Brief Profile:
I\'m a Bio major. I swam in college. I\'ve done 2 summers of research and no research otherwise. I have volunteered at a hospital.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 08/13/2009
Undergraduate college: MIT
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 507
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 127,
CARS 126
Overall GPA: 3.20
Science GPA: 3.10
Summary of Application Experience
12/28/09 - Getting tired and overwhelmed. Wished I finished secondaries earlier because I\'m scheduling interviews into March. It\'s getting a bit crazy and hectic! 1/6/10 - Now that the holidays are over, I\'m hoping to hear back from more schools. NYU just said my secondary was complete so hopefully I hear from them soon. I expect to hear from BU later this month and thats exciting/nerve wracking, and hopefully Downstate. I really hope to get more emails - even if its rejections, at least I\'ll know where I stand. 1/12/10 - Deferred to BU\'s normal pool which finds out in March. So sad :( 1/13/10 - First acceptance! Albany! I can go to interviews a little calmer now. Need to decide if I\'ll withdraw from any of the places I currently have interviews. 1/27/10 - Sad, it deleted everything I wrote. Anyways, I got a Dartmouth interview invite and am super pumped. Also got into U Of Rochester which will be tough to pick between for numerous reasons. I withdrew from NYMed, SUNY Upstate, and GW. Things have slowed down and I think most interviewees have been selected. Guess thats why you should apply earlier. It\'s ok. I think I\'ll give up hope at the end of January/mid-Feb for schools like Stanford and Yale. I think they\'re almost done with interviews and to not get an offer by now is a bad sign :( Waiting to hear from Pitt, Downstate. 3/6 - waitlisted at Pitt. Got into Downstate. Waiting on BU, Harvard, Dartmouth, Einstein. Bummed about Pitt. The waitlist snail mail was sent home and no one told me. Pitt sent me an email saying to do my fin aid as they finish looking at applicants so I didn\'t know. Bummer. 3/14 - Still waiting on those 4. Just got rejections from UBuffalo and Yale. Not too surprised. I\'m just waiting for Howard to see if I get a rejection/interview. Doubt I will. I\'m really hoping for BU and Harvard. Dartmouth and Einstein kinda underwhelmed me, kinda disappointed. I don\'t think Einstein rivals Rochester at all, though. 3/15 - Waiting on BU and Harvard. Apparently, BU will probably be out by the end of the month and Harvard will be sending responses out all week. Nervous! BUT, I just got into Dartmouth. I think I\'ll go to their 2nd look weekend to see how I really feel about them, after all, it was my dream school.
Applied, Rejected
Vanderbilt University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 09/30/2009
Summary of Experience:
They screen before secondaries and I wasn\'t asked to submit one. Kinda bummed because I\'ve heard good things about the school, obviously, but also the positive student body which I really want/need. Oh well, life goes on.
Summary of Experience:
once i wasn\'t invited for an interview by january, after the other sunys, i figured it was done. that\'s alright. roch is better :)
Summary of Experience:
Another one that took a long time to say secondary is complete, now I wait and hope to hear from them. rejection. surprise surprise. life goes on.
Summary of Experience:
Bummed. I had called Cornell before and they told me not to be discouraged with my grades and MCAT. They look for the whole package. Guess my package wasn\'t right for them :(
Summary of Experience:
They had me in the \"review later if still interested\" pile so I figured I\'d just save them time. Withdrew after Albany/Roch acceptance
Summary of Experience:
submitted amcas later on 10/15/2009. they sent me an update email saying there were 40 interview slots left and that they would be interviewing til late april. i figured they either don\'t want me or want to make sure that i still want them. just got my dartmouth acceptance today, so i guess that\'s a no to howard. it would have been cool to be in dc, though.
Summary of Experience:
so surprised to get an interview offer from here! i\'m doing a saturday interview because the day is shorter.
student and faculty interview, 1 hr and 35 minutes respectively. faculty asked me why my science gpa was so low. i never paid attention to science specifically and apparently it dipped before it went up. caught me off guard. also asked me why i was disadvantaged. never got that one before.
bummed but life goes on. maybe for residency or fellowship or something...
Summary of Experience:
worried about location with massive amounts of snow and how it\\\\\\\'s closer to canada than it is to nyc. but if it wows me at the interview with the campus visit and all, that would be great!
after interview: nicer area then i expected and it had just snowed, 5 hours from home, really nice students, and nice facilities but interview didnt go that well :( we shall see.
1/20 - got a phone call from Rochester! So excited! Tough decision ahead now.
Summary of Experience:
Excited for interview. I <3 Downstate. After interview: kind of a downer. Facilities aren\'t that nice, students weren\'t enthusiastic granted they were on winter break so these were probably just 2 kids that stayed around/live in the area, interviewer seemed disinterested and not sure if that was in a good or bad way.
