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What Are Admissions Committees Looking For? Confessions of an admissions committee insider

What Are Admissions Committees Looking For? Confessions of an admissions committee insider. Brian P. Sullivan Washington University in St. Louis NEAAHP Meeting April 11, 2013. Disclaimer.

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What Are Admissions Committees Looking For? Confessions of an admissions committee insider

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  1. What Are Admissions Committees Looking For? Confessions of an admissions committee insider Brian P. Sullivan Washington University in St. Louis NEAAHP Meeting April 11, 2013

  2. Disclaimer Brian Sullivan receives compensation from Washington University in St. Louis. Therefore, he will make no pretense of being objective.

  3. What are we looking for? • Personal Characteristics • Quantitative Measures • Research Experience • Lagniappe

  4. Personal Characteristics • Maturity & Integrity • Commitment & Perseverance • Curious & Creative • High concern index • Effective Team Player & Communicator

  5. Quantitative Measures Total Applicant Pool (n= 1,813) 100% MeanRange • MCATS 31.1 6 - 44 • GPA 3.6 1.7 - 4.0 Matriculants (n= 633) 35% • MeanRange • MCATS 34.4 22 - 44 • GPA 3.8 2.8 - 4.0

  6. MD-PhD Applicant Statistics 2012 MCAT Applicants Matriculants 27% 9% Best MCAT

  7. MD-PhD Applicant Statistics 2012GPA Total GPA

  8. Research Experience • Sufficient research experience to understand what you are getting into • Two years of undergraduate research • Multiple summer projects • Senior thesis research • Familiarity with testing a hypothesis • Mechanistic rather than descriptive

  9. Lagniappe • Publications • Meeting Presentations • Leadership Experience • Gap Year / Postbac • Multiple Majors • No Drama

  10. My Favorite Words Curious Creative / Innovative Focused Initiative / Fearless Passion Thoughtful

  11. About the Application • Less is more, and more is too much • Clear & unambiguous statements • Compelling story, not a lab report • Early bird gets the worm

  12. Acknowledgements: Data slides provided by the AAMC Contact Information briansullivan@wustl.edu or 800-852-4625

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