Application Cycle One: 2004

• Undergraduate college: Grinnell College
• Undergraduate Area of study: Mathematics

• Institution: USC Postbaccalaureate Premed Program
• Area of Study: Premedical Studies

• Total MCAT SCORE: 520
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 132, CARS 127   Detailed Breakdown
• Overall GPA: 3.58
• Science GPA: 3.58

Summary of Application Experience

Submitted my AMCAS before doing much research about which schools I wanted or would be a good fit. In retrospect, I would have bothered to turn in secondaries at Cornell and Stanford, and omitted from AMCAS a few which I considered 'safety'.
The most important thing to keep in mind is that the process is very random. Qualifications only go so far, and then it's all luck. I do tend to win a lot of raffles and door prizes, and I can't complain about the outcome of this application process. Maybe I should take up playing the lottery.