Application Cycle One: 2009

• Undergraduate college: Cornell University
• Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

• Total MCAT SCORE: 517
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 129, CARS 129   Detailed Breakdown
• Overall GPA: 3.61
• Science GPA: 3.57

Summary of Application Experience

8.7.08 - MCAT

5.27.09 - first transcript received by AMCAS

6.9.09 - finally got around to requesting final transcript; 1 of 2 received

6.11.09 - AMCAS submitted!! waiting on last transcript for verification; should have sent out request earlier

6.17.09 - LAST TRANSCRIPT RECEIVED BY AMCAS!! \'Ready for Review\' it says...hurry up I says!!

6.22.09 - still \'Ready for Review\'. looks like verifications are slowing down and those getting verified today submitted around the 10th => so ~2 weeks to get verified. expecting verification before 4th of July festivities begin...

6.23.09 - received Dartmouth secondary email

6.26.09 - submitted Dartmouth secondary; received Columbia secondary email

6.30.09 - submitted TMDSAS; started filling out UTSW secondary

7.6.09 - just got back from 4th of July celebrations to a verification and secondary from Boston! saw a 0.01 GPA boost from expected...seems to be common for many

7.7.09 - received secondaries from Cornell, Buffalo, Temple, and Mount Sinai. primary app verification emails from UPenn and UMiami. Submitted Buffalo secondary

7.8.09 - received secondaries from Georgetown and UPitt; primary app verification from UCSF and UCLA

7.9.09 - w00t! received UCLA secondary!! Duke secondary came too. submitted UT Southwestern and BU secondaries this morning

7.10.09 - Downstate secondary

7.13.09 - UWash rejection: didn\'t meet OOS criteria. UCSD primary verification. Secondary received from Jefferson. submitted secondary for Jefferson and Mount Sinai

7.15.09 - submitted Cornell secondary; received UPenn secondary

7.16.09 - received Case secondary

7.17.09 - received UCinn secondary

7.18.09 - sent Columbia and UCinn secondary

7.19.09 - sent UPitt secondary

7.20.09 - received primary verification from UNC, secondary from SUNY Upstate, and submitted SUNY Upstate

7.23.09 - committee letter uploaded!!

7.24.09 - news that Wake is sending secondary; TMDSAS received committee letter

7.27.09 - AMCAS received committee letter, should be sending out to schools now; complete at UCincinnati

7.28.09 - NYMC secondary received and submitted; submitted Einstein, SUNY Downstate, and Temple

7.29.09 - complete at Boston and NYMC; received and submitted Harvard

7.30.09 - complete at Buffalo and Einstein; submitted Tufts

7.31.09 - finally received Wake secondary email! submitting soon

8.6.09 - CASE INTERVIEW!! just submitted yesterday, was completed earlier today, and now this!! was out for sushi when i got the email on my phone! so excited; definitely my top choice at the start of the cycle.

8.7.09 - scheduled Case interview for a Friday Oct 9. should give me a chance to spend the weekend there and get a feel for the city.