Any California State University System Students Applying???

[UrSexyLatinDr21]

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Hey Guys, whats up....

Are there any CSU students here applying to med school? If so, how has your luck been? ALso, what are your stats ( MCAT, GPA) and major....I hope you guys answer......

Eduardo

 

[UrSexyLatinDr21]

ANYONE??? There has to be a few I am sure......😀

 

[stacyg]

I'm a biology major at San Diego State University. Yes, I did apply this year and was accepted. I will be attending school in Pennsylvania this fall!

 

[opus03]

Originally posted by UrSexyLatinDr21
ANYONE??? There has to be a few I am sure......😀

Hello, I am at Sonoma State University...but I have only spent my last two years here. I applied this cycle, have had six interviews, two acceptances, and still waiting three more. BTW I am not a CA resident so none of my interviews have been here...I will be in Chicago next year. Good luck!

 

[UrSexyLatinDr21]

AWESOME AND MUCH CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EDDIE

 

[tonem]

Eduardo,

I graduated from San Jose State. But I applied five years ago (just finishing up in Pennsylvania).

 

[runninresearch]

Hello,

I represent a CSU - I graduated from Chico State in 2001 and am applying along with a lot of other people on this board to begin school this fall. As long as you do well, there shouldn't be a huge bias against you even though you're coming out of a less recognized school. I applied to 10 schools and received interviews from all 10, interviewed at 5, have been accepted at 3 (Stanford, UCLA, WashU) and am still waiting from 2 (Harvard, UCSF).

One of my interviewers at UCLA told me that he considered my 3.96 gpa from Chico equivalent to about a 3.75 from a more prestigious school, but that in itself did not keep me out since he called me about two weeks later to inform me of an MSTP acceptance. No other school questioned why I attended a CSU during the interview. If the goal is to attend a top school, then it may be more important for students graduating from a CSU to have an MCAT score at least on par with the medical school's average to show that they have a similar aptitude as someone graduating from a powerhouse school.

 

[neofight]

congrads runninresearch on your acceptances! I'm curious...what exactly was your MCAT score?

 

[zer0el]

runninresearch, congrats! im also curious as to what else u had going for u (eg, URM, high mcat, etc.) thanks

 

[runninresearch]

My MCAT scores were high enough to get me through the early selection rounds (10V-11P-13B), but I imagine that it was the other aspects of my application that opened the interview doors and led to acceptances. I spent two years working in a research lab at Stanford Univ. where I was very fortunate to have awesome faculty and post-doc mentors who pushed me to publish and submit material early and often (I'll leave with 4 1st-author papers, 5 co-author papers, and 9 1st- or co-author abstract/meeting presentations). I spent a semester at N.I.H. doing research (take advantage of this kind of opportunity if you can) and did some minor research on the side at Chico State. I had a good leadership position (pre-med president) and competed in intercollegiate track and cross-country for 4 years. I received great LORs from each of those activities. Since I had a high gpa I decided to focus less on academic/scholarship awards and focus more on "humanistic" qualities such as volunteering (tutor/big bro for disadvantaged youths) and interactions with the medical field such as physician shadowing on the AMCAS application. On secondaries I included everything I could where applicable. Then again, maybe admission committees looked past these things and accepted me because of Chico's recent ranking as the #2 party school according to Playboy. 🙂

 

[Biodude]

Wow, I'm glad to see SOME people respond who have gone to a CSU for undergrad. I myself am not applying yet, but I was beginning to feel lonely when nobody from a CSU answered any of MY questions, but that's a moot point now. I am encouraged by everyone's posts here.

Currently I am attending CSU Fullerton. I'm sure some of y'all have heard of it? Anyways, as you all can tell, I am a biology major.

 

[UrSexyLatinDr21]

THANNKS GUYS~


Hey running what was your undergrad major? Much congrats on your acceptances bro.......

Eduardo

 

[UCLAstudent]

My friend went to Cal State Long Beach and was accepted to UCLA last year (she's a first year med student). I'm unsure of her stats, but I know that she had good LOR.

 

[tgan]

went to CSU fullerton for post bacc and did pretty well. Mcat score not too high but have a strong app overall. Recieved three acceptances so far to pretty good schools. I do not believe that you are in any way disadvantaged by going to a cal state. As the UCSD counselor who came and spoke to us at Fullerton said, "it does not matter where u go or what your major is, as long a you do well in whatever u do." I;ve know some CSU grads who have gone to Hopkins and UCSF (and I'm not talking about super-premeds such as u know who). In my opinion, the education I received at CSUF was superior to the one I got from my "powerhouse" undergrad. I wish you luck.

 

[UrSexyLatinDr21]

Thanks for all the responses guys, very motivating and inspirational comments....Anyone else?

Ed