Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 522
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 132,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.40
Science GPA: 0.00
Summary of Application Experience
Basic info: -Molecular and cellular biology major with minor in chemistry. -Low GPA with strong upward trend junior/senior years. -1 year of hospital volunteering/shadowing. -1 year of research with 1 publication. -Teach For America corps member: taught chemistry in an underprivileged urban high school. Holla if you\'re TFA!
Notes: -Applied to TMDSAS schools because they were cheap - I applied to all schools at the cost of one AMCAS school. I am not affiliated with Texas in any way. Got an interview and didn\'t get outright rejected post interview, so I guess that worked out. -Secondary application fee is not required at Tulane for TFA corps members! -Did not have a nonscience professor LoR - that barred me from applying to some schools. -Grew up in IL, moved to CA for TFA. My immediate family resides in IL. Hence all the IL schools. -8 interviews: 3 acceptances (1 from a waitlist), 5 waitlists, 0 post-interview rejections. I think my TFA experience really helped.
Non-traditional applicant with high MCAT, low GPA (the UCs rejected me based on my crappy grades - believe me, I called.), and decent ECs - applied to a bunch of schools to maximize my chances of getting into ONE school. I\'ve put up my stats to give those with lower GPAs hope.
If you\'re in the same situation, apply early and apply all over the US if you can afford it - I spent all the extra money I earned as a teacher on med school apps. Expect interviews and acceptances a bit later in the application season. PM me on SDN if you have any questions regarding the application process. Good luck and don\'t despair!! :)
Applied
Loma Linda University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Submitted a primary application but decided not to complete the secondary after considering its religious affiliations.
Summary of Experience:
Note to self and everyone else: when a school asks you to write about why you want to attend their school and says that it\'s \"optional\", it is NOT optional. Might be reason why I never heard from this school again...
Summary of Experience:
Technically the first school that accepted me. I never knew I was accepted until after CWRU accepted me and emailed me about withdrawing from other schools. I was on hold at this school for so long that I assumed I was rejected. Apparently, I was accepted mid-April but the acceptance letter got lost in the mail. :(
peripherin 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 peripherin’s section scores as follows:
peripherin scored a 13 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.
peripherin 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.
peripherin 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.
