Brief Profile:
-Awards: Deans list (2 sem), Jackson Scholar in Biochemistry, Thomas O. Sidebottom Award for best senior thesis, graduation with distinction -AMSA Pre-Med member and webmaster: Completely redesigned a modern webpage in 'blog' format (using Wordpress) and wrote 3 custom plug-ins to promote usability. Got a lot of great insight from physicians. -Progressive Care Unit (IMCU) Vounteer (5 mo): Wasn't allowed to do much except fill water glasses and wheel patients to their cars -Senior Thesis: Obtained my own funding, 2 publications (JACS), 2 posters, thesis itself and award (above) -Relay for Life -Web Designer: founded a website on medical interest literature -Certified Nursing Asst training: Currently training to be a CNA so I can work in a hospital on my year off while I apply. Also becoming BLS CPR certified (American Heart Assoc.) (not req. for CNA) -Working as a phlebotomist full-time since graduation
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2006
Undergraduate college: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champ
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 505
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 126,
CARS 126
Overall GPA: 3.49
Science GPA: 3.45
Summary of Application Experience
6/20/06 - Submitting my AMCAS by the weekend after a not-so-thrilling MCAT score, although better than my last year 26P. Considering having my writing rescored. Bumped Northwestern and probably should have bumped U of Chicago. Might still add a school or two. 7/1/06 - AMCAS Submitted 7/7/06 - Received 1st secondary: Pritzker 7/10/06 - Received 2nd secondary: Wright St. and completed 7/21/06 - AMCAS verified and submitted Pritzker finally 7/24/06 - Got secondaries from Case Western/CCLCM, SLU, and MCW. Completed MCW. Case's research oriented programs look great! Too bad my MCAT sucks :-/ 7/25/06 - Got UIC and Rush today. UIC was already completed thanks to the folks at SDN, so I mailed it off :) Working on Rush tonight. 7/30/06 - Submitted Rush and working on Case/CCLCM 8/10/06 - Wow busy couple of days. Sent off RFU and Case/CCLCM and am complete at both now. FINALLY am complete at Rush. Took forever and I thought they lost my signature sheet in the mail. Received Loyola, SIU, and Medical University of Ohio (U of Toledo). Whew, I have a lot of work ahead of me! 8/16/06 - Finished and mailed Loyola before leaving for vacation for 5 days. I'm going to try to work on SIU while gone. 8/21/06 - First rejection, University of Chicago. It was expected but disappointing nonetheless 9/11/06 - Case Western rejection via status page 9/18/06 - First Interview: SIU. Can't tell if I'm excited or not yet... 10/19/06 - First Interview with SIU yesterday. I was much more excited and impressed than I thought I would be. Seems like the school is pretty decent. Now lets just hope for an acceptance! 10/20/06 - Rejected from MCW :-/ 11/14/06 - Wait listed SIU (not good) :-/ 01/26/07 - RFU interview invite. That's surprising this late in the game. Maybe a glimmer of hope still in this round? 02/09/07 - RUSH INTERVIEW INVITE??!?! This was definitely unexpected. Maybe this cycle will turn around for me? Or maybe I'm just getting my hopes up... 03/01/07 - Rush was awesome. I hope I did well enough to get in! 03/20/07 - RFU was cool. Not as nice as Rush, but I'd be happy there I think. Very tech-saavy which I like. 03/22/07 - Waitlist from Rush... :( 05/21/07 - Accepted to Rush off the 'Middle Tier' waitlist. Hallelujah!
Applied, Withdrew
Saint Louis 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:
Received 7/24 - Nice but pricey