Application Cycle One: 05/30/2011
Undergraduate college: Brigham Young University
Undergraduate Area of study: Engineering/Technology
Institution: West Side Story
Area of Study: Engineering/Technology
Degree Obtained: Chemical Engineering
Total MCAT SCORE: 472
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 118,
C/P 118,
CARS 118 Detailed Breakdown
Overall GPA: 3.50
Science GPA: 3.50
Summary of Application Experience
My faith in God is the source of my hope. All things are possible through Him.
Applied, Rejected
University of California, San Francisco
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
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Vanderbilt University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
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University of California, Davis
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
What a nicely rendered rejection. They said it so well that I didn\'t feel an ounce of pain.
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University of California, Irvine
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
late.
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University of North Carolina
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
very late submission. Out of State Resident. Applied on a whim. Very slow admissions process.
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Applied, Withdrew
University of Miami
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:
Florida is too hot and humid in the summer.
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Charles Drew University/UCLA
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:
Great school. It is a combination of Drew University and UCLA. They have the same class the first two years or so. In the past, the hospital that the students rotated through was shut down because of poor performance. Most people entering the program are very interested in working with the underserved in society. Small class size. About 24 spots. Application is independent of the main Ucla application.
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Loma Linda 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:
I am religious but can\'t get myself to complete this secondary. $43,548
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University of Southern California
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:
Might reconsider later.
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Meharry Medical College
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:
Might reconsider later. Broke.
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Brown 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:
Only about 58 spots for applicants who are not in the 8yr program.
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Georgetown 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:
Secondary is too expensive.
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Application Complete, Rejected
Columbia University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Top tier program. Great reputation. First two years condensed in 1.5 years. School located in the Washington Heights., New York. Complete: August 9. Non-rolling admissions.
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Baylor College
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Baylor condenses its pre-clinical years to 1.5 years instead of two. This allows the students to start the usual third year rotations earlier. This helps them to do very well on the step 1 exam. Also, it is very affordable. Complete:In August. Acceptances are offered on a \"rolling\" basis between December and April.
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Yale University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Complete: August 3. Non-rolling admissions. Required original research....but flexibility in what you choose to do. Location is not the best. Great school. Anonymous tests. No pressure. Must be a self starter to do well here. Very amazing residency matches
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Ohio State University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Complete: In August. Actual date not given.
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Stanford University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Complete: July 31. General Info: Acceptances are offered on a \"rolling\" basis between December and April. Admitted candidates are required to submit an enrollment deposit of $100 by May 15, 2012 to reserve a place in the fall entering class.
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Boston University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Courteous rejection. So long, farewell. Auf Wiedersehen.
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University of Pennsylvania
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Non-rolling admissions. No official rejection, but what the adcom told me means a rejection.
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Johns Hopkins University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
One of the best medical schools in the world...if not the best. Great training. Rumored to be very intense. Located in a not so perfect location. But location can be overlooked because of the supreme level of opportunities available there.
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Mayo Medical School
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Submitted: August 11. LOR request: August 23. Fingers crossed. Great sch. Cold location. Very small class size. Great scholarships! Great reputation.
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Harvard University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
That was the best rejection letter I have received to date!! Loved it!! :) Almighty Harvard. School is heavy into academic research. If you are not a research kind of person and have not saved a village in Africa...reconsider. If you go to Harvard you can match into any specialty you want unless you make a major faux pas.
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University of California, San Diego
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
The waiting game!
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Invited for Interview, Withdrew
Drexel University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Tuition: $50,963/yr
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New York Medical College
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after UM acceptance. Complete: July 29. Wonderful News! Thank you Heavenly Father!
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Temple University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after UM acceptance. Complete: Late July/ Early August. $57,457/yr
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Indiana University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after UM acceptance. Happy News! Tuition: $45,914/yr
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after UM acceptance. Submitted: July 20. Tuition:$43,000/yr
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University of Illinois
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after UM acceptance. Yay for interview! Tuition:$72,214/yr
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George Washington University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after UM acceptance. Yay! Tuition: $49,062 Very expensive school. Both tuition and cost of living in D.C School failed to pass some kind of competency and was temporarily put on probabtion Long class time. Grading is not pass/fail the first two years!
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SUNY Stony Brook
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after UM acceptance. Complete: July 29. Superb! Tuition:$51,265/yr, but after a yr $27,354/yr.
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Northwestern University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after UM acceptance. Hard Decision!!! it was hard to think I would choose NW over UM..
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University of Cincinnati
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: 08/10/2011
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Complete: August 11.
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Attended Interview, Rejected
University of Utah
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
No hard feelings. We are not a perfect match for each other.
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Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Withdrew
Cornell University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: Yes
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Sad to withdraw, but I hear financial aid is not very good this year, plus it will take a lot to turn down less hectic Ann Arbor, Michigan, and beautiful and warm UCLA. I will take a waitlist! Thank you Heavenly Father!! While some students are accepted in mid-December, most are accepted in early March. Curriculum: 1/3 pbl, 1/3 lecture, 1/3 small group. School is located in Manhattan, nicer part of new York. There isn\'t an actual campus. Just a high rise. Undergrad campus is in a different part of NY. HOUSING: Highly subsidized. So not bad for living in Manhattan. Right next door to medical school building.
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Accepted
University of California, Los Angeles
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: Yes
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Attending! Best day of my life!!! Celebrated accordingly! Went to Panda Express! I really want to attend after not getting any money from Michigan. But UCLA is unpredictable and very very slow with their admissions process. So I will continue to wait! Happily! Waiting and Waiting. Please talk to me! Received: August 5. Interview Invite!
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University of Michigan
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: Yes
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Didn\'t get any scholarship money. Very expensive for out of staters without financial help. Will most likely matriculate unless I hear from UCLA. If I am going to incur debt, might as well do it in warm weather!! :) ACCEPTED: Crazy!! Humbled. Oh Lord my God, may thy name be glorified.
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University of Pittsburgh
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: Yes
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrawing I loved the school, but I didn\'t love Pittsburgh! First Interview!
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Michigan State University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: Yes
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: Yes
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrawing. First Acceptance! Feels great! Doctor to be! Complete: July 19. Thank you Heavenly Father!
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