Brief Profile:
First time applicant! The basics: - BA/MPH from top tier, decent GPA, good MCAT, URM - ECs: teaching assistant, bench research, volunteer work, shadowing, leadership in club sports
I\'d say my GPA is my biggest weakness, but I think my MCAT makes up for it (I actually took it twice - first time was 29S). Then again, who knows, eh?
I applied to all the CA schools and a few others - I tried to apply broadly/reasonably.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 08/01/2010
Total MCAT SCORE: 516
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 127,
CARS 130
Overall GPA: 3.70
Science GPA: 3.60
Summary of Application Experience
Exhausting but worth it!
The knowledge that I\'m going to be a doctor is just so...overwhelming. =)
Summer 2011 update: So after I was pulled off Stanford\'s waitlist, I took a few days to think about it and decided that I could succeed and be happy there. I have withdrawn my other waitlists/acceptances and will be matriculating there in the fall.
Good luck to everyone!
Application Complete, Rejected
University of Arizona
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Denied an interview. I think AZ is gorgeous, and am just going to tell myself it\'s because I\'m OOS
megrs took the old MCAT and scored a 34 which is in the 94th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 516 on the updated scale which is in the 94th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted megrs’s section scores as follows:
megrs 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.
megrs 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.
megrs scored a 12 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 130 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
