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  • User #2694

  • Application cycles: 2004
  • Demographics: Female, East Asian
  • Home state: New York
  • Last Active: 09/23/2009
  • Brief Profile: research, teaching and tutoring, hospital volunteer, several other jobs & awards
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2004

    • Undergraduate college: Syracuse University
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 509
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 129, C/P 126, CARS 127  
    • Overall GPA: 3.45
    • Science GPA: 3.45

    Summary of Application Experience

    GPA ranges from 2.6 to 4.0; procrastinated on secondaries bc i didn't know how id score on august MCAT....so these two things mightve set me back a bit. but i was very luck to have several options and i am very happy at SUNY buffalo

    my final two cents:

    -if you slacked off early in college, you have hope if you pick up the slack in your advanced science courses. i brought my grades up to straight As in my junior & senior yrs.
    someone once told me that 'it's not good grades that get you into med school, but rather the passion for med school that gets you good grades'. my 2.6 was the result of apathy in the courses in high school that i took courses for college credit. my 4.0 was product of true motivation to become a doctor after my father suffered from pancreas cancer for 3 years and passed away around the time i took the MCAT.

    -interviews are everything!! generally, my interviewers were easygoing and the questions were straightforward. just be sincere about your interests and everything will be fine

    Application Complete, Rejected

    Tufts University
    SUNY Stony Brook
    New York University
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    Jefferson Medical College
    Georgetown University
    George Washington University
    Cornell University
    Albany Medical College

    Application Complete, Withdrew

    Philadelphia College - Philadelphia
    Ohio University
    UMDNJ - New Jersey
    Rosalind Franklin University
    New York College of New York Tech.

    Accepted

    Temple University
    SUNY Downstate
    New York Medical College
    Drexel University
    SUNY Upstate
    SUNY Buffalo

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