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  • User #16702

  • Application cycles: 2008
  • Demographics: Female, Caucasian
  • Home state: California
  • Brief Profile: NIH IRTA Fellowship, 2008-2009
    Free Pulmonary Clinic Volunteer, 2008-2009
    Hospital Volunteer, Nursing Floor and ER, over 100 hrs
    Taught art classes at skilled nursing home, summer
    NCAA Varsity Water Polo, Captain
    Mens water polo team manager
    Lifeguard
    3 years of research in Public Health, Infectious diseases (summers)
    Part time research work at S.F. General (summer)
    1 summer of research in Public Health at Kaiser

    Liaison for undergraduate major department

    Outside of school and water polo I really enjoy art. Awards for painting and drawing.
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2008

    • Undergraduate college: Pomona College
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Computing and Information Science
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 516
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 129, CARS 127  
    • Overall GPA: 3.74
    • Science GPA: 3.67

    Summary of Application Experience

    Going into the application process, having watched friends have incredibly painful and difficult experiences, I planned for the worst and applied to way too many schools. I guess it is better to be safe than sorry...

    I added a profile because I found this website incredibly useful as I was applying.


    My Advice:
    Apply early!
    Hope for the best
    Don't get set on any one school - there are so many great places out there
    Always stay with students when you can - I met some really great people
    Do some volunteer work. That always came up in interviews and is the thing that possibly hurt some of my friends in their application process

    Applied, Rejected

    University of Washington

    Application Complete, Rejected

    Yale University
    University of Wisconsin
    University of Pennsylvania
    University of California, Davis
    Stanford University

    Application Complete, Withdrew

    University of California, San Diego
    University of Vermont
    University of Rochester
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    New York University
    George Washington University

    Attended Interview, Withdrew

    Case Western Reserve University
    Jefferson Medical College
    University of California, Irvine
    Oregon Health & Science University

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Withdrew

    Cornell University
    University of California, Los Angeles

    Accepted off Waitlist

    University of California, San Francisco

    Accepted

    Boston University
    University of Southern California
    Georgetown University
    Duke University
    Dartmouth College
    Wake Forest University
    Tufts University
    Emory University

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