Brief Profile:
Applying MSTP MD/PhD only (Basic science PhD)
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// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 06/06/2011
Undergraduate college: University of California, Berkeley
Total MCAT SCORE: 523
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 128,
CARS 132
Overall GPA: 3.89
Science GPA: 3.87
Summary of Application Experience
All of my acceptances are MD/PhD acceptances. I did not interview at any programs as MD-only.
Got Fee Assistance. Thank the lordy.
Really had no idea how adcoms would respond to my strange application, thus applied to WAY too many schools and went on WAY too many interviews. Oh well, I survived!
Feel strange to be in the situation that I am in. Didn\'t expect this season. I plan to do revisits at WashU, Duke, Yale, and UW. Still thinking about Harvard.....but I think I\'d prefer to do this during residency.
Considerations for me: I want to be happy. I want to buy a house with a yard for my dogs. I think program administration matters. I\'m interested in immunology. I\'m confident in my abilities so I\'ll do what I need to do to make my mark wherever i decide to go.
Very happy with this season! Good luck to all.
Applied, Withdrew
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? Yes
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Got tired of doing secondaries....
Summary of Experience:
I know this school does not have the atmosphere for me, despite it\'s national reputation. I\'ll pass (see reasons for other Cali schools).
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after my WashU acceptance. Felt the need to withdraw quickly due to my connections at the school and out of respect. Great Program.
Summary of Experience:
I think this is one of the best run programs in the country. I LOVED this program....unfortunately, I don\'t think I can justify going here holding a Duke acceptance (plus I love Duke). It\'s been a great season.
Summary of Experience:
SHORT LIST! Loved this program. Might be the best for my area of research. Will go to revisit. Will be hard to turn down....might not need to!
Summary of Experience:
SHORT LIST! LOVE the research, love the medical curriculum, love the program director and administrator, love north carolina. If I only follow my heart I\'ll end up here.
Summary of Experience:
SHORT LIST! Loved this school and withdrew from a bunch of interview after getting my acceptance in November. Received notice of stipend enhancement scholarship in February....will be going to the revisit!!
Summary of Experience:
SHORT LIST. I\'ll be going on revisit here! Great program. Seattle is expensive and the stipend is low so I have some reservations.
Summary of Experience:
Well, the acceptance is great....but my heart isn\'t in this. Very likely I will withdraw. I\'ve spent my whole life fighting....I want a supportive program and i want to finish in less than 10 years. Lots of people will enjoy going to Harvard. I\'ll enjoy life as a whole.
