Application Cycle One: 2006

• Undergraduate college: state school
• Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

• Institution: another state school/misc CCs (summer)
• Area of Study: Computing and Information Science
• Degree Obtained: N/A

• Total MCAT SCORE: 503
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 127, C/P 125, CARS 126   Detailed Breakdown
• Overall GPA: 3.65
• Science GPA: 3.45

Summary of Application Experience

Everything I need to know I learned in Hell (aka this application process) LOR version:
DON'T BE SHY. I called and emailed a handful, made no progress, and almost gave up on applying to schools that require a DO letter, which would have sucked because I love DO. What I found: Let EVERYONE you know know that you are applying and trying to find a physician to shadow/talk to--ultimately with the need of a letter. Turns out a woman in my mother's mah jong class at the senior center is a retired drug rep with connections. AND my aunt set me up with a Mayo Clinic anesthesiologist. AND my aunt's friend is working on setting me up with a third. Awesome. :)



--somewhat sporadic and in no way accurate time-line--
sometime in september : just said 'no' to gw. the number of pre-interview holds is a major turn-off.

10.1 : aacomas mailed. gpa calculated 2 days ago. good turn around :)

10.4 : ccom secondary received

10.5 : aamc calculated. aacom was calculated/mailed a few days back. not bad for crunch time :)

10.5 : vcom secondary received and completed

10.6 :vcu waiting for mcat

10.8 : azcom secondary received. started cv

10.10 : une email -- waiting for mcat score, kcumb secondary received, dmu secondary received

10.23 : should have updated sooner... mcat scores are more-or-less where i thought they'd be. i'd like to thank the curve for making that PS 8 possible--my practice tests were higher (aren't they always?!) but i really thought i bombed it on the real thing...

a western interview invite pre-secondary (get to use my suit at least once this season!) is helping me get through this pile of secondaries :) one of the mayo anesthesiologists i've met with is an alum from comp so that's awesome

tucom-nv invite :) friend is a third year and loves it. vegas is close to 'home.' definite potential

11.1 : happy november :) dcu called today to schedule an interview. i'm excited to see tennessee! sounds like they're preparing to run a class-act out there.

kcumb interview invite pre-secondary :) my boyfriend is pro-kansas city

11.11 : mwu:azcom interview invite :) first available interview is in february--yikes! they're a top choice, though, so i'm thrilled despite the wait


i'm unofficially 'dropping' a lot of my applications. i like what i've seen and heard from my osteo schools. i think we 'fit' each other better and i honestly don't have the money or the energy to apply to the overly-applied or 'not as convenient.' why waste the schools' and my own money, time, and energy?