-Excellence in Teaching Award (as a graduate student) -Undergraduate summer research internship -A couple small scholarships
Extra curriculars:
-Volunteered with my church working as a youth group leader (2 years) -Volunteered with my church as part of the young adult leadership team (1 year) -Member of statistics graduate student caucus (1 year) -Volunteering at a local hospice (1 year) -Taught a third-year statistics course at my university -Volunteered in Ecuador for a month this past summer (a week and a half helping out with community projects, and a week and a half participating in shadowing rotations in hospitals). This year I'm leading a group in the same volunteer program I participated in last year.
-Played volleyball for year -Snowboarded for years -Rock climbing for years -Play and record guitar
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: University of British Columbia
Undergraduate Area of study: Mathematics
Institution: Simon Fraser University
Area of Study: Mathematics
Degree Obtained: M.Sc.
Total MCAT SCORE: 511
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 128,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.79
Science GPA: 3.71
Summary of Application Experience
First time getting an interview. Interview was the MMI (multiple mini interview) format. I was nervous at first but found it pretty fun after the first couple.
I only applied to one school because one of referees was unable to send off my letter in time. Also my MCAT writing section was way too low for most Canadian schools (they typically have a cutoff of at least Q).
User #16939 took the old MCAT and scored a 31 which is in the 83th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 511 on the updated scale which is in the 85th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #16939’s section scores as follows:
User #16939 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 #16939 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 #16939 scored a 10 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
