Brief Profile:
Research and clinical work in the summers. Captain of a varsity sport. Coach high school kids.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2010
Undergraduate college: University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 520
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 132,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.98
Science GPA: 3.98
Summary of Application Experience
Looking back at the mistakes I\'ve made/the things I would have changed: 1. I should have tried to get published. Publications are the best indicator for success in academia, which schools like Harvard (to which I was rejected) obviously value. 2. I should have studied more for the MCAT. I scored well on my practice tests, but one week of studying wasn\'t enough to score high consistently. 3. I should have applied to more schools. At first I planned on applying to 12, but I got lazy with the secondaries and only applied to 8. At first I thought I would be fine, since my application was solid. Not a good idea. I was never invited to interview at Jefferson or Tufts, which I hoped would be \"safeties.\" I got waitlisted at Pitt, which was a surprise. (My parents are both alums and my dad\'s an associate professor.) Then I found myself only accepted at Temple while waiting to hear back from Penn, Columbia, and Harvard. Luckily, Columbia came through. Now I\'m just waiting to get the official word back from Penn on the 15th.
pittsburgher 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 pittsburgher’s section scores as follows:
pittsburgher 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.
pittsburgher scored a 14 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
pittsburgher 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.
