anyone astonished they got in?

[fastjack]

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long time lurker first time poster. so anyone else absolutely floored that they got in? i didn't think i had a chance.

uGPA - 3.1
sGPA - 3.2
MCAT - 29

white, male, early thirties. extra curriculars of course, but who doesn't have them?

MCAT last available for this cycle (mid-August)
AMCAS complete late September (inital apps sent to 2 schools)
received 2 secondaries, filled out 1 (one was early start and i couldn't do it)
complete at school mid-November
interview early February

😀😀😀accepted to MD/PhD last week!😀😀😀😀

not a top 10, but a darn good school none-the-less. sorry i don't want to say which at the moment for fear of maligning their good name. 😉

 

[RoadRunner17]

long time lurker first time poster. so anyone else absolutely floored that they got in? i didn't think i had a chance.

uGPA - 3.1
sGPA - 3.2
MCAT - 29

white, male, early thirties. extra curriculars of course, but who doesn't have them?

MCAT last available for this cycle (mid-August)
AMCAS complete late September (inital apps sent to 2 schools)
received 2 secondaries, filled out 1 (one was early start and i couldn't do it)
complete at school mid-November
interview early February

😀😀😀accepted to MD/PhD last week!😀😀😀😀

not a top 10, but a darn good school none-the-less. sorry i don't want to say which at the moment for fear of maligning their good name. 😉

With those stats, applying to 1 school, and applying MD/PhD? If its really true (I don't see any reason for you to be lying of course, but you never know) you damn well better be astonished.. was it MSTP?

 

[riceman04]

My advisor told me b4 she left I was going to be fine, but I did not believe her b/c of all the horror stories I heard. So, I was quite astonished when I received as many interview offers as I did and then acceptances following.

I have been truly blessed and I am grateful.

Hindsight bias: I applied to wayyyyyyyyy too many schools

 

[RoadRunner17]

My advisor told me b4 she left I was going to be fine, but I did not believe her b/c of all the horror stories I heard. So, I was quite astonished when I received as many interview offers as I did and then acceptances following.

I have been truly blessed and I am grateful.

Hindsight bias: I applied to wayyyyyyyyy too many schools

Grace wasn't too confidence inspiring but I guess she's been around the block enough to know how things work. Better safe than sorry!

 

[han14tra]

Yes, I'm astonished. Wake up every morning and thank God for how incredibly fortunate I am.

Top-tier liberal arts university.
GPA - 3.7
sGPA - 3.55
MCAT 25P

Applied 13 MD schools.
Interview invitations for 7.
Stopped going to interviews after 1st acceptance.

 

[witness23]

mustve had some sick research experience, congrats

 

[searun]

My advisor told me b4 she left I was going to be fine, but I did not believe her b/c of all the horror stories I heard. So, I was quite astonished when I received as many interview offers as I did and then acceptances following.

I have been truly blessed and I am grateful.

Hindsight bias: I applied to wayyyyyyyyy too many schools

If you are a member of the Penn Class of 2013, major congrats. Sweet school!

 

[tdittyx2x3]

3.3cum

 

[riceman04]

If you are a member of the Penn Class of 2013, major congrats. Sweet school!

ha no...I did a postbacc program at Penn and then I decided not to apply to any schools in Philly (don't see myself living here for four more years).

But I am happy with my choices...some of which would be comparable schools.

Thanks though

 

[efitzpat]

I'm shocked that I was accepted. Astounded that I got multiple acceptances. And just plain shocked when I got into a good school (UCSD!!!!!!).

 

[riceman04]

Grace wasn't too confidence inspiring but I guess she's been around the block enough to know how things work. Better safe than sorry!

I think I was one of her favorites b/c I was one of Caren Campbell's acquaintences. So yeah...Grace 😍 me

 

[BlueElmo]

this is kinda off topic, but riceman, do you know if Penn State is friendly to OOS? I'm thinking of applying there this cycle.

 

[DrMattOglesby]

sorry i don't want to say which at the moment for fear of maligning their good name. 😉

haha thas a funny line
im pretty stunned i got into such a pretty school, too!

BLUE ELMO: Penn State is waaay friendly to out of staters! I think more than half the class is OOS! ...and about half of that half is probably from cali...

 

[umean2tellme]

I was astounded when I got 4 md interviews. Being accepted to a new school was that much more amazing.

 

[aggieallure]

long time lurker first time poster. so anyone else absolutely floored that they got in? i didn't think i had a chance.

I cried when I found out I had gotten an interview. It took about 2 days for it to finally sink in when I was accepted. Floored doesn't even begin to cover it.

congrats, btw!!!

 

[hoya09]

Me. Floored and immensely grateful.

 

[ButImLETired]

I cried when I found out I got an interview. It took about 2 days for it to finally sink in when I was accepted. Floored doesn't even begin to cover it.

congrats, btw!!!

Haha pretty much my experience. I cried a little when I got my first interview. Cried harder (like, loudly and obnoxiously) when I got in. Almost got hit by a car when i got a scholarship.

Same school for all 3 by the way, and the school I'll ultimately be attending.

Incidentally, I wasn't the only one astonished at my fortune this cycle. My family admitted to having had some doubts, my premed adviser (who had previously suggested I probably wouldn't get in) couldn't believe it, and my best friend was like "you know, I love you but...you're not THAT special, what'd you do?!"

Anyway, this process is a mystery. Thank God for lady luck.

 

[sunset823]

I'm pretty surprised, both because of mediocre stats (3.48, 3.07 BCPM, 33) and the fact that nothing I've ever done was to get into med school, and hence I was a VERY unique candidate - I'm not the emotional type, but I am definitely very relieved and happy that schools recognize that I can be a doctor with a unique career, and I got into med school on my own terms 🙂

 

[quirks]

Yeah... I'm pretty surprised. My stats are mediocre, and also, I only decided I wanted to be a doctor three years ago so it's still barely registered in my head that I'm actually doing it.

Yesterday my mother told me that she's really proud that I got in and that even though my brother's been through all this, it wasn't until I went through it that she really understood just how difficult this process is.

 

[fastjack]

it's not an MSTP, just a straight MD/PhD. but it's in the tradition of MSTP's, just not funded as such (hard science research). yes, i've had a pretty successful career so far, but i would think most that are considering medicine should fall in that category (but maybe i'm wrong). i didn't have a ton of research, but what i had aligned closely with an area the school was looking to expand in. and i do have a fairly diverse history of leadership, volunteerism, academic interests, athletics etc. no one i know ever doubted i would get in, but quite frankly they didn't know my stats. and everyone on sdn seems pretty obsessed with stats so i figured med schoolswould be as well. it's nice to know that some places still look at the whole-person concept.

by the way, this was my hail marry year. i was getting everything ready to apply next cycle, but i figured why wait when it's just a couple hundred bucks to get a chance at acceptance this year or at least feedback for next. but i didn't want to get into my 20th choice this year and face the decision of turning it down or settling. hence the low application count. guess it worked out, though.

 

[drizzt3117]

I think I was a little bit more in rice's situation, where I wasn't surprised I got in somewhere but I was surprised how much success I had during the cycle.