Brief Profile:
Work Experience: --Research Assistant: 3 years --2 journal publications (second author) --Manager at a Restaurant: 4 years
Clubs: --Student Health Advisory Council --AMSA
Volunteering: --Hospital Volunteer (Emergency Dept.) --Supervised Science Olympiad competition experiments at my university --Student Consultant for Michigan BioTrust for Health
Shadowing: --Internal Medicine D.O. (~15 hours)
Academic Stuff: --Dean\'s list since my Junior year --Scholarship awards through my department/college for my research
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 06/06/2009
Undergraduate college: Michigan State University
Undergraduate Area of study: Physical Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 507
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 126,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.24
Science GPA: 3.22
Summary of Application Experience
3/28/09: Took MCAT 6/7: Submitted AACOMAS 6/8: Submitted AMCAS 7/14: AACOMAS Verified 7/15: CCOM/AZCOM secondary received 7/16: LECOM-E secondary received 7/17: Nova secondary received 7/20: Submitted Nova secondary 7/21: PCOM, KCUMB, & MSU-COM secondary received 7/23: Received interview invite from Nova! 7/24: KCOM secondary received 7/27: WVSOM secondary received 7/28: LECOM-B secondary received 7/31: Loyola secondary received 8/13: Received rejection letter from Wayne State =(
...Still in the process of completing this section, I\'ll work on it when I have some free time
Summary of Experience:
Quick turnaround from interview to acceptance. The letter was dated 10/14 and I received it on 10/19. LECOM was nice, but I don\'t know if I can pass up that Florida weather. Looks like I\'ve got a decision to make =)
Spence 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 Spence’s section scores as follows:
Spence 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.
Spence 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.
Spence 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.
