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  • User #7728

  • Application cycles: 2006
  • Demographics: Female,
  • Home state: Maryland
  • Brief Profile: Research: 2 years at undergrad institution, one summer at the Mayo Clinic, one summer at NIH. Postbac at NIH since 2005. 2 publications.
    Scholarships: Several academic, one through NIH
    Work: I worked my way through college to pay for it, in both glamorous and not-so glamorous jobs.
    A lot of clinical experience. Medical interpreter (English/Spanish)
  • // Applications //

    Application Cycle One: 2006

    • Undergraduate college: BYU
    • Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
    • Total MCAT SCORE: 522
    • MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 132, CARS 129  
    • Overall GPA: 3.99
    • Science GPA: 4.00

    Summary of Application Experience

    I put this profile up to encourage all those coming from unusual/non-traditional backgrounds and those who did not attend ivy league schools but would love to go to a world-class MD/PhD program. If you are older, use it to your advantage! Maturity helps enormously when interviewing. Be yourself, relax, and learn from the interviews. You will meet the most amazing people and learn from the best scientists. I had a blast in mine.

    Also, apply early. I finished all my secondaries from 8/15 until 9/13, and starting hearing from schools in early october. I had my first interview at UTSW on Oct 13-14, and the rest pretty much every week after that. However, don't make my mistakes. I applied to WAAAYY too many schools because I was not sure how strong of a candidate I was (I did not know how good my letters were). During my first interview, one of my interviewers hinted that they were very very good, so when I came back I decided to withdraw from some schools and only interview at schools in the northeast where I could see myself going.

    Good luck to everyone!

    Applied, Withdrew

    Mayo Medical School
    Duke University
    Case Western Reserve University

    Application Complete, Withdrew

    Northwestern University

    Attended Interview, Withdrew

    Vanderbilt University
    University of Virginia
    University of California, San Francisco
    University of Chicago
    University of Maryland
    University of Michigan
    Stanford University
    Columbia University
    Baylor College
    Yale University
    University of Pennsylvania
    University of Texas, Southwestern

    Accepted

    Washington University in St. Louis
    Cornell University
    Harvard University
    Johns Hopkins University
    New York University

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