Brief Profile:
Pretty much the normal extracurriculars, except I'm banking on the fact that I have had long term commitments for all of them: Clinical Research - 3 years, assumed leadership roles for 2 studies Clinical volunteer - 4 years, now the co-coordinator of the program ACS volunteer - 6 years, committee chairperson at Relay for Life event Various conferences Presented research - received 2 grants, and presented numerous times
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: University of California, Irvine
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 517
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 125,
C/P 129,
CARS 132
Overall GPA: 3.76
Science GPA: 3.72
Summary of Application Experience
Running Cost of Applying to Medical School: Cost of MCAT #1: $210 Cost of MCAT #2: $210 Cost of MCAT #3: $210 Cost of Transcript OCC: $2 Cost of Transcript UCI: $10 Cost of AMCAS primary: $1180 Cost of Interview suit and shoes: $120 Cost of Letters of Rec Service: $75 Cost of Passport Photo: $30 Cost of Secondaries: $85+$130+$85+$80+$75+$85+$95+$100+$80+$75+$100+$75+$105+$75+$85+$85+$105+ $101+$115+$100+$70+$60+$60+$85+$60+$75+$105+$80+$60
Total Cost of everything: ~ $6000 - OUCH!!
11/06/08: Long time since an update. I am now on two waitlists post interview. I'm on hold at 4 schools, rejected from 4 and haven't heard from 1. Still have 2 interiews coming up but I'm starting to get discouraged from the lack of good news even though I should be happy about not hearing bad news.
09/18/08: Wow, MD applicants has changed, haha. Feeling really nervous about my upcoming 1st interview. I'm just trying to go over medical ethics and review questions right now. Hopefully it goes okay!
09/04/08: Been a while since I've updated. I now have 4 interviews, 1 rejection, 2 school holds, 1 school I've yet to hear from and have not submitted for 4 schools (just too tired at this point). So I feel like that means I'm officially done with secondaries. Now just more waiting...first interview in 3 weeks!!
08/18/08: My first rejection. Not going to lie, it hurts. I wish I hadn't spent so much time with that secondary. Wish I would have got an email too. I found out via status page. Good news is I have a second interview invite - vermont. PLease someone let me in!!
07/31/08: My first interview invite!!! Soooo excited. Funny considering I was so depressed just 2 minutes before I saw it (while I was looking at SDN, haha - we've all been there). Word of advice though, check your spam mail. I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't decided to check it!!
07/24/08: I got a bunch of California ones recently! But I have to admit I'm slowing down. I have a bunch of undone applications and need to move things along.
07/21/08: I have 7 applications all waiting to be completed. Somehow I got a huge bunch at a time. Good news is that all of my letters are finally logged in my AMCAS.
07/17/08: Johns Hopkins application is a beast.
7/15/08: So I got 3 more today. I've submitted 2 already. No essays for Vermont! Lovely! My Cost of secondaries is really starting to add up though.
7/11/08: Still working on U. Chicago essays. I have gotten some more secondaries since that time. All are still automatic. I want to get one from someone who screens that way I can feel like I actually have a shot. Oh well. My letters got to AMCAS the other day!! But I made a mistake and so it doesn't show they are all there. They need to be clearer with this new system.
07/07/08: Thought I would get more done over fourth of July holiday. I'm having a lot of trouble writing the Brown and U. Chicago essays. Writer's block I guess. They are really killing me though. Did submit Yale today (haha - yeah we'll see) and got Jefferson's 2ndary but I need to figure out my SAT scores first.
07/02/08: Got secondaries to UPenn and U. Rochester today. Sent them out already. No essays!! It made me happy :) Submitted Georgetown and U.Michigan too
07/01/08: Sent out letters to Columbia and AMCAS yesterday. Received two secondaries today: georgetown and U. Michigan - neither screens.
6/30/08: Finally got verified by AMCAS this morning. Received my secondary for Columbia. Trying to submit it by tomorrow. Have to go get my passport photo and send out my letters to AMCAS today.
6/17/08: I submitted my AMCAS last night as planned. The total cost was a significant blow, I must say. Ouch.
6/11/08: As of this point I have both of my transcripts in to AMCAS and am just trying to finish up the last of my application. I plan on applying on 6/16/08. Hopefully everything is done by that point.
User #10126 took the old MCAT and scored a which is in the percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a on the updated scale which is in the percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #10126’s section scores as follows:
User #10126 scored a 9 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 125 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #10126 scored a 12 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #10126 scored a 14 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
