Brief Profile:
I have a lot of meaningful experiences and extracurricular activities including 3 executive board positions for ~2 years, 6 years of volunteering in a local hospital, 5 years of physician shadowing, ~2 years of tutoring, and 2 years of research w/ a publication. I also have a number of hobbies: playing piano, going to the gym, and scuba diving.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 07/17/2009
Undergraduate college: University of Miami
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 511
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 129,
C/P 127,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.60
Science GPA: 3.50
Summary of Application Experience
I filled out most of my secondary apps from July to September. Though I did fill out a few more secondaries throughout October and November. Lesson to be learned: All of my interview offers were made by schools that I submitted secondaries to in July/August (IOW apply early). I withdrew from so many schools after getting accepted at the University of Miami in November. Plus, in-state tuition and living at home would save me a lot of money; not to mention my family, friends, and my girlfriend of four years is here in Miami as well. Right now I\'m just waiting to see what happens with my wait list spots, but I am very happy with my UM acceptance. I\'m officially going to Univ. of Miami!!!
Summary of Experience:
applied in July and finally got the rejection letter via snail mail in the end of April. I was beginning to think they simply lost my app. since there was almost no communication this entire cycle. I\'m surprised it took them this long to reject me.
Summary of Experience:
I got an interview invite (mid-January) and I sent in my secondary in mid-July! I was beginning to lose hope so I was psyched!
DMS was awesome!!! I really like the global opportunities and the options for clerkships around the country. I really liked Hanover; it\'s very picturesque and allows for outdoor activities.
Summary of Experience:
I really loved this school, but being put on the waitlist was to be expected (It seems like almost everyone is getting waitlisted this cycle).
Summary of Experience:
This school is top notch, and I am a little disappointed from being waitlisted but what can you do...hopefully I\'ll hear back later on (staying optimistic)...I hear the waitlist movement here is very minimal : (
Now it\'s the end of June, 2010 and the school announced that very few acceptances from the wait list, if any at all, will be made. Basically, no wait list movement is expected here. So I\'m basically giving up on this one.
Summary of Experience:
Greatly exceeded my expectations; looks like it\'s getting to be a really promising school, but since it\'s new, residency match is still unknown for this school. Also, funding for the new incoming class is still uncertain. I\'d rather stay in Miami.
Summary of Experience:
This is my favorite IS school and is one of my top choices! I got into both campuses but I\'ve chosen the Miami campus because it\'s closer to home and I\'d like to work with the underserved population (Not that this matters anymore because the UM@FAU program is going to be discontinued now).
wg86 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 wg86’s section scores as follows:
wg86 scored a 11 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
wg86 scored a 10 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
wg86 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.
