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  • User #274

  • Application cycles: 2002
  • Demographics: Female, South Asian
  • Home state: California
  • Brief Profile: Post. graduation: did the Peace Corps, Staff Research Associate w/ public health/cancer research project, community work at marine aquarium
    Undergrad- Studied abroad for 1 year. Various part-time jobs, Research assistant, internship/shadowing at 3 different hospitals, worked with autistic kids for 1/2 yr, patient escort (waste of time) and community work at marine aquarium and homeless soup kitchen.
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2002

    • Undergraduate college: UCLA
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Psychology/Social Sciences
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 514
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 128, CARS 127  
    • Overall GPA: 3.49
    • Science GPA: 3.29

    Summary of Application Experience

    I think getting in all rides on the interview. For me, i just had THAT feeling after all my acceptance interviews b/c i felt a connection w/the school and/or interviewer; the others weren't such a great click and probably showed through on the interview.
    As for the pre-interview cut, numbers numbers, numbers. it seems as if my numbers weren't good enough for those top tier schools, even with my extracurrics and some pretty good secondary bullshit. SAVE MONEY. DO YOUR RESEARCH AND APPLY TO MAINLY THE REALISTIC ONES WHERE YOU'D BE HAPPY. I applied to way too many schools, spent way too much money.
    Applying from overseas is possible, although fed-exed secondaries can get pricey, and depending on how many interviews you have, quite expensive if you try to do them from abroad. just come home.

    Applied, Rejected

    University of California, San Francisco
    University of California, Los Angeles
    Stanford University
    University of Texas, Houston
    University of Washington

    Applied, Withdrew

    University of Michigan
    Ohio State University
    Loma Linda University
    Cornell University
    Case Western Reserve University

    Application Complete, Rejected

    University of California, Davis
    Tufts University
    Temple University
    Rush Medical College
    Northwestern University
    New York University
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    Mayo Medical School
    Jefferson Medical College
    Harvard University
    Georgetown University
    Columbia University
    Boston University
    Albert Einstein of Yeshiva University

    Attended Interview, Rejected

    University of Texas, Galveston

    Attended Interview, Withdrew

    University of California, Irvine
    Michigan State University

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Rejected

    University of Chicago
    University of California, San Diego
    George Washington University

    Accepted

    University of Southern California
    University of Illinois
    Tulane University
    Drexel University
    Long School of Medicine - University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio

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