Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Tale of the Tape

As of today, here's how things have gone down.

MCAT
MCAT fee: $210
MCAT class: $1500
Comments: Obviously have to take the MCAT. Kaplan class is good for study materials, practice exams, giving structure to studying. Questionable value of price to product.

Schools
Schools applied to: 15
Rejections: 5 (1 post interview)
Pre-interview hold: 1
Interviews: 9
Waitlists: 2
Acceptances: 6
Withdrawals: 1 (pre-interview), 3 (post-acceptance)
Comments: Looks like it's narrowed down to one, maybe two schools, unless I get an insane scholarship somewhere (unlikely).

Applications
AAMC Primary: 1 sent to 15 schools ($580)
School Secondaries: 15 ($1050)
Sending off letters of rec, transcripts: $192
Comments: Yeah, not the cheapest app process ever.

Interviews
Hotels: 7 ($802)
Gas: ~$370
Comments: See latter portion of this.

Overall, things have pretty much wound down. Waiting on an offer from one school and also waiting to see what financial aid packages look like. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure I know where I'll be for med school...

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