Brief Profile:
Non-trad applicant. Spent 5 years in the western US ski patrolling, guiding, working as an outdoor educator. Post-bacc at UNCG, 4.0 One year of research in a genetics laboratory leading to a publication. One year of volunteering in an ED. Received a National Ski Patrol award for saving a life. Dean's and Chancellor's Lists. Etc. UNC's MED program summer '05: ~15 out of 80, 'The faculty and staff of the MED program strongly recommend registered user for admission into medical school'.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2005
Undergraduate college: UNC-Chapel Hill
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Institution: UNC-Greensboro Post-Bacc
Area of Study: Other
Total MCAT SCORE: 516
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 128,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.25
Science GPA: 3.45
Summary of Application Experience
We'll see what happens. Verified on 6-27. 7-27: Done with 7 secondaries, still waiting on slow professors to send letters. 8-18: Only three more secondaries to receive. I'm still waiting on letters from two people and would be complete at most schools except for those letters. It sucks when people take more than a month and a half to write and send your letters. 9-20: Finally complete at most schools. Waiting for more interview invites. 9-27: UNC does exist! All letter writers have finally sent all letters, so I should be complete everywhere soon. 10-17: Some letters still haven't arrived at schools. UNC and Pitt are waiting for one professor. If I have one piece of advice to future applicants, its this: use a letter service (interfolio or career services) and have your letter writers turn their letters in by Aug. 1. It will save you countless headaches. 11-23: Waiting to hear from UNC. C'mon, hurry up! 12-15: First acceptance, from Drexel. Now I don't have to sweat the rest. Would still love to hear good things from UNC and Pitt. 1-15: Pitt interview was awesome. Definitely my first choice. 2-3: Got the waitlist letter from Pitt yesterday. Bummed out. Can't but think that my low GPA is the only thing hurting me. Don't these schools see that my postbacc GPA is a 4.0? Don't they see that my undergrad 3.0 was 8 years ago and I am not the same person? I guess it doesn't matter. Hopefully the waitlist will move. 3-9: Waiting to hear from UNC, ECU, Wake and Pitt. I got an invite to SLU today also, 6+ months after being complete! 4-22: Waitlisted at UNC. Ugh. 7-12: Between 6-17 and 7-5 I got engaged, went on vacation out West, got accepted to WFU and now I have to cut my trip short by one week b/c Wake starts July 24th. Wow! Action packed.
