Brief Profile:
Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude Undergraduate Research Assistantship (Oceanography) 2 season sport, All New-England Honors and top 5 finishes at Nationals TA for several classes some shadowing experience 1 year full-time lab research
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2003
Undergraduate college: Brown University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 522
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 132,
CARS 130
Overall GPA: 3.96
Science GPA: 3.91
Summary of Application Experience
I only applied to 8 schools, and I picked them by location and reputation. I think if I were doing this over, I might have added Michigan, Baylor, and UPenn, to have a few more schools, despite their distance from the Northeast.
I think my grades and scores really helped me get interviews, and the weakest aspect of my application was the lack of a demonstrated commitment to medicine and the absence of volunteer work. I spent my time in college doing what I loved, not worrying about how I would look to med schools, and I would not change that if I could (although I might have tried to do some community service trips over winter breaks).
I am very fortunate to have been given a full scholarship to my favorite school out of the ones to which I was accepted.
User #1652 took the old MCAT and scored a 38 which is in the 99th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 522 on the updated scale which is in the 99th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #1652’s section scores as follows:
User #1652 scored a 12 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 130 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #1652 scored a 14 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #1652 scored a 12 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 130 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
