Hey I think I am kind of late posting on this thread since a new underdog thread has been started but I wanted to share my experiences. Hopefully, I can cheer some people up who are applying or reapplying for next year. I will try to keep this short as possible. This was my second time applying. My stats:
I took the MCAT 3 times.
21M / 22M /25R
GPA: 3.7 c/s gpa
I had decent amount of volunteering hours and did a couple extracurricular activities in college.
I did not have enough money to apply early for the 2012 cycle and was forced to apply late. I finished sending out all my secondaries by November. During my first couple months of waiting, I only received one interview (Touro-NY). I had the interview on February and did terrible. I was waitlisted the following week. Towards mid March I got a letter from Touro saying I was put on the priority waitlist. I wish I would have filmed my reaction. I was jumping up and down thinking that I had hope until I went to SDN and found out everyone got put on priority waitlist. Within a week touro sent me a letter saying I was rejected. At least I got to feel really special those first couple hours.
After my rejection I ended up calling the other schools to ask if they were still giving out interviews. Most schools didnt give me a straight answer and just told me to wait. However, the last school that I called (WVSOM) ended up telling me the interview process was over and told me to reapply earlier for next year. I pretty much gave up hope at that point thinking that every school was finishing up interviews. As the days passed I started receiving rejection emails.
By the beginning of April I decided to study for the GREs and was about to apply to graduate school. It wasnt until the end of April I was invited for an interview at NYCOM. I was shocked because this was the school I really wanted to go to. I was very nervous during the interview since this was the last school that would give me a chance. I basically waited for a month to get a response and ended up getting accepted this week.
Hopefully my story will help you if you are feeling down. Never give up hope. Even though I was planning to take the GREs I think I would have reapplied for a third time. I managed to save up enough money to apply earlier for next years cycle; however, fortunately I didnt have to. Anyway, with all this money saved up I might just end up buying something nice for myself lol. I want to say good luck to anyone who is applying for next year and congratulations on the people who were accepted.
Cheers to you mate. Congratulations
Good work man, really proud of you, congrats!
