Research: - Psychiatry Research (Eating Disorders)- 1 pub - Neuroscience Research (1 summer)- pub?? - Neurology Research (1 summer)
Other Fun Stuff: - Director of Safe Space Program at my university - Service Trip participant and coordinator - Resident Advisor (1 semester) - Gay-Straight Alliance (Historian/PR) - Philosophy Honors Society (Phi Sigma Tau) - Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity - Program Facilitator: POL (Popular Opinion Leaders)- Community HIV-prevention program - TA (1 yr Gen Bio, 1 yr Gen Chem)
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2009
Undergraduate college: Creighton University
Undergraduate Area of study: History/Humanities
Total MCAT SCORE: 523
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 132,
C/P 130,
CARS 130
Overall GPA: 3.96
Science GPA: 4.00
Summary of Application Experience
Attending Mayo Medical School!!
Timeline: 6/2: AMCAS Submitted 6/2: AMCAS Verified 6/8: First Secondary Submitted: Yale 6/26: First \'Complete\' Status: Cornell 6/30: First Interview Invite (automatic): Michigan 7/2: Nebraska Interview Invite. Yay for my almost home-state! 7/22: MAYO INTERVIEW INVITE!!! There are no words to describe this day. 8/3: Georgetown Invite! 8/6: Creighton Interview Invite! 8/14: Yale Invite! Was not expecting this one so soon!! 8/20: Realized I applied to a few too many schools. Would love to interview at more places but don\'t have the time to miss from work/school and money to spend: withdrew from NYMC, Temple, and GWU 8/21: Interview invite at Minnesota. Yay for instate love! 8/28: Interviewed at Michigan. All of my expectations were exceeded. Outstanding facility, curriculum, and students. Ann Arbor is also beautiful. 8/31: Interview Invite at Mount Sinai. 9/1: Interview Invite at Boston University. 9/3: Invited to interview at Johns Hopkins. WOW!!!! 9/4: Creighton Interview. Overall positive, friendly experience. 9/9: Interview invites to Emory and NYU. I feel very fortunate and blessed. 9/11: Minnesota Interview. Good experience. I love Minneapolis! 9/14: Mayo Interview. Truly AMAZING! I am convinced there is no medical school like this in the country. 9/15: Columbia Invite. Wow! 9/18: Tufts Interview Invite. 9/21: Yale Interview. I love this campus and the Yale System! 10/2: Hopkins Interview. AMAZING facilities, students, faculty, etc. I was expecting a lot and my expectations were exceeded...this could be my top choice! 10/5: Sinai interview. Wonderful location and friendly people! 10/6: Columbia interview. VERY impressed. The only downside I can think of is the dorm-style housing...but this is only for the first year for most. 10/7: HARVARD INVITE! This cycle is going better than I could\'ve imagined. 10/14: ACCEPTED at Creighton. Sigh of relief... 10/15: Michigan Acceptance. I LOVE this school! 10/15: Withdrew from Georgetown, BU, NYU, and Emory after Mich acceptance. 10/16: PENN interview. Jumping for joy!! 10/20: Harvard Interview: Not a bad experience. Harvard has its pluses and minuses. Heres to hoping... 10/20: Hold at Mayo...boo :( 10/23: Cornell Invite! 10/26: Accepted at U of MN. Home state love! 10/27: Withdrew from Creighton. I will always love my alma mater! 10/28: In at HOPKINS!!! 10/28: In at Mayo...what a great day. 10/29: Realizing how much I love Hopkins/Mayo, I withdraw from Yale and Columbia. Great schools but not perfect fits for me. 11/2: U of MN Withdrawal. 11/4: Sinai acceptance! 11/9: UCSF Secondary Received (after appeal) 11/12: Withdrew from Sinai 12/6: Penn Interview. What a great place! 2/19: Stanford Rejection 3/15: Recently accepted to Penn and rejected from Harvard. Hopefully financial aid helps make this extremely difficult decision a little bit easer! Still...very thankful I am lucky enough to choose btwn such great schools. 3/28: Decision Made: I will be going to Mayo. I am so happy this process is over and still feel to lucky to have had such great choices! Good luck to those of you applying next cycle :)
