Brief Profile:
Biochemistry and French double major, Spanish minor
2009: - Biochemistry Research Project (Summer) *Zhang Lab: Dullard; Aim: Purify and structurally characterize (via X-ray crystallography) Dullard, a small protein involved in neural tube formation of humans. - Health Careers Mentorship Program (Fall 2009 Intern) *Spent 8 hrs/wk shadowing local physicians in pediatric and adult specialties. Did a few public health rotations at DSHS. *Intramural Flag Football - Undergraduate Research Assistant for Keatinge-Clay/Zhang Lab (Spring) - UMC Brackenridge Hospital Volunteer (4 hrs/wk; Current cumulative: 80 hrs)
2008: - Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society Member (Fall) - Undergraduate Research Assistant for Keatinge-Clay/Zhang Lab; (Fall) - Texas Crew Varsity Men\'s Coxswain (Fall) *Head of the Colorado - 2nd, Mixed 8+ *Head of the Oklahoma - 4th, Varsity 4+ - Studied Abroad in Guadalajara, Mexico (Summer; 9 weeks) *Part I: Advanced Spanish and Mexican Culture courses *Part II: Hospital Observational Internship - Anesthesiology (2 weeks); Pediatric External Consulting (2 weeks) - Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member (Spring) - Distinguished College Scholar in Natural Sciences and Liberal Arts (Spring) - University Honors List
2007: - Texas Crew Novice Men\'s Coxswain (Fall) *Head of the Chattahoochie - 1st, Novice 4+ *Head of the Colorado - 1st, Novice 4+; 1st, Novice 8+ - Independent Research Project: Aptamer research against HIV Nef-1 protein (Fall) - Studied Abroad in France (Summer; 6 weeks) *Advanced French: Speaking and French Culture - Miss Dallas U.S.A. Pageant Contestant (Spring) - Freshman Research Initiative: Ellington Lab - Aptamer research (Spring) - University Honors List
2006 (Fall): - AMSA Pre-Med Local and National Member - Music and Entertainment Committee - Texas Exes Student Chapter - University Honors List
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2009
Undergraduate college: University of Texas at Austin
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 517
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 131,
C/P 129,
CARS 126
Overall GPA: 4.00
Science GPA: 4.00
Summary of Application Experience
**If you would like any advice or my account of the application process, please do not hesitate to PM me on SDN.**
8/22/09: AMCAS verified! Waiting on TMDSAS to get on the ball. My goal is to have the UTSW secondary finished before my fall semester starts.
8/7/09: Complete at Wash U; still working on Columbia, Pritzker and UTSW secondaries.
8/3/09: Submitted my Wash U secondary. One down, many more to go.
8/1/09: Received an e-mail invitation for Pritzker\'s secondary
7/30/09: Received e-mail invitations for secondaries at Columbia and Wash U
7/29/09: I finally finished up my PS and submitted both the AMCAS and TMDSAS today! What a relief :). Hopefully, verification won\'t take too long...
6/03/09: Working on that PS... My transcript was recieved by TMDSAS today. Still waiting on three LORs.
5/29/09: FAP approved, so I\'m adding more schools to the list.
5/19/09: MCAT score released, yay! :)
1/11/09: My goal is to apply early in the cycle, so I\'ve started thinking about putting together my personal statement. Other than that, I\'m currently prepping for the 4/18/09 MCAT.
Summary of Experience:
My overall exerience was very positive! Both my interviews went very well, and I was very happy with what I saw and who I met. It would be a dream to attend HMS.
Did not expect to receive an interview invitation. Yay!
Summary of Experience:
There was only one interview here, and it lasted an hour. My interview went well, but my interviewer was pretty terrible. He had a very negative disposition and insulted Texas medical schools, which I found repugnant. He tarnished the whole experience for me.
Long School of Medicine - University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 07/28/2009
Secondary Completed: 09/03/2009
Interview Invite: 10/19/2009
Interview Attended: 10/25/2009
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: 12/13/2009
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
The dean made it sound like if you had strong academic credentials, you were a really boring person and had nothing else to offer. That rubbed me the wrong way.
Also, it rained buckets on my interview day, which soaked my suit (bad omen), and the administration was a pain to deal with when rescheduling my interview date (bad omen).
User #16684 took the old MCAT and scored a 35 which is in the 96th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 517 on the updated scale which is in the 95th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #16684’s section scores as follows:
User #16684 scored a 14 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 131 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #16684 scored a 12 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #16684 scored a 9 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 126 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
