Brief Profile:
-President, large pre-health organization. -Created biology summer abroad program for students. -Phi Beta Kappa. -Biology honors thesis. -Physician shadowing. -Research conference presentation. -Multiple student government positions. -Long-distance runner. -Musician. -Crazy good letters of recommendation. -Financially disadvantaged background.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: University of California, San Diego
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 513
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 128,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.73
Science GPA: 3.71
Summary of Application Experience
7/23/08: Primary application processed, received secondaries for: UPenn, Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, University of Illinois, UC Irvine, New York Medical College, Boston University, Jefferson Medical College.
9/10/08: Received interview invitations a few weeks ago for Vanderbilt and Jefferson Medical College; withdrew from Georgetown, UCSD, and Drexel--decided not to waste money on secondaries for schools I wouldn't attend anyway.
09/12/08: Received an interview invitation for Cornell!
11/02/08: Accepted into Vanderbilt, waitlisted at TJU. Withdrawing from UCI. Awaiting other interview notices...
12/15/08: Offered interviews at New York Medical College, Tulane, and University of Illinois, and Dartmouth. I don't have time to interview at them, however. Withdrawing application to all 4.
User #11118 took the old MCAT and scored a 32 which is in the 88th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 513 on the updated scale which is in the 89th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #11118’s section scores as follows:
User #11118 scored a 10 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #11118 scored a 11 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 128 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #11118 scored a 11 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
