Brief Profile:
Six summers/winters volunteering in a hospital Various community services Resident Assistant SMART Grant Dean\'s List Vendor at baseball games Website Support 3 years as work-study intern for Plant Ecology Lab on campus Winter Internship in Plant Ecology Lab studying plant genetics Worked on several papers Authored 1 paper Musician - Singer/Songwriter Writer CPR Certified Shadowed a doctor at University of Maryland Hospitals. TA for Biology II
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: University of Maryland - College Park
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 509
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 127,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.66
Science GPA: 3.63
Summary of Application Experience
I am so grateful for the acceptances that I have. There is no question how excited I was the day I got those letters. I am grateful for the fact that I will be in medical school next year, and that I know the direction that my life will be going.
Maybe I shouldn\'t, but I still get depressed at every waitlist letter that comes my way. It still hurts, even with the acceptances. Anyone who says otherwise, or that once you have the first acceptance that it doesn\'t matter, is full of crap. Given the past history of many of the schools I am waitlisted for, I know that the chances of me getting in to any of them are extremely slim. This is why I get so depressed - most of those schools are the ones at the top of my list, the ones that would cause me to consider withdrawing from other schools if I got into them. The worst part is knowing that I have to just wait. Wait until they say \'no\' later. Wait until they pass over me again in May or June. I can not withdraw from the schools, so I just have to keep waiting.
For anyone who reads this that does not have an acceptance, I really am pulling for you. Please do not take this rant the wrong way. I am happy that I have been accepted, and I would not trade the letters for anything. This is just me ranting about a process that has destroyed most of my optimism. I sincerely hope that you do get in to your dream schools even though mine did not come through. I truly wish you the best of luck.
6/1 - AMCAS Submitted 6/10 - Maryland Transcript received by AMCAS 6/16 - Mock interview from Maryland Pre-Health Advisors 6/17 - Summer Transcript received by AMCAS 7/1 - AMCAS Verified/Completed 7/3 - U of Cincinnatti secondary submitted 7/4 - MCW secondary submitted 7/7 - JMC secondary submitted 7/8 - GW, UMDNJ-RWJ secondaries submitted 7/9 - SLU, Georgetown secondaries submitted 7/10 - NYMC secondary submitted 7/11 - UIC secondary submitted 7/14 - Committee Letter Completed 7/14 - U of Wisconsin, U of Maryland, Mt. Sinai secondaries submitted 7/15 - SUNY Upstate secondary submitted 7/15 - GW,Georgetown, UMDNJ-RWJ, MCW complete 7/17 - VCU secondary submitted 7/17 - SLU, U of Cincinnati complete 7/18 - U of Wisconsin, Jefferson, UIC complete 7/18 - AECOM secondary submitted 7/21 - U of Miami, Temple, U of Pitt secondary submitted 7/21 - VCU, UMD complete 7/23 - SUNY Upstate complete 7/23 - Penn State, Albany, Vermont secondary submitted 7/26 - Tufts secondary submitted 7/29 - U of Toledo, RFU, Northwestern secondaries submitted 7/29 - U of Pitt complete 8/1 - Case secondary submitted 8/1 - Vermont complete 8/4 - U of Toledo complete 8/4 - Rush secondary submitted 8/5 - Albany complete 8/6 - Sinai complete, GW Interview Invite 8/7 - NYMC, Temple listed as complete 8/8 - Rush, Case complete 8/11 - Penn State complete 8/11 - Drexel secondary submitted 8/12 - Tufts complete 8/13 - RFU complete 8/14 - Georgetown Interview Invite 8/15 - AECOM complete 8/16 - Northwestern complete 8/18 - Drexel complete 9/3 - NYMC Interview Invite 9/11 - Drexel Interview Invite 9/17 - Loyola Complete 9/17 - CMS (Franklin) Interview Invite 9/27 - Rush Interview Invite 9/29 - Maryland Interview Invite 10/6 - UIC Interview Invite 11/22 - UIC ACCEPTANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 12/9 - MCW Interview Invite 12/27 - JMC Interview Invite 1/12 - AECOM Interview Invite 1/20 - MCW ACCEPTANCE!!!!!!!!!!!! 5/13 - Withdrew from UIC 5/15 - Maryland update - top half of waitlist 6/22 - NYMC ACCEPTANCE!!!!! 6/29 - Withdrew from NYMC 8/10 - First day of orientation for MCW! 8/17 - First day of classes for MCW!
Applied, Rejected
Indiana University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/30/2008
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 08/21/2008
Summary of Experience:
First rejection. Probably wasn't returning the secondary anyway.
User #10716 took the old MCAT and scored a 30 which is in the 79th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 509 on the updated scale which is in the 80th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #10716’s section scores as follows:
User #10716 scored a 10 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #10716 scored a 10 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #10716 scored a 10 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
