Brief Profile:
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE - Lab 1: Psych; 2 years, thesis, first pub + conference + second paper to be published soon (hopefully) - Lab 2: Neuro; ~ 1 year (still going on), thesis, 1 poster + pub at end of year - Lab 3: Cardio; just started, full time, organizing & delegating (after my training i.e.), writing grants, etc. - 2 posters thus far, more coming up - peer reviewer for a journal
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE - shadowed a doctor for 4 weeks full-time (> 160 hours) - assisted in minor procedures and diagnoses - took medical histories - did minor wound treatments on my own - made stitches - helped refill an intrathecal morphine pump - electrophysiology - Doppler sonography - attended a neurological conference
VOLUNTEER / OTHER EXPERIENCE - peer tutor for three courses throughout undergrad - some volunteer work for charities (not that much though) - former varsity athlete (that was in high school though, but played that sport 5 days a week since I was 6, so that\'s still a significant part of my life); won state finals, 8th at national finals.
AWARDS / LANGUAGES / WHATEVER\'S LEFT - knowledge of four languages (2x fluent, 1 x intermediate, 1x basic) - academic awards from my home state - honoured by hometown for athletic achievements
PUBLICATIONS / POSTERS / CONFERENCES - 1 second author pub + another 2nd author pub currently going out - currently working on my 3rd 2nd author pub - 1 conference presentation as first author - 1 conference presentation as second author ~ 15 accepted abstracts in total
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2009
Undergraduate college: McGill University
Undergraduate Area of study: Psychology/Social Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 514
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 126,
CARS 132
Overall GPA: 3.86
Science GPA: 3.80
Summary of Application Experience
screwed up PS on the MCAT :-( Hope I\'ll be moderately competitive somewhere nevertheless
User #17548 took the old MCAT and scored a which is in the percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a on the updated scale which is in the percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #17548’s section scores as follows:
User #17548 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 #17548 scored a 9 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 126 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #17548 scored a 14 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
