Brief Profile:
Nothing out of the ordinary, 1 year of full-time clinical research, 3 semesters of hospital volunteering, soup-kitchen work, blood drive staffing, and running some cultural activities, among others.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2002
Undergraduate college: University of Illinois
Undergraduate Area of study: Computing and Information Science
Institution: N/A
Area of Study: Other
Total MCAT SCORE: 524
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 132,
C/P 132,
CARS 130
Overall GPA: 3.94
Science GPA: 3.93
Summary of Application Experience
Great numbers will only get you so far; I feel that coming from a less prestigious undergrad and not having anything out of the ordinary in my EC's really killed my chances from getting into any of the really super Ivy-league type med schools.
User #424 took the old MCAT and scored a 41 which is in the 100th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 524 on the updated scale which is in the 100th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #424’s section scores as follows:
User #424 scored a 15 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #424 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 #424 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.