Guess I'm the first... I tried to make this as detailed as I could with pertinent information:
Undergraduate: Northeastern university in the Top 60 (according to U.S. News & World Report: America?s Best Colleges 2006: National Universities); Magna Cum Laude, B.S. in Human Physiology.
MCAT: 32
Medical School: Northeastern medical school in the Top 30 for Research and Top 50 for Primary Care (according to U.S. News & World Report: America?s Best Graduate Schools 2006).
Step I: 234
Step II CK: 246 (submitted in time for ERAS)
Preclinical (Honors/Pass/Fail): 7/16 Honors, 9/16 Pass
Preclinical (Pass/Fail): 6/6 Pass
Third-year Clinical (Honors/High Pass/Pass/Deficiency Low/Deficiency Insufficient): 4/6 Honors (Pediatrics, Medicine, Psychiatry, OB/Gyn) and 2/6 High Pass (Surgery, Family Medicine)
Fourth-year Clinical (same as third-year): 3/3 Ortho Honors (one home, and two aways: University of Virginia and University of Iowa), General Surgery Sub-I High Pass (my school does not have Ortho Sub-I), 2/2 Other Honors (Geriatrics/Home Care, Neurology)
Alpha Omega Alpha: No
Research: Two poster presentations: one at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) New England Regional Conference and another at a Public Health Annual Poster & Exhibit Show. No publications.
Other Academic: Master of Public Health (MPH)
Programs applied to: 30
Interviews Offered: 15
Accepted interviews: 9
Ranked programs: 9. In alphabetical order: Boston University Medical Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Harvard University, SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, University of Iowa, University of Rochester, University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, University of Vermont, University of Virginia.
Match: University of Rochester Medical Center/Strong Memorial Hospital.
I am so stoked! This is the best fit for my family and I, and we couldn't be happier
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Congratulations to all, and best of luck to all of us as future colleagues and friends!
