Brief Profile:
2 year LDS mission Wildland firefighting - including 1 season on a hotshot crew Physican shadowing Outdoor activities - Mountaineering, skiing, etc Biochem & ecology research experience EMT - volunteer fire department Lots of church involvment and leadership
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2004
Undergraduate college: University of Alaska Anchorage
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 513
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 129,
C/P 127,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.84
Science GPA: 3.76
Summary of Application Experience
It all worked out in the end! UW is a top ten school at in-state tuition. Can't beat it. As far as advice about the process, take the April MCAT and APPLY EARLY!!!!! I think applying as early as possible (most of my secondary?s were complete by the middle of August) is one of the best things you can do for yourself. Also, make yourself interesting. Admissions people spend all year interviewing people with great grades and MCAT scores who worked every summer in a lab, blah blah blah. It is a huge plus if you have done some cool stuff that you can talk about in your interviews. Finally, don't waste your money applying to lots of state schools in states you have no connections to. Ironically, these were all of my backup school and I didn't even get interviews at any of them.
