Brief Profile:
250 hours shadowing orthopedic surgeon 1 day with ER doc
Division III Football for 2 years until neck injury halfway through sophomore year. got a football scholarship from the central PA football hall of fame (based on academics and athletics in high school)
random volunteer stuff, 100+ hours (created trail sign project in local community, special olympics, more stuff...)
no research experience
almost fluent in spanish: i have a minor in spanish, studied abroad in Mexico for a summer and Ecuador for a semester. I'm taking a year off to take 15 credits of upper level spanish courses at PSU while I interview this fall and then I'm backpacking from Peru to central america from January-August 2010 to learn more spanish and have fun.
from a rural community with a hospital that is no longer running (identified as belonging to underserved community)
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2009
Undergraduate college: Juniata College
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 516
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 130,
CARS 126
Overall GPA: 3.70
Science GPA: 3.77
No applications have been submitted yet during this cycle.
User #17324 took the old MCAT and scored a 34 which is in the 94th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 516 on the updated scale which is in the 94th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #17324’s section scores as follows:
User #17324 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 #17324 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 #17324 scored a 9 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 126 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.