Brief credentials towards medical school: - 5 summers of research at the NIH, presented at major biophysics conference - Created a chamber device for use with nanoscissor technology in studying neural trauma injury, senior design - Clinical research experience at the Children\'s Hospital of Philadelphia - Shadowed an orthopedic surgeon - Volunteering at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Supervised a bone marrow registry drive - Tutoring in west Philadelphia
Non-academic credentials: - Accomplished amateur boxer, major basis for my personal statement - Vice president, community service chair of my fraternity - Coached 2 summers of youth basketball
Low GPA is partially due to family issues, otherwise had a strong first and solid last academic year. I started my own small business during my year off.
Anyways, I hope I get in. Would save me from having to do a SMP (bleh)
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 10/31/2009
Undergraduate college: University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate Area of study: Engineering/Technology
Total MCAT SCORE: 519
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 130,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.04
Science GPA: 3.00
Summary of Application Experience
Applied late right off the bat and shot myself in the foot. lol...
NeYo 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 NeYo’s section scores as follows:
NeYo 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.
NeYo 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.
NeYo scored a 11 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
