Brief Profile:
Stats will be gone for the forseeable future. PM if interested. My Undergrad gpa is embarrassingly low but I had a strong upward trend in college and a very strong graduate school gpa, essentially 4.0. MCAT were in the high 80s to low 90th percentile. I also have superb volunteering experiences, very well written essays and strong PS and great clinical experiences and life story. ( I clearly do not care if I am anonymous but I am too lazy to write detailed descriptions of my experiences.) My one caveat that I would give is that I have a extremely unique background and I am very non-traditional with respect to how specific events played out while I was in college. So I would hesitate to use this information as comparison if you are a traditional applicant.
I don\'t have a page as detailed as some others so I would suggest going to a page such as USER1036 for a very thorough description on how to approach the application cycle from a fellow non traditional applicant.
// Applications //
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
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.
Applied, Rejected
University of California, San Francisco
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 07/21/2009
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 10/21/2009
Summary of Experience:
Still waiting for the secondary...UPDATE: I like to think that it took them the full 3 months to reject me b/c they were really reluctant to do it.
Summary of Experience:
I emailed them an update and they responded that they don\'t have any more interview spots left. Still waiting for the official word. UPDATE: Finally got the official word
Summary of Experience:
It wasn\'t an official rejection letter. But I got a letter that their formal interview season is over and I had a slim chance to interview in a few months. Good thing I never really wanted to go here or I\'d go crazy.
Summary of Experience:
no word from them yet but i\'m pretty sure they stop interviewing in January... UPDATE: Got a response to an update that I sent before. I don\'t think it was their official rejection but it was good enough for me. UPDATE: Finally got the official word
Summary of Experience:
I added this school late. I am not sure why after I\'ve gotten 9 interviews. probably will not be attending. UPDATE: UMICH acceptance
Summary of Experience:
Interview invite less than 24hrs after submitting secondary! UPDATE: Absolutely love this place! UPDATE: This one hurts soo much!
Summary of Experience:
My mom went here looking for some legacy love...UPDATE: I wasn\'t expecting to hear from them. Had a great time today...my interviewers knew my mother very well. UPDATE: Kind of surprised
Summary of Experience:
A really great place that is definitely on the rise. I would love to attend. UPDATE: My interview went well and I enjoyed my visit so I am pretty surprised and disappointed.
Summary of Experience:
Added this school this past weekend and received the secondary! UPDATE: Interview Invite, very fast turn around! UPDATE: The interview day was underwhelming but I had a great conversation with my interview and he told me he\'d be surprised if I didn\'t get in :) UPDATE: I guess he was wrong. Some more waiting...
Summary of Experience:
I was losing hope on receiving this secondary and I ended up getting an OOS interview invite! UPDATE: I got a missed called from UNC tonight I will assume it was good news :) UPDATE: They called me back today!! UPDATE: FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIP!! Makes things interesting. UPDATE: Withdrew.
Summary of Experience:
Very strong program and extremely friendly people and environment... I loved it. UPDATE: FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UPDATE: I got a little scholarship money after a fight. It\'s not really enough but I will be reluctantly accepting because I know it is the right decision.
Summary of Experience:
I was pleasantly surprised with this school UPDATE: Just got a full ride offer...this makes things a little more interesting. UPDATE: Withdrew.
Summary of Experience:
A great school that is on the rise to be a top 20 school in a few years. UPDATE: I like how they make it real personal with a phone call
BubbaChuck took the old MCAT and scored a 3 which is in the 0 percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 472 on the updated scale which is in the -1st percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted BubbaChuck’s section scores as follows:
BubbaChuck scored a 1 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 118 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
BubbaChuck scored a 1 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 118 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
BubbaChuck scored a 1 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 118 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
