Brief Profile:
Lots of research, decent volunteering and paid work experience in medicine. I also worked for a couple of years after college (statistics consulting). Lots of fun and unusual activities as an undergrad (I wasn't pre-med, thankfully). Since it seems to come up here sometimes, I applied for regular MD programs (i.e. not MSTP).
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2003
Undergraduate college: Georgia Tech
Undergraduate Area of study: Mathematics
Institution: post-bacc
Area of Study: Premedical Studies
Degree Obtained: n/a
Total MCAT SCORE: 525
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 131,
C/P 132,
CARS 132
Overall GPA: 3.94
Science GPA: 3.92
Summary of Application Experience
Gone well so far, but still waiting on a couple of non-rolling schools. Two tips for future applicants:
1. APPLY EARLY!! This includes getting secondaries back quickly after receiving them. I did, and it helped a lot. I know lots of people with good stats/activities/LOR's who applied very late and aren't doing as well as they should have because of it. 2. Choose your schools wisely in advance. I ended up picking a bunch of schools that had some aspects (e.g. curriculum, location, etc.) that I just hated - had I researched schools a little bit more intelligently and thought things out a little bit more deeply in the beginning, I probably could have saved a lot of time and money.
Applied, Rejected
University of California, San Francisco
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
ouch, pre-secondary rejection. was a top choice, but oh well.
User #1505 took the old MCAT and scored a 42 which is in the 100th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 525 on the updated scale which is in the 100th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #1505’s section scores as follows:
User #1505 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 #1505 scored a 15 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 #1505 scored a 13 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
