*** BS/MD Results For Class Of 2014 ***

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>Been lurking here for a while, and have not seen a decision discussion for last year's class, so I thought of starting a a new one for this year's class for posting decisions received for various BS/MD programs. I see an interview notifications and a general discussion thread for our class, but I thought it would be helpful to post decisions as they arrive. I know it is a bit early for that, but hopefully in a few weeks we would know of at least some for which we have already interviewed. :) :)</p>

<p>I promise I will post my stats and decision(s) when I receive them. Hopefully, like all of us here, we will have at least one acceptance to a BS/MD program of our choice.</p>

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<p>Copying this format from the 2012 results thread.</p>

<p>Please share your stats in the following format, and include which BS/MD programs you applied to, as well as whether you were interviewed and whether you were accepted. (No these aren’t my stats… just a generic template!)</p>

<p>Class Rank:
Unweighted GPA:
Weighted GPA: </p>

<p>SAT:
Math: xxx; Critical Reading xxx ; Writing xxx ; Total: xxx</p>

<p>ACT:
English: xxx; Math: xxx; Reading: xxx; Science: xxx ; Composite: xxx</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math Level 2: xxx
Chemistry: xxx
Biology: xxx</p>

<p>AP’s (at the time of application to BS/MD programs):
Biology: x
Calculus BC: x
Calculus AB Subscore: x
Chemistry: x
English Language and Composition: x
Others: x</p>

<p>Seniors Year AP’s:
Subject names</p>

<p>Major EC’s:
National Honor Society
Key Club
Model UN, etc., etc.</p>

<p>Community Service:
Hospital Volunteering
Other Community service through church, school, etc.</p>

<p>Research Experience:
A brief description: worked in a college lab, wrote paper, etc.</p>

<p>Applied to the following BS/MD programs (this is just a sample, not mine LOL) :)) :)) :)) </p>

<ol>
<li>Boston University - INTERVIEW & SELECTED FOR PROGRAM</li>
<li>Brown - No interview</li>
<li>Cal Tech - No interview</li>
<li>Drexel/Drexel - No interview</li>
<li>GW - No interview</li>
<li>Lehigh/Drexel - No interview</li>
<li>Northwestern - No interview</li>
<li>Penn State - INTERVIEW, not selected</li>
<li>Pitt - No interview</li>
<li>RPI/AMC - combined INTERVIEW w/Union/AMC, not selected</li>
<li>Rice - No interview</li>
<li>Rochester - No interview</li>
<li>Siena/AMC - INTERVIEW & SELECTED FOR PROGRAM</li>
<li>UMiami - No interview</li>
<li>Union/AMC - combined INTERVIEW w/RPI/AMC & SELECTED FOR PROGRAM</li>
<li>USC - No interview</li>
<li>Villanova/Drexel - No interview</li>
<li>WashU - No interview</li>
</ol>

<p>Other schools: Harvard (accepted), Princeton (accepted), Yale (accepted), Duke (accepted) (lol I’m just filling in random schools/results for this template).</p>

<p>Decision:</p>

<p>Reflection: How you narrowed it down and ultimately picked a school/program, what you think were your biggest strengths/ weaknesses, etc.</p>

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<p>Guys, can we please try to keep this for results only, meaning including stats? The acceptances alone, though awesome (!!!), are relatively unhelpful. We should try to keep this thread “clean.” Until you receive most of your decisions, maybe stick to posting individual results in the official thread or even the interview notification thread. Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone who was admitted to AMC!</p>

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<p>I agree @starlight27. The idea behind this thread is to document our acceptances along with ours stats to help next year’s class. There are two other active threads for interview notifications and discussion for 2014 class. </p>

<p>I have had a few interviews, but no acceptances yet. Still waiting! Congrats to those admitted to AMC through one of their feeder programs. If you could take the time to post your acceptances and stats, that would be awesome. :smiley: </p>

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<p>Just for ease of future reference purposes, acceptances for the Saint Louis University’s Medical Scholar Program were snail mailed on March 3.</p>

<p>Today (March 6) others are posting about online acceptances to the Penn State-Jefferson Premedical-Medical (PMM) Program.</p>

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<p>March 7: Saint Bonaventure University/George Washington University SBU/GWU BS-MD decisions emailed.</p>

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<p>Congrats fx80sam ! Looks like you got your acceptance e-mail</p>

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<p>VCU decisions emailed 3/12/14</p>

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<p>Congratulations to all of you who have received acceptances. I am still waiting on a few more. In the meantime, I pulled this list of acceptance notification dates for future classes. I just used info posted on the other thread, in addition to what I know from friends and, of course, my own apps! If you have more accurate information do add to it or copy/paste the list with your mods to this thread.</p>

<p>3/3 Saint Louis University Med Scholar - Snail mail
3/6 Penn State/Jefferson - Web portal
3/7 Saint Bonaventure/GWU - Email
3/10 Rochester REMS - Phone and snail mail
3/10 University of Cincinnati DAP - Web portal
3/12 VCU GMED - Email
3/17 Villanova/Drexel - Snail Mail
3/17 Brooklyn BA/MD - ??
3/17 NJIT/SGU - ??
3/21 Northwestern HPME - Email (followed 3/20 NU UG)
3/21 NEOMED regular decision - Snail Mail
3/22 Boston University SMED - Web portal
3/25 Drexel/Drexel - Web portal</p>

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<p>Hey fx80sam, thanks for all the information!</p>

<p>I was wondering, what portal are you talking about for the Drexel/Drexel program? The undergrad portal?</p>

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<p>Not sure myself. Others who got accepted to Drexel/Drexel said so on the other thread. I assume it is the regular undergrad portal, since they get the message that you have been accepted to the special accelerated program, or something like that.</p>

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<p>@ngkey1x I used the undergrad portal to access my results, just to verify what fx80sam is saying. Great job gathering all the dates, @fx80sam</p>

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<p>3/27 UMKC - Email
3/27 Brown PLME - Web portal</p>

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<p>3/28 U Miami HPM - Email</p>

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<p>3/25 Rice/Baylor - email</p>

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<p>My college app process is finally over!</p>

<p>Class Rank: N/A but top 1%
UW GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.67</p>

<p>SAT: (Did not submit. Only for NMSF)
Math: 800; Critical Reading: 740; Writing: 690; Total: 1540/2230</p>

<p>ACT:
English: 36; Math: 36; Reading: 34; Science: 34; Writing: 10; Composite: 35</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math Level 2: 800
Chemistry: 800
Biology: 760 (Did not submit)</p>

<p>AP’s (At time of application to BS/MD programs):
AP Calculus BC: 5
AP Calculus AB: 5
AP Chemistry: 5
AP Biology: 4
AP English Language and Composition: 4
AP US History: 4
AP Human Geography: 4</p>

<p>Senior Year AP’s:
AP Physics C
AP Government
AP Comparative Politics
AP Literature
Math Topics (Count as AP Credit- a combo of Calc 3, discrete mathematics, and linear algebra)</p>

<p>Major Awards:
Intel Finalist
National Merit Finalist
Gold Award IJAS regionals and IJAS State Qualifier
Gold Award IJAS State in affiliation with Intel Science Fair
1st Place Speaker + Critic’s Choice – Illinois Congressional Debate Association (ICDA)
Best Presiding Officer – Illinois Congressional Debate Association (ICDA)
7th Place- ICTA State Congressional Debate
Semifinalist- IHSA State Congressional Debate Tournament
2nd Place Chemistry Science Olympiad Regionals
1st Place Anatomy Science Olympiad Regionals
1st Place WYSE (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering) regionals
Silver Client Award
Presidential Service Award</p>

<p>Major EC’s:
National Honors Society
National French Honors Society
Varsity Congressional Debate
Varsity Team Captain – Science Olympiad
Cross Country
Volleyball
Track
Environmental Team
Math Team
Math Tutor
WYSE</p>

<p>Community Service:
Hospital Volunteering – 3 years as nursing assistant and tech. Shadowed cardiologists and radiologists at work, assisted nurses in Cardiac Nursing Unit, provided direct patient care, aided MRI technologist in performing MR procedures, ensured a safe environment, served as a liaison between cardiology staff and patients.
Conservation Corporation – Participated in a variety of outdoor conservation work, wrote articles for Local Newspaper, coordinated special events, provided conservation research, completed office tasks.
Cancer Treatment Center- Worked as after-school receptionist, provided support for those affected by cancer, demonstrated a warm, caring and positive attitude for brave cancer patients and survivors.
Peer Jury – Served as a peer jury member for first-time juvenile offenders involved in minor infractions, determined consequences (i.e. Community service, counseling) for criminal actions in confidentiality, contributed to future well-being of offenders with emotional support.</p>

<p>Research:
(_____) University Cancer Research Center (Summer 2012):
Experimented with nanotechnology to quantify and analyze protein aggregation of cells (in vitro), researched revolutionary methods of cancer detection, and published paper in scientific journal.</p>

<p>Work Experience:
(Unnamed) Medical Company - Represented company in a variety of medical expositions, served client’s needs with direct client contact, assisted sales representatives in advertising medical equipment such as ultrasounds, filed paperwork for various equipments, organized events and gatherings, contributed to a dynamic and social atmosphere for both clients and co-workers.
English Teacher- Taught English to underprivileged kids from ages 4 to 16 in rural China, translated documents, educated students in sentence structure and vocabulary, donated all proceedings to Autism charity.</p>

<p>Applied to the following Programs:</p>

<ol>
<li> Boston University/SMED- Interview and SELECTED FOR PROGRAM – COMMITTED TO BU SMED CLASS OF 2021!!!</li>
<li> UMiami/HPM- Interview and SELECTED FOR PROGRAM w/full ride</li>
<li> VCU/GMED- Interview and SELECTED FOR PROGRAM</li>
<li> RPI/AMC- Interview and SELECTED FOR PROGRAM</li>
<li> Drew University/NJMS- Interview but declined interview invitation</li>
<li> NU HPME- Interview- Rejected </li>
<li> George Washington – No Interview</li>
<li> Case Western/PPSP – No interview</li>
<li> UIC/GPPA- No interview</li>
<li>Brown PLME- rejected</li>
</ol>

<p>Other Schools: UChicago (Accepted), Northwestern (Accepted), bunch of random other schools</p>

<p>Decision: Boston University 7 year SMED Class of 2021!!!</p>

<p>Reflection: I have just always loved Boston so much and it’s a respectable Undergrad and Top 30 Med School</p>

<p>Strengths: GPA/ACT/SAT2/Essays
Weaknesses: Lack of Huge Awards/National Level Awards</p>

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<p>@wasian88 wowzers those credentials look fabulous. My gosh why would you not get an interview at Case? There is no rhyme or reason to these programs and how they select sometimes. I am surprised you didn’t even get interview for UIC GPPA? Really? SO weird.</p>

<p>CONGRATULATIONS!!!</p>

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<p>@Midhelper Thanks! No one got case because case prefers instate people first, but I was surprised about UIC too!</p>

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<p>Male, Ohio</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.91
Weighted GPA: 4.61 (5 point scale)
ACT Scores:
Composite: 33</p>

<p>34 Math
33 English
32 Science
32 Reading</p>

<p>Writing score: 10</p>

<p>Subject Test Scores:</p>

<p>Math I: 720
Math II: 740
Chemistry: 760
Biology E: 630</p>

<p>AP Scores and Future Courses:</p>

<p>Junior Year:</p>

<p>AP Psychology: 4
AP Statistics: 4
AP Chemistry: 4</p>

<p>Senior Year:</p>

<p>AP Calculus AB
AP Biology
AP Physics B
AP MicroEconomics</p>

<p>AP Scholar Award</p>

<p>Total APs: 7
Total Honors: 6</p>

<p>Awards</p>

<p>9th Grade (Regional, International Science Fair (Vancouver Canada))
10th Grade: $60,000 Scholarship to Case Western (15K/year), $2500 Scholarship to University of Cincinnati
11th Grade: $1250 Scholarship to University of Cincinnati</p>

<p>Science Fair:
4 time State Participant, 4 time superior (highest rating) at State
Active member of OAS (Ohio Academy of Science)
Published 3 times through Science Fair (2 abstracts, 1 paper)
International Conference Attendee</p>

<p>Lab Experience
10th Grade: Materials Engineering Research State, National Conference Invitation (Chicago, Illinois) *Published
11th Grade: Biological Sciences, State Science Fair *Published
12th Grade: Cardiovascular Research, Will go to State again * Not published</p>

<p>Work Experience
Healthcare program, 40 hours a week for 5 weeks</p>

<p>EC (Extra Curriculars)</p>

<p>Eagle Scout (6 Time Patrol Leader and first Venture Patrol Leader, Instructor)
organized several high adventure trips with costs over $1500 per member</p>

<p>President & Founder of Science National Honor Society (11th and 12th Grade)
Vice President & CoFounder of Six Sigma Club (11th and 12th Grade)
Technology & Advertising Chair Spanish National Honor Society (11th and 12th Grade)
Active Member of Student Leadership Advisory Council
Member of NHS(11th and 12th), Build On (11th and 12th) , and Outdoor Club (9th and 10th), Paintball club (9th and 10th), and Science Olympiad (9th and 10th)
Starter of Intercity Youth Organization. Received over $2,000 in donations and am in construction of a website through Weebly
Ballboyed at a ATP for 4 years in a row (7 weeks total (100 hours per week))</p>

<p>Sports:
Tennis (best tennis program in state by far) (JV letter 4 years)
Baseball (for fun, 7 years)</p>

<p>Essay Quality: Could be better, but pretty solid (8/10)
Recommendations: Fantastic, couldn’t be better (10/10)</p>

<p>Volunteer Hours by grade
9th grade: 10 hours
10th grade: 30 hours additional
11th grade: 500 hours additional (My Eagle Scout project consisted of 450 of those, raised $3,500)
12th grade so far: 45 hours additional</p>

<p>Around 1,000 DOCUMENTED hours of total volunteering</p>

<p>Shadowing Hours: 40 hours, 7 different fields
Hospital Volunteer: only 22 hours</p>

<p>Program Results:</p>

<p>NEOMED- INTERVIEW- ACCEPTED at KENT STATE
Duquesne- INTERVIEW – interview at Temple—ACCEPTED INTO PROGRAM
Washington & Jefferson—interview at Temple—ACCEPTED INTO PROGRAM
Baylor/Baylor – INTERVIEW—NOT FORWARD for BCM interview
Rice/Baylor-- rejected
Miami University HPM – INTERVIEW – ACCEPTED INTO PROGRAM
RPI/AMC – INTERVIEW – ACCEPTED INTO PROGRAM
OSU BMS—INTERVIEW—ACCEPTED INTO PROGRAM
St. Bonaventure – INTERVIEW—NOT FORWARDED for GW interview
EMSAP- Rejected
Penn State/Jefferson – Rejected
University of Cincinnati DAP – Rejected
VCU GMED-- Rejected
Case Western PPSP --Rejected
UToledo – Rejected
GW/GW – Rejected
Brown PLME – Rejected
Rochester (REMS) – Rejected
NJIT/NJMS – Rejected
NJIT/SGU-- ACCEPTED INTO PROGRAM
Rutgers/NJMS-- Rejected
UConn— Rejected
UMKC – INTERVIEW—ACCEPTED INTO PROGRAM
Villianova/Drexel – Rejected
Drexel/Drexel – Rejected
LECOM—INTERVIEW – did NOT ATTEND interview
University of Kentucky—rejected
Hofstra—rejected
SLU Medical Scholars—ACCEPTED INTO PROGRAM</p>

<p>Others UG schools applied t (decision): UC San Diego (Accepted), UC Berkeley (Accepted), Duke (WL), Harvard (rejected), UCLA (WL)
Decision: RPI/AMC Physician Scientist Program</p>

<p>Reflection: Alright, so clearly I applied to many schools. Here are the schools I was pissed about not getting in: UC,
Case Western, VCU, Villanova, and second Baylor. I was the most angry at UC. I did 3 years of research there and
attended a very selective program at the college, yet I did not even have the chance at an interview where I know I would have been successful due to my amazing success at mini med interviews (NEOMED, UMKC, OSU BMS). I am over it now because I was accepted into a far more prestigious program, RPI/AMC. Many people may be wondering why I did not accept Miami HPM, and let me tell you why. That program requires a 32 MCAT, 3.7 maintained GPA, and I did not receive at least 3/4 tuition. Also (and this is weird lol) I dont really like hot weather. Now I rejected both 6 year programs because UMKC was not worth it to me and NEOMED was too close to home as well as too rigorous and other factors. I did not choose OSU BMS, although not a BSMD program it is essentially one, because I did not want to go to OSU simple as that. Duquesne and W&J to me were worthless. Pretty simple choice in my opinion. SLU didn’t really offer too many benefits.</p>

<p>Things I should have done but don’t regret: more hospital volunteering, and studying for school more and limiting my ECs a bit more</p>

<p>Overall the application process was hell. The decisions were completely random. Simply put my resume wasn’t great enough to succeed into higher rated schools. I am EXTREMELY happy however that I was accepted into RPI’s program and am ready to face the challenges up ahead. Now both my sister and I will graduate to med school at the same time. She will graduate from Pitt GAP and I will from RPI Dual.</p>

<p>TIPS for future classes:
1.) Really show your passion for medicine. If you are not set on becoming a doctor, don’t waste your time.
2.) Understand that you will get a lot of rejections, SO APPLY TO A LOT OF SCHOOLS
3.) APPLY TO A LOT OF SCHOOLS
4.) At interviews, AlWAYS dress professionally
5.) Never skip an interview UNLESS you know you don’t want to go there or you can’t afford the trip in which case you can always call the institution
6.) Work on essays over summer because there are a lot of them. Keep them interesting.
7.) please PM me for questions, I dont come on that much, but will be happy to help</p>

<p>P.S. Every program is a great one, but it has to fit you.</p>

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<p>Class Rank: 1/ approx. 500
Unweighted GPA: 4.0/4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.775/4</p>

<p>SAT:
Math: 800; Critical Reading 740 ; Writing 800; Total: 2340 (one sitting)</p>

<p>ACT:
English: 36; Math: 36; Reading: 34; Science: 35; Composite: 35</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math Level 2: 800
Chemistry: 800</p>

<p>AP’s (at the time of application to BS/MD programs):
Calculus BC: 5
Calculus AB Subscore: 5
Chemistry: 5
Statistics: 5
World History: 5
US Government: 5</p>

<p>Seniors Year AP’s:
AP Physics, AP Psychology, AP English Literature and Composition</p>

<p>Major EC’s:
Science research at university, president of debate team, medical shadowing, captain of math team, founder of culture club, piano performance</p>

<p>Community Service:
Hospital Volunteering, nursing home</p>

<p>Research Experience:
A brief description: worked in a college lab and wrote paper</p>

<p>Applied to the following BS/MD programs</p>

<ol>
<li>Northwestern University HPME - interviewed, selected, and will be attending</li>
<li>Brown PLME - accepted</li>
<li>UAB EMSAP - No interview</li>
<li>Case Western PPSP - No interview</li>
<li>Rice/Baylor MSP - No interview</li>
<li>WashU UPSM - declined to interview</li>
<li>Rochester REMS - No interview</li>
</ol>

<p>Other schools: Accepted to UNC, Rice, Rice, Rochester, CWRU, USC, Texas A&M, and University of Alabama. Waitlisted at Harvard, rejected to Yale.</p>

<p>Decision: Northwestern University HPME</p>

<p>Reflection: How you narrowed it down and ultimately picked a school/program, what you think were your biggest strengths/ weaknesses, etc. Biggest strength was definitely my essay section. I didn’t have anything that really stood out, and my HPME interviewer pointed that out, but I think what got me in was that I could show I really knew what medicine was about and why I wanted to be in a BSMD program. If you can answer those two questions effectively with a personal twist, you really don’t need anything else. I picked HPME because it’s 7 years and I will matriculate to a phenomenal medical school. Good luck to everybody, and don’t worry about building up a resume. I’m a big example of how passion will show if you truly care.</p>