Application Cycle One: 2006

• Undergraduate college: UIUC
• Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

• Total MCAT SCORE: 507
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 127, C/P 126, CARS 127   Detailed Breakdown
• Overall GPA: 3.98
• Science GPA: 3.98

Summary of Application Experience

I am so incredibly excited to be going to Northwestern! I love everything about this school. I literally begged them to let me in and I'm so happy it worked!!

A few random notes:
-Don't underestimate how draining this process can be, both emotionally and financially.
-I don't know if it was worth it or not to go into this process with a low MCAT score.
-I worked my butt off as an undergrad, but wish I had known how many really competitive kids take time off after graduation (and I could have retaken the mcat). (REMEMBER to look at 'average age of matriculation' at any given schoool. some will surprise you.)
-APPLY EARLY. APPLY EARLY. APPLY EARLY.
-If you're a research-oriented kid, you're going to be more attractive to research-oriented schools.
-If you don't see yourself actually going to your backup schools, DON'T APPLY TO THEM. I made a serious mistake with this one.
-Make sure you have friends around to support you through all of this! I don't think I would have survived without mine!