Brief Profile:
*Graduated summa cum laude and from the Honors Program at UGA with a B.S. in Psychology *Have been working as a unit support associate at a local hospital for the past 3 years *Withdrew from the Fall 2005 semester to do Hurricane Katrina relief work in Biloxi, MS *Recipient of a National Federation of the Blind scholarship *Recipient of Margaret Towson Scholarship for visually impaired student (2003, 2004, 2005) *Founded a mentoring program for incoming students at UGA with disabilities *Research with capuchin monkeys for a year *Cognitive psychology research for 1.5 years *Bilingual (Spanish)
Hobbies: *Marathon runner *I've been DJing electronic music since I was 17 *Play soccer
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: University of Georgia
Undergraduate Area of study: Psychology/Social Sciences
AMCAS 5/14/08 - Application available 5/22/08 - Received transcript from the University of Georgia 6/4/08 - Received transcript from Kennesaw State University 6/4/08 - Submitted application (first day submissions allowed) 6/5/08 - Verified (~30 hours after submission) 6/24/08 - First day AMCAS released applications to med schools
MCG 6/27/08 - Secondary received via email (Unfortunately, it was sent to my spam folder, and I didn't realize this until July 8. However, I managed to complete it in a day and sent a faxed copy that same night while mailing the hard copy overnight via FedEx.) 7/17/08 - Completed secondary received, notified via email (This email was more than likely in response to receiving and processing the hard copy.) 7/18/08 - Verified AMCAS application received, notified via email (Although I was verified by AMCAS on 6/5, MCG was probably waiting on my MCAT scores to get back.) 8/4/08 - Interview invite via email for Friday, August 15 8/15/08 - Interview: I fell even more in love with MCG!!!!! Everyone was incredibly nice and welcoming. We shall see what happens.........*crosses fingers* 9/26/08 - Rolled over into regular admissions