User #2666
Application cycles: 2004
Demographics: Female,
Home state: California

Brief Profile: Campus activities:
*Coordinator of two social justice student organizations
*Public Health Students for Reproductive Freedom
*Rape/Domestic Violence Emergency Room Advocate

Clinical Experience:
*Santa Monica/UCLA Medical Center (Volunteer Coordinator/Intern)
*Certified Nurse Assistant
*Planned Parenthood - Los Angeles (Clinic Volunteer)

Research:
*Program Evaluator for Planned Parenthood-NYC
*Women's Health and Legislation by State
*Human Embryonic Development

Community Involvement:
*Full-time Organizer for Healthcare Union
*Columbia Students for Medical Outreach (free clinic)

Academics:
*Latino Fellowship Recipient at Columbia University

// Applications //

Application Cycle One: 2004

Undergraduate college: University of California, Los Angeles
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

Institution: Columbia Univ. School of Public Health
Area of Study: Computing and Information Science
Degree Obtained: MPH

Total MCAT SCORE: 513
MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 126, CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.49
Science GPA: 3.40

Summary of Application Experience

Words of Advice:

* GPA is not everything!!!

* Turn everything in EARLY! Turn in your AMCAS app no later than first week of July. Get all your secondaries in a week after you get them. Request your letters of rec ASAP and have them finished before the secondaries come in. LOR writers can take forever and slow up your process.

* Get a professor or someone who has familiarity with adcoms to revise your personal statement.

* Be yourself and be unique. Make sure that comes out in your app and interviews.

* Keep your sense of humor - it's the only thing that will keep you sane in this process!

Applied, Rejected

University of Cincinnati

Application Complete, Withdrew

Pennsylvania State University

Rosalind Franklin University

Charles Drew University/UCLA

Temple University

Attended Interview, Rejected

Northwestern University

Harvard University

Attended Interview, Withdrew

New York Medical College

Washington University in St. Louis

Tufts University

University of Illinois

George Washington University

Boston University

Drexel University

Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Withdrew

University of California, San Diego

Accepted off Waitlist

University of California, Irvine

University of Washington

Accepted

Albert Einstein of Yeshiva University

New York University

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Southern California

Columbia University

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Jefferson Medical College

University of California, Davis

MD Applicants

User #2666