member's read excerpts to me during my interviews) and maybe my stronger graduate GPA from my SMP. But in the end, that's just a guess.

    To whomever might read this in the future: Keep working hard, keep up the hope, and one day things will fall in place.

    Application Complete

    University of California, Davis
    New York Medical College
    Temple University
    George Washington University
    Rosalind Franklin University
    Drexel University

    Application Complete, Rejected

    University of Southern California
    University of California, Irvine
    Tulane University
    Georgetown University
    Creighton University

    Application Complete, Withdrew

    Loma Linda University

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted

    Virginia Commonwealth University
    University of Vermont
    Boston University
    Eastern Virginia Medical School

    Accepted

    Loyola University Chicago
    Tufts University

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