Application Cycle One: 06/29/2009

• Undergraduate college: The Johns Hopkins University
• Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

• Institution: The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
• Degree Obtained: MHS

• Total MCAT SCORE: 472
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 118, C/P 118, CARS 118   Detailed Breakdown
• Overall GPA: 0.01
• Science GPA: 0.01

Summary of Application Experience

I was not expecting to get so lucky during this process. Very very pleasantly surprised so far. Hopefully, I can seal the deal at one of these places I have an interview at.

1/23/2010 - I have had 19 interview invites so far (In hindsight I guess I applied to too many schools). I could have never imagined to have had so much success this cycle. I truly enjoyed visiting all these schools. They all impressed me in different ways. It will be a tough decision come early April. I also figure that I address why I believe I have had so much success this cycle since there are a few people that have messaged me asking this question. First I think that there is value applying early out of all professions I believe we have the most grueling application process and every one is a strong applicant so you want a reviewer to see your application as early as possible so s/he won\\\\\\\'t be like \\\\\\\"I\\\\\\\'ve seen a million people like this already\\\\\\\". On that note I was very fortunate and confident in the fact that my application is like no other. My volunteering experience, my medical exposure, my PS and my life essentially has been truly unique. And I have been told that this shows clearly in my application and this has been the topic of conversation at all my interviews. I don\\\\\\\'t recall being asked an \\\\\\\"interview\\\\\\\" question once during this cycle. I also have some personal qualifiers to extinguish any doubt about my earlier academic record a school may have about my aptitude to study medicine (i.e. I qualified for Mensa. Also a mentor/professor of mine who teaches at JHU and the SoM who wrote a LOR for me mentioned to me that I am in the top 1% of students he has taught in his 20 odd years at Hopkins). I hope this helps.