User #7346
Application cycles: 2007
Demographics: Female, East Asian
Home state: Ontario

Brief Profile: -immigrated to canada when 15 with no previous knowledge of english, experienced immense culture shock, family issues, and all that jazz from life, but graduated from highschool as the top student in all of math and science classes
-roommate issue in 2nd year that tarnished 3.80GPA, and still in the process of getting myself back together to focus when studying
-decided to become a doctor (hopefully surgeon) when my GPA was hitting the rock bottom...perfect timing...
-currently in 3rd year
-entrance scholarship
-awards in science
-part-time job as a lab assistant since first year
-martial arts since first year (intermediate level now)
-hospital volunteer (nursing unit) over 100 hours in summer
-undergraduate science newspaper layout editor, prospective editor-in-chief for next academic year
-volunteered to serve food for the homeless in 1st and 2nd year
-volunteering at the aids center
-peer tutor
-research in the lab since 2nd year summer
-independent study (research project) in 3rd year
-oilpainting works in the school arts festival
-prospective research job in this summer

// Applications //

Application Cycle One: 2007

Undergraduate college: McGill University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

Total MCAT SCORE: 511
MCAT Section Scores: B/B 127, C/P 128, CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.54
Science GPA: 3.55

Summary of Application Experience

I wrote MCAT again on May 25th, 2007, waiting for the result on June 27th, 2007.
I really appreciate comments about the list of schools I am applying to.

06/27/07
My MCAT score is up, and I don't know if I should be happy with this score.
August 2006 MCAT PS 10 VR 9 BS 10 WS Q (29Q)
May 25th 2007 MCAT PS 11 VR 10 BS 10 WS O (31O)
AMCAS was submitted, ready for review.

[Cost]
MCATs = $420
MCAT Prep Course = $1500 (I could've used this for travelling)
AMCAS (Primary) = $610

07/06/07
AMCAS finally processed

07/09/07
Time to start working on secondaries...

Applied

Yale University

Washington University in St. Louis

University of Western Ontario

University of Toronto

University of Southern California

University of Pennsylvania

University of Ottawa

University of Missouri, Columbia

University of Michigan

University of Illinois

University of Chicago

University of California, Los Angeles

University of British Columbia

Stanford University

Queen's University

Oregon Health & Science University

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

McMaster University

Harvard University

Duke University

Cornell University

Columbia University

Brown University

Baylor College

MD Applicants

User #7346

// Applications //

Application Cycle One: 2007

Summary of Application Experience

Applied

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