Brief Profile:
(GREEK ORGANIZATION) Held three officer positions (VOLUNTEER/CLUB) Volunteered at health center doing health education (JOB) Paid to do what I was doing as a volunteer (CERTIFICATION) Certified peer educator (CLUB) Student Health Advisory Committee (TRIPLE MAJOR) Two life sciences, one not at all (SUMMER JOB) Worked for gynecologist as a general assistant (basically medical assistant without the license) (FULL-YEAR INTERNSHIP) Planned parenthood (SUMMER SHADOWING) Shadowed an OB/GYN (my desired field) (SUMMER JOB) Worked for med. office, dealing with insurance companies
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: Wesleyan University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Institution: Gender Studies
Area of Study: Other
Total MCAT SCORE: 519
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 129,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.59
Science GPA: 3.63
Summary of Application Experience
--6-18 Sent in pictures and check to TMDSAS --6-19 AMCAS received my transcript --6-21 Applied to three Caribbean medical schools --7-8 Application verified, GPA went down .02 (BCPM went down .03) because of different calculation systems. --7/14/08 - EFFING PWNED THE MCAT! --7/15/08 - I guess I can stay in the country! Sticking around with St. George's in case they decide to give me a free ride (I still find it hard to say 'no' to a tropical island paradise!). Hoping for more secondaries and at least five interviews. I JUST WANT TO GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL! IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK?! I need an outlet for my nerdy outbursts! --7/20/08 - Applied to Baylor... filling out secondaries like nobody's business (More like waiting for more secondaries like nobody's business) --7/22/08 - Just got an invite for an interview at UTMB Galveston! --7/24/08 - Added Mt.Sinai (for all the wrong reasons - my mom wants me to go there. I effing hate the city... I'm just hoping they don't accept me [thanks to my GPA, I don't have to hope too hard]) --7/30/08 - Realized I haven't actually sent a bunch of the stuff that I've been needing to... Fuck! --8/4/08 - 10 days until my school sends out the pre-med Panel Letter... until then, anxiety runs rampant. --8/7/08 - Rejected from Mayo. Decided to send in my secondary to Wake Forest, after all. Feeling discouraged. --8/15/08 - School finally decides to send out my recommendations. Woohoo! Now the REAL panic starts! --8/25/08 - First interview at UT San Antonio! It went pretty well, and I got to try out my shoes (surprisingly comfortable for a heel that's probably a little too high) --9/12/08 - I think I've got the hang of this interview thing...! --9/18/08 - Freaked out and applied to 3 more schools... WHY?!
Acceptances: UT Health Science Center - San Antonio (10/15) UMDNJ-NJMS (10/20) UTMB-Galveston (11/14) UTSouthwestern (11/19) Rosalind Franklin (11/19) Case Western (1/7/09) after being on hold since 10/22
Holy crap. 6!!!!
2/21 - Primarily considering UT Southwestern and Case Western... it's a tough choice but I feel so lucky and so happy to be in this position. It's really the best problem ever. --Sometime in January - Said no to UTMB and San Antonio (you have to by Jan 15), UT Southwestern remains --Sometime in March - Said no to Rosalind Franklin, costs too much --4/7/09 - Trying to bring myself to say no to UMDNJ, but finding it difficult because it's the 2nd most affordable option. UTSW, Case, and UMDNJ remain at this point. --5/9/09 - Chose UT Southwestern. Overall, I think I would be the happiest there. I'd have loved the school and student body of Case the most, without question, but the debt would make me unable to enjoy myself because I'd constantly be in a state of depression and guilt. UT Southwestern would ease that financial anxiety, leaving academic stuff to be my only major source of anxiety. I didn't necessarily feel at home there, not even close, but it's time for me to make responsible decisions, not fun decisions.
