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  • User #17620

  • Application cycles: 2009
  • Demographics: Female, 34, Caucasian
  • Home state: Texas
  • Last Active: 08/26/2010
  • Brief Profile: 1 yr research with honors thesis
    double major: biology & classics, math minor
    not much shadowing or clinical exposure
    lots of volunteering and TA work
    2 honor societies

    Overall I am a big believer in doing what I love rather than what I think will look good on an application. Hence the weird double major, which every interviewer actually ended up loving, so who knows...
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2009

    • Undergraduate college: Top 20 School
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 523
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 131, C/P 130, CARS 132  
    • Overall GPA: 3.78
    • Science GPA: 3.74

    Summary of Application Experience

    AMCAS submitted 7/8/09, verified 7/29/09
    TMDSAS submitted 7/13/09, sent 8/11/09

    After my Wash U acceptance I withdrew from my other interviews - if I end up paying $40,000 a year, I may as well do it there. I didn\'t finish a lot of secondaries for the same reason, I basically stopped caring. This process really burns you out.

    2/5- Accepted by Baylor, withdrew from my remaining applications & interviews.
    Life is good!!!! My application cycle is officially OVER!

    My overall impressions -- AMCAS was a pretty big waste of money but I do think it\'s necessary to apply widely. I did severely underestimate my likelihood of getting in. I would have added some schools like JHU and Harvard that I previously didn\'t think I had a shot at.

    In the end I ended up deciding between Wash U and BCM. It was a hard choice, but the cost at Wash U would have been ~$75,000 a year with living expenses, and BCM\'s in-state tuition is $6,500 a year. They both have amazing programs, but I love Houston and the people I met at Baylor were much friendlier and chill than the students at Wash U. And in the end I just couldn\'t justify the slightly better reputation of Wash U as being worth another $200,000 of debt. I felt like I was taking a gamble with BCM\'s financial instability, but once I got here I found out that it really isn\'t that big of a deal at all! I couldn\'t be happier at Baylor and I feel certain that I made the right decision for myself.

    Applied, Rejected

    University of North Carolina

    Applied, Withdrew

    University of Florida
    Tufts University
    University of Central Florida
    Duke University

    Application Complete, Rejected

    Mayo Medical School
    Boston University

    Invited for Interview, Withdrew

    Northwestern University
    Dartmouth College
    University of Miami
    Emory University
    Vanderbilt University

    Accepted

    Baylor College
    University of Texas, Galveston
    University of Texas, Houston
    Texas Tech University, El Paso
    Long School of Medicine - University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio
    University of Texas, Southwestern
    Washington University in St. Louis

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