Brief Profile:
- Worked 900+ hours at a hospital included playing a significant role in patient care. Interacted and worked with tons of physicians. (Letters of Rec!). - Shadowed three physicians for over 220 hours. - Habitat for Humanity volunteer & construction committee member (100+ hours at time of application) - Volunteered at local soup kitchen for almost 50 hours
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: Baker University
Undergraduate Area of study: Psychology/Social Sciences
Institution: Double Minor - Chemistry & Biology
Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
Degree Obtained: N/A
Total MCAT SCORE: 503
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 126,
CARS 124
Overall GPA: 3.32
Science GPA: 3.20
Summary of Application Experience
Do your research! Go to the school's website and poke around, try and find out all you can. I have the MSAR and although helpful, they neglect to mention things like school X (who happens to take 10% of their class from out of state) will not accept less than a 30 MCAT score from out of state applicants, even though their average MCAT score is a 28...things like that.
Start early, you should have a rough idea of where your score will be, build your AMCAS app on that number, then when you get the good news that you did better than you thought, it is easy to send your application to additional schools. Just make sure you won't be immediately shot down and paid $30 for them to tell what you could have found out on your own through a little research...make a phone call if you have to.
