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  • User #6183

  • Application cycles: 2006
  • Demographics: Male,
  • Home state: California
  • Brief Profile: - BS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    - 3 years as Hardware Engineer
    - 4.0 GPA Post-bacc
    - 500 hours volunteering and shadowing physicians at 2 hospitals (2 yrs)
    - Emergency room volunteer coordinator at both hospitals, founder of shadowing program (2 yrs)
    - Organic Chemistry teacher/workshop facilitator (2 yrs)
    - Organic Chemistry Synthesis research (6 mos)
    - high school math/science tutor (2 yrs)
    - teach golf lessons to underpriviledged youth
    - competitive golfer and softball player
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2006

    • Undergraduate college: University of California
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Engineering/Technology
    • Institution: Cal State University
    • Area of Study: Computing and Information Science
    • Degree Obtained: none
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 523
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 131, C/P 132, CARS 127  
    • Overall GPA: 3.75
    • Science GPA: 3.80

    Summary of Application Experience

    Transcripts ---------------------------> = $ 70
    MCAT ----------------------------------> = $ 210
    AMCAS --------------------------------> = $ 900
    Secondaries + postage -------------> = $ 1555
    Letter Service ------------------------> = $ 220
    Suit and accessories -----------------> = $ 350
    Flights, Hotels, cars ------------------> = $ 4100
    (for 3 trips: TX, MO, PA, MI, TN, NH, IL, + SD + SF + LA)
    Running total ------------------------> ** $ 7105 **

    An acceptance to the medical school of my dreams? PRICELESS!

    5/9 I had a great weekend in SF meeting my classmates and officially withdrew from UCSD and Michigan. The long and arduous process is nearly over! I will be attending UCSF.

    3/9 Declined Northwestern, Pitt

    3/3 Ai ya! Northwestern too. =| Kinda crazy now. I should really start WDing and freeing up spots.

    2/22 Holy Crap!! UCSF! =)

    1/23 Decided to go on UCLA interview after getting the ideal day. Had a great time in LA. It might be a harder decision than I had anticipated ucsd vs ucla. Anyway, also withdrew from 2 more schools, UCI and Penn. The only 2 left for potential interviews are USC and UCD. I will probably withdraw from them by the end of the month.

    1/9 Yay!! Dean Kelly from UCSD called and congratulated me on my acceptance to UCSD! =) I can stay here in CA and be near family now. Only one more school to wait for (as well as an interview in SoCal or two).

    X-mas, New Years, my Birthday, and beyond-- I'll be waiting and hoping for good news about UCSD and UCSF.....

    12/21 UCSF was great too. Amazing clinical and research opportunities. It just FEELS like an awesome place to be a medical student. Fingers crossed until February. On a separate note, I've decided to start withdrawing from schools I would not attend over UMich.

    12/10 UCSD was great. It's a very happy and relaxing place. Plus, the free clinics they have are awesome. As much or as little clinical experience you want to really make a difference in the community. Now, off to UCSF this afternoon.

    11/21 Persistance got my app reevaluated at UCSD and an interview. Thanks for the heads-up to send a letter of interest. They looked again and were interested!

    11/20 #3 and #4 are in. I am truly blessed. My only question--- what happened to Baylor?

    11/17 #2 acceptance is in. yay! SLU!

    11/15 The news is in. I'm going to be a doctor! =) UMich!

    11/6 Yay! I just got an interview invite to a CA school...... UCSF!!!

    11/3 Chicago and Hanover are cold! Really nice hospital facilities at both Dartmouth and Northwestern. I don't know that I really love the super rural or the super city atmospheres though. However, NW is in my top 3 right now with U of M and Baylor. Now I gotta schedule OHSU and BU.

    10/24 Great times at Pitt, UofM, and Vandy. Wow. Nice presentations, facilities, faculty, student satisfaction, cities...

    10/13/06 On Hold for interview at UCSD. That sucks. Big time. Don't even want to meet me? #s not high enough? not engaging enough autobiography?

    10/11/06- thoroughly enjoyed both Baylor and SLU. Hopefully I'll get some good news in the next few weeks.

    9/29/06 Just got Northwestern and Dartmouth invites. How am I going to schedule all of this? Withdraw from my 2 classes? I'm gonna be on the road for almost all of October....

    9/19/06 Last secondary received--> UCSF and it's the quickest out!

    9/18/06 First trip is planned Baylor and then SLU. Need to plan second trip Pitt, Michigan, and Vandy.

    9/8/06 Woohoo! SLU and BAYLOR! =) It'll be a busy October. Hopefully my students won't mind too much if I have to find a substitute!

    9/2/06 Third interview invite! Thanks Vanderbilt!

    9/1/06 It'll be a long weekend of secondaries.... UC Davis, Oregon H&S, U Mich, UCSD are top on the list to finish.

    8/24/06 Second Interview invite! Thanks Pitt!

    8/23/06 I've been working on 'what makes me unique and will add diversity essays'. Also, worked on the 'moral and ethical dilemma' prompts. Up next- researching Mt. Sinai, USC, Cornell

    8/15/06 First Interview invite! Thanks UMich.

    8/14/06 Sent first secondaries out! woohoo!

    8/11/06 AMCAS verified! Ready or not, here they come...

    8/4/06 Secondaries trickling in- UChicago, BU

    7/18/06 Just submitted. All my transcripts are waiting. Wish me luck.

    6/20/06 MCAT scores posted--- so happy! Hopefully it'll give me a shot to stay in CA...

    4/22/06 MCAT exam, version FH. Life can continue after 3 months on hold studying for it. It didn't seem TOO bad. Hopefully the curve won't be brutal though.

    Applied, Withdrew

    University of Chicago
    Tufts University
    Stanford University
    Rosalind Franklin University

    Application Complete, Rejected

    University of California, Davis

    Application Complete, Withdrew

    University of Pennsylvania
    Jefferson Medical College
    University of California, Irvine
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    University of Southern California

    Attended Interview, Withdrew

    Boston University
    Cornell University
    Wake Forest University
    Drexel University
    Oregon Health & Science University

    Attended Interview, Waitlisted, Withdrew

    Baylor College
    University of California, Los Angeles
    Vanderbilt University

    Accepted

    University of California, San Francisco
    Saint Louis University
    University of Pittsburgh
    Northwestern University
    Dartmouth College
    University of Michigan
    University of California, San Diego

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