*taken the MCAT 5 times:
--------------P V B
2009 27Q 8 10 9
2007 20M 6 8 6
2005 16O 4 7 5
2005 15P 4 6 5
2003 15O 4 7 4
I know that many will think that I haven\'t a shot in hell... but I\'m confident that I\'ll interview this time around as well and it\'ll be interesting to see how this all turns out. I have strong faith in God that all of my hard work over the years towards improving my application will pay off because \'HE is able.\' By the end of this application cycle, I will be celebrating victory over this process! AMEN.
June
06/01/09 By this date, all transcripts received by TMDSAS and AMCAS.
06/04/09 Submitted TMDSAS
06/07/09 Submitted to AMCAS
06/12/09 AMCAS Processed! Very surprised... last time took 7 weeks!
06/18/09 Took MCAT
06/18/09 AMCAS acknowledged receipt of committee letters
06/21/09 Submitted A&M Secondary
06/22/09 TMDSAS processed and sent to schools
06/22/09 Submitted TCOM Secondary
06/22/09 Submitted Southwestern Secondary
06/22/09 Submitted Texas Tech Secondary
06/23/09 TMDSAS acknowledged receipt of committee letters
06/25/09 Received Ohio State Secondary... Michael Jackson died.. how sad :(
06/29/09 Received UConn Secondary
06/30/09 Recevied and submitted Baylor Secondary
06/30/09 Submitted Ohio State Secondary (Would have sooner but Michael Jackson died.... still shocked and deeply saddened!)
July
07/01/09 Received Howard secondary and then received an e-mail telling me to ignore it!?
07/01/09 Received Uniformed Services Secondary
07/07/09 Received Status Check e-mail from UIC but no secondary
07/07/09 Placed on Hold at Wake Forest pending June 18 MCAT scores
07/08/09 Received Loma Linda Secondary
07/09/09 Submitted UConn Secondary
07/10/09 Withdrew application from Uniformed Services because I wouldn\'t pass their physical because of health issues and also, I didn\'t realize I\'d owe the military 13 years after finishing. Should have done my research before submitting primary.
07/13/09 Received Tulane Secondary
07/13/09 Received and submitted Morehouse Secondary
07/20/09 Submitted Loma Linda Secondary
07/21/09 Received MCAT score. Big improvement!!!
07/23/09 Submitted Tulane Secondary
07/23/09 Received UIC Secondary
07/29/09 Submitted UIC Secondary
07/30/09 Received and submitted Creighton Secondary
07/30/09 Received George Washington Secondary
07/31/09 Received and submitted University of Rochester Secondary
07/31/09 Mailed off George Washington Secondary
August
08/05/09 First interview invite at UT Houston!
08/06/09 Creighton interview invite! Woohoo!!!!
08/06/09 Received Rosalind Franklin Secondary
08/06/09 Received Ponce Secondary
08/07/09 Received Meharry Secondary
08/09/09 Submitted Meharry Secondary
08/09/09 Rejected from Wake Forest
08/10/09 Placed on HOLD for re-review at George Washington U
08/10/09 Got a rejection letter from Ponce dated 6/22/09 (one month before my MCAT scores came in) Oh well.
08/14/09 Mailed off Rosalind Franklin Secondary
08/14/09 Mailed off photo to Morehouse after discovering that I\'m incomplete because I failed to mail a photo!!!!!
08/14/09 Found out that I was put on hold at UCONN 7/20, one day before my June 18 MCAT scores came in. That sucks!
****Lord I pray your blessings over my application. I pray your blessings over my interviews. I pray that my prayers be answered for this is the day that you have made. AMEN.****
08/16/09 Received and submitted Case Western Reserve Secondary
08/18/09 Received Howard Secondary
08/18/09 Received and submitted Drexel Secondary
08/19/09 Mailed off Howard Secondary
08/24/09 Received University of Iowa Secondary
08/25/09 Submitted University of Iowa Secondary
08/25/09 Applied to Emory and Northwestern
8/27/09 Interview Invite at Ohio State!
08/28/09 Received New York Medical College Secondary
08/28/09 Received Emory Secondary
08/31/09 Placed on hold for re-review later in the season at Drexel. Thank God that I already have a few interviews. This would have otherwise been quite disheartening.
08/31/09 Rejected at Case Western :(
September
09/01/09 Received Northwestern Secondary
09/09/09 Submitted Northwestern Secondary
09/16/09 Rejected from Tulane
09/22/09 Received UNC secondary.
October
10/06/09 Submitted primary to Harvard.... I have no hopes of actually getting in but I figured, what the heck LoL
****Very slow September. It\'s like I got this batch of interviews in August and then everything stopped. I\'m really surprised that I haven\'t received more attention from my state schools. Praying for Creighton on 10/15 so that I can have peace of mind. When that day comes, to God be the glory.****
10/06/09 Decided to withdraw pre-secondary at San Juan Bautista, Universidad Central del Caribe, Emory, & New York Medical College.
10/13/09 Received and submitted Harvard Secondary.
10/15/09 Accepted at Creighton!!!!
***He is able, he\'s able, I know he\'s able, I know my Lord is able to carry me through!***
--after all these years, I have finally been accepted. I have finally been let in the door. After all of this hard work trying to make up for my crappy gpa and my crappy MCAT scores, I\'ve finally conquered the beast that is the medical school application process. I am truly grateful and humbled. I am going to be a doctor! I had multiple interviews and a first round acceptance! This is so surreal that I can\'t even properly put it into words. God is an awesome GOD!
***This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.***
10/19/09 Rejected from George Washington U.
10/20/09 Withdrew from TCOM... I\'m tempted to withdraw all apps, however, I\'d like to see how many interviews, if any more, I can get. Withdrawing TCOM because it\'s a DO and since I have an allopathic acceptance, it will not be necessary to go the DO route. (not that there\'s anything wrong with that)
10/26/09 Texas A&M interview invite!
November
11/06/09 Submitted UNC\'s Secondary after all. It\'s over 6 weeks late, but I was encouraged to submit it anyway. We\'ll see what happens.
11/09/09 Rejected at Rosalind Franklin. I guess they didn\'t like my life in discovery LoL
11/09/09 Accepted at Ohio State!
***God is good...All the time!***
11/10/09 Decided to withdraw from Morehouse, Meharry, and Howard.
11/12/09 Interview invite at UNC! Wow, completely unexpected. Praise God!! What an awesome application cycle! Interviewing at all of these excellent schools!! I\'m so honored and humbled!
11/17/09 Decided to withdraw from Rochester, Iowa, UIC, UConn, Drexel, Loma Linda, Tech El Paso, Tech Lubbock, UT Southwestern, UT Galveston, and UT San Antonio. After securing a couple of admissions and spending an insane amount of money already, I decided that having some sort of control over my apps and this process is warranted, earned, and well deserved.
11/24/09 Accepted at A&M!
***When God does, he does well!***
12/08/09 Invited for interview at UIowa even though I withdrew my app several weeks ago. Declined Interview.
12/21/09 Received full tuition scholarship offers from two schools! Can you believe it? Accepted with scholarships! To God be the glory.
January
01/07/09 Rejected from Northwestern.