Brief Profile:
Research (Microbiology: Ecology & Evolution of Viruses) -1 publication, 1 submitted, 2 in preparation (1 first author) -Abstracts and presentations -Research grants/awards
Cofounded college group for hospice volunteering
Club Sport (Captain)
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2006
Undergraduate college: Yale University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Institution: Yale University
Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
Degree Obtained: BS/MS
Total MCAT SCORE: 520
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 131,
C/P 130,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.93
Science GPA: 3.94
Summary of Application Experience
Just a quick summary of my application process:
Paper applications: Doing the primaries and secondaries were a bit tedious ? I highly suggest you finish them early! The paperwork is usually a bit more extensive for the MD/PhD application, but doable.
Interviews: After the first set of interviews, the entire interview process became less stressful and more enjoyable (and smoother). Simply, I tried to take advantage of the opportunity to talk about my research to PIs. Have fun ? I know I did.
Final decision: In the end, I attended interviews at UCLA/Caltech, UCSF, Penn, Stanford, and Yale, and decided to attend Stanford without going to my Harvard NP/HST/MD-PhD and UCSD interviews. In the end, I liked Stanford?s combination of research interests, curriculum, small class size, proximity to home, and suburbia, and didn?t prefer any other institution over it. So, Stanford it was!
As a final note, I?m of the philosophy that as students, we can only enroll in one program. So, in the end, you actually only need to be accepted at one desirable program. It doesn?t make sense to simply push through the application process. My final suggestion: if you?re already accepted at a happy place, simply withdraw, make your life simpler, and help the AdComs and other preMD-PhDs in limbo.
User #7389 took the old MCAT and scored a 37 which is in the 98th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 520 on the updated scale which is in the 98th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #7389’s section scores as follows:
User #7389 scored a 14 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 131 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #7389 scored a 13 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 130 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #7389 scored a 10 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
