Brief Profile:
- Clinical infectious disease research at NIH--working on 2 pubs (year off) - Neuropathology research (4 yrs)--4 abstracts published, no papers - MCAT instructor for test prep company (year off) - Dancer/choreographer for professional dance company (4 yrs) - Hip-Hop dance instructor at university rec center and various studios (2+ yrs) - Captain/Choreographer for collegiate hip-hop team (2 yrs) - tutoring/mentoring disadvantaged youth - founded after-school dance program at underserved high school - Clinical internship/shadowing (2 yrs) - some healthcare lobbying - PBK/Magna Cum Laude/College Honors/Dean\'s List etc - taught English in Asia (summer, rural environment) - shadowed in Asia (summer, rural environment)
- took MCAT twice with huge improvement - strong upward GPA trend (4.0 gpa junior/senior year) - born in another country, lived in 3 diff countries
Know your strengths and know your weaknesses. Don\'t doubt yourself or underestimate yourself. I almost didn\'t even apply to half the schools I got into because I didn\'t think there was any chance I would get in.....thanks to the friends who made me apply to those top schools.
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// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 06/04/2010
Undergraduate college: UCLA
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 520
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 131,
C/P 130,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.79
Science GPA: 3.74
Summary of Application Experience
A long and arduous journey but it was worth it in the end.... It was a tough choice, but I\'m very happy with my decision. Duke Med Class of 2015!!
Applied, Withdrew
George Washington University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
withdrew after UMich acceptance
Summary of Experience:
made the mistake of assuming JHU is non-rolling admissions, like all the other heavy-hitter schools.....turned in my secondary wayyyyy too late, which i\'m hoping won\'t completely obliterate my chance of getting an interview.....
Summary of Experience:
loved the campus, students were great--very friendly and not at all antisocial like rumors I have heard, reputation is amazing, crossing my fingers!
Summary of Experience:
High Priority List.....actually pretty relieved it wasn\'t a rejection, considering I had the worst interview in the history of interviews........
alas, if only that one horrid interview out of 30 decent ones was at any other school besides UCSF.......oh well. nothing to do but wait.....
amazing doesn\'t even describe the institution. Like thousands of other Cali applicants it\'s my dream school. Please please please let me in!
Summary of Experience:
toughest secondary ever (well, tied with Northwestern). got it in just a few days before the deadline!!
Got the interview invite one business day after submitting the secondary....hmmm hope they actually went over my file and it wasn\'t just an automatic screening process....
Post-interview: I absolutely loved Duke! Curriculum sounds awesome. I know they have a low post-interview acceptance rate so I don\'t wanna get my hopes up but I would love to go here!
Summary of Experience:
there is a $100 deposit to hold your place in the class....decided to withdraw since I have gotten other acceptances already. I love St. Louis, but the Jesuit influence overwhelmed me a bit....
Summary of Experience:
+Merit Scholarship $25,000/year. First acceptance!!!! I could definitely see myself here. Absolutely love the school and everything about it. Students were some of the most well-rounded down-to-earth people I have met during the interview process.
Summary of Experience:
faculty and students were the nicest people ever...really felt comfortable in this environment, and the campus/facilities were beautiful!
