Application Cycle One: 07/06/2011
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 523
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 132,
C/P 130,
CARS 129 Detailed Breakdown
Overall GPA: 3.79
Science GPA: 3.68
Summary of Application Experience
Primaries: ~$900 Secondaries: ~$2000 Plane Costs: CRY. Getting In Somewhere Stellar: Priceless
Application Complete
University of Michigan
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Put on hold early. Who knows?
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Application Complete, Rejected
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
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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
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University of Southern California
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
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: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Infamous for rejecting OOS, not overly surprised.
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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:
It\'s a bummer, but I ultimately believe in the statement that you\'ll end up wherever you were meant to be.
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University of California, San Francisco
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:
No love, but I\'ve got good company.
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Brown 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:
Very sweet rejection email.
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Duke 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:
how disappointing -- not even an email.
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Application Complete, Withdrew
SUNY Downstate
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
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Invited for Interview, Withdrew
Dartmouth 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:
Excellent school, excellent program, but accepted already. And my bank account is crying :(
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Emory 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:
Excellent school, excellent program, but accepted already. And my bank account is crying :(
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University of California, Irvine
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:
Time constraints, and also getting somewhat burned out...
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Attended Interview, Rejected
Boston University
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:
Awful, awful interview experience, so I\'m not surprised. I have rarely felt quite so antagonized.
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Attended Interview, Waitlisted
University of Chicago
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:
Continued, but in it for the long fight if they\'ll consider me again. Sent an update letter/transcript in mid-December.
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Columbia 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:
Love. Very simply, love. Waitlisted with personal note. I won\'t lie, I\'m sad, but I\'ll cross fingers for good news down the road. If not, I know I\'ll be applying for residencies in NYC :)
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Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Withdrew
Northwestern 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:
3/14: Withdrew. got a lot of bizarre questions at the panel interview. deferred until march!
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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:
absolutely adored my interviewers, incredible facilities (including an unusually fresh-smelling anatomy lab), subsidized housing in upper east side, powerhouse of hospitals and research facilities associated.
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Accepted
Washington University in St. Louis
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:
Best interviewer possible, warm community (one of the students is still keeping up with me to this day!) with a laid-back vibe, great hospitals and facilities, beautiful park nearby. Phone call from my interviewer!! Christmas has come early :) I am so incredibly lucky and grateful!
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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:
Finaid package with partial scholarship and ~45-50k in loans. Hmm. . . 3/12: Officially accepted!! It\'s so great to have an option in CA :)
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Harvard 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:
HST & NP what can you say about the school that has everything? my own playing field in terms of location, ridiculous number of hospitals associated, rich opportunities, tight-knit class (esp. HST). . . hoping for good news! 3/5: ACCEPTED TO HST :)
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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:
incredibly good feeling overall: honor code system (3 days for exams, anytime anywhere), great subsidized housing, warm community, involved and caring faculty, longitudinal experience program, *loved* my interviewers 1/11/12: Accepted by email!
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New York 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:
WD 3/28 after seeing financial aid package, 72+k/year in loans (mostly unsubsidized). great facilities, 18mo curriculum, excellent clinical exposure (interviewer said 4th years are more or less residents), interesting translational research projects, warm and open faculty, *loved* the students. and the area is perfect for 20-somethings. accepted by phone call :)
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Albert Einstein of Yeshiva 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:
WD on 3/20. Accepted by \"Save the Date\" email on 12/23/11! Their accepted students brunch was lovely.
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