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  • User #1967

  • Application cycles: 2003
  • Demographics: Female, Caucasian
  • Home state: Pennsylvania
  • Brief Profile: College: Biology Club (Sec and VP), Student Senate (Group Leader), Body Image Organization (Pres), Small Group Dorm Leader, Scholarship in Medical Ethics, Tour Guide/College Host, Band, Student Lab Assistant. Ran long distance races.
    Graduate School: Admissions Committee (ironic when I decided not to stay), Student Symposium Planning Committee, Rebuilding Together (formerly Christmas in April, sort of Habitat for Humanity thing)
    Other: Child Life Volunteer, Math tutor, MCAT prep teacher
    Now: working as Study Coordinator for pediatric research at children's hospital.
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2003

    • Undergraduate college: Calvin College
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Institution: UPenn Pharmacology
    • Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Degree Obtained: Masters
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 514
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 127, CARS 129  
    • Overall GPA: 3.45
    • Science GPA: 3.42

    Summary of Application Experience

    I applied after the August MCAT - DON'T WAIT THAT LONG! Do your AMCAS NOW!
    I decided to go to med school after grad school wasn't exactly what I wanted. Be prepared for a rollercoaster and hold on to why you're going through all of this anyway. Every time I was volunteering in the hospital it all came back to me that this is exactly what I wanted to do and helped me hang on through the post-secondary lull.
    Use your time off in a way that an admissions committee is going to be interested in. Find something to relieve your stres while you wait - I ran a marathon, there's nothing like 26 miles to get your mind off why the admissions committee hasn't called. Be proactive, call the committee, call the admission director, send an email - that got me at least one interview. I really knew I wanted a school that was stronger in clinical medicine and I love Philadelphia
    Good luck!

    Application Complete, Rejected

    University of Pennsylvania
    University of Iowa
    Rush Medical College
    Northwestern University
    Cornell University
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    Pennsylvania State University

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Withdrew

    Medical College of Wisconsin

    Accepted off Waitlist

    Jefferson Medical College
    University of Pittsburgh

    Accepted

    Temple University
    Drexel University

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