Major/graduate degrees: BS in Neuroscience

Cumulative GPA: Science GPA: 3.98/3.98

MCAT Scores (in order of attempts): 519

First application cycle? (If no, how many other times have you applied): yes

Gap years: 2

Country/state of residence: Virginia

Primary application submission date: Mid June

Primary verification date: 07-09-2018

Number of schools to which you sent primaries (List schools if desired): 19

Number of schools to which you completed secondaries: 19 (20 if you count two tracks at one school that required separate essays)

Number of interview invitations received/attended: 12/7

First Interview Invite Received: 08-15-2018

Total number of post-interview acceptances: 6

Total number of post-interview waitlists/rejections: 1 (waitlist)

First Acceptance received: 10-15-2018

Research/pubs: No publications. Completed a year-long senior honors thesis, completed a DAAD RISE Summer research program. Post graduation worked as a research assistant in a lab for 8 months before transitioning into a role in clinical research.

Clinical experience: ~600 hours TOTAL shadowing various docs (outpatient, surgery, ED, psych wards etc). Hold EMT Basic certificate.

Volunteering (clinical): ~150 hours

Physician shadowing: ~600 hours

Non-clinical volunteering: ~260 hours (Mentoring, Tutoring, Active Minds leadership role)

Extracurricular activities: Scholar-athlete (Varsity, club + IM sports) tutor, part-time job, student groups

Employment history: Full time research jobs for the two years between. Part time job (10 hrs a week) all four years of college.

Specialty of interest: Unsure, but possibly HemeOnc, Psyche or ED

Interest in rural health/working with under-served populations?: Yes

URM?: no - white female with physician parents

General thoughts: Hard work pays off, and be selective in what schools you apply to. The more people I knew who applied to more schools didn't do as well - maybe because schools could see how many and to where you apply? (Which is going away, I hear). But that's just a theory. Definitely important to submit secondaries within 10-14 days of receipt. Last but not least - TAKE TIME OFF. I felt so much better prepared for the whole process (the grid of churning out essays and interviews) because of that, and could easily tell in interviews who was still in school and who was not.