Brief Profile:
Ice Skating since 1987 Inline skating since 1995 Tennis
Volunteering: Hillcrest Hospital: Physical Transport (1998-1999) Cleveland Clinic: Emergency Department (2001) University Hospitals of Cleveland: Children\'s Activities Center Supervisor (2004) The Free Clinic of Cleveland: History Taker (2008)
Shadowing: Anesthiologist (one day) Otolaryngology [Peds] (one month) Also got to see neurosurgery, cardiac surgery, orthopedic surgery Urologist(one day) Cardiologist (one day)
Research: Too much Huntington Medical Research Institutes; Neural Engineering Department (2000, Summer) Case Western Reserve University; Electronics Design Center (2001, Summer) California Institute of Technology; Senior Thesis on Artificial Neural Networks (2002-2003) Case Western Reserve University; Biomedical Engineering; Neural Control (2003-2007) Many others
Awards: Case ShowCASE research symposium: Honorable Mention (2007)
Conferences: Biomedical Engineering Society; Abstract accepted (2007) Engineering in Medicine and Biomedical Sciences[?]; Abstract accepted -- but only with the advisor\'s name on it; work based on my Thesis work
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: California Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Area of study: Engineering/Technology
Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Area of Study: Engineering/Technology
Degree Obtained: M.Sc.
Total MCAT SCORE: 519
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 130,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 2.93
Science GPA: 2.70
Summary of Application Experience
Some afterthoughts: 1. APPLY EARLY 2. OH residency helped a lot interviews, for the most part. Not sure what happened with OSU. I liked their school when I interviewed there last year. 3. CWRU was probably because I am an alumnus there. However, I wish I did better in the interview. Getting an invite here was a shocker. 4. UC acceptance is probably purely off the MMI format there (which is new). If I weren\'t an engineer and weren\'t used to dissecting ideas and scenarios, I think I\'d be waitlisted in all three schools I interviewed in.
But in all seriousness, if I can get into medical school with my crappy GPA, anyone else with a bad GPA can get in. You just need a strong MCAT to balance it out (the great equalizer) and involvement with medicine, preferably in research. However, if you do go for a graduate degree, aim for a program that gets you out in two years, instead of four.
Applied
University of Vermont
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/04/2008
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Application most likely incomplete. Long story
User #16739 took the old MCAT and scored a 36 which is in the 97th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 519 on the updated scale which is in the 97th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #16739’s section scores as follows:
User #16739 scored a 12 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 130 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #16739 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 #16739 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.
