Brief Profile:
Non-traditional Microbiology undergrad. I have almost 200 undergraduate credits in three separate areas of study, but no degree as of yet. I have two children and a disabled husband and highlight those details in my application.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 09/21/2011
Undergraduate college: University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 516
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 129,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.50
Science GPA: 3.73
Summary of Application Experience
AMCAS verified: 10/14/2011
Applied, Withdrew
University of Connecticut
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 09/22/2011
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew by default by not submitting my secondary. They asked \"why do you want to come to UConn?\" and I really couldn\'t think of anything. Still no word from them but I\'m assuming if anything I\'ll get a rejection.
Summary of Experience:
Tufts is one of my top choices. I met with an admissions rep at a Pre-Med Society meeting and was really impressed with the school.
Summary of Experience:
UVM is a fabulous school, and Burlington is a beautiful area. I went to Burlington with my husband and took a self-guided tour around the campus. It is definitely a place I can see myself matriculating, and the admissions rep I spoke to made it clear that they are supportive of their students who have families.
Summary of Experience:
I believe my chances for Yale are about the same as my chances for Harvard, since I don\'t have any research. My stats don\'t rule out either school, but my extracurriculars (or lack thereof) might.
Summary of Experience:
I applied to SUNY upstate because I met an admission representative at a Grad School fair at UMass and she was really supportive of the fact that I was a mother with small children (she recognized the breastpump on my shoulder). I was busy so I never followed up with her, but I\'m applying because support for my family life is really important.
Summary of Experience:
I\'m pretty sure I\'m not going to get into Harvard, even though my friends seem hopeful about my chances. I don\'t have any research on my app, which I know is something Harvard likes, especially if the student has a less-than-optimal set of numbers.
10/14: AMCAS verified my primary, just in time for Harvard\'s primary deadline. Now waiting for a secondary.
Summary of Experience:
Received Secondary immediately, which tells me that it\'s automatic for every student. They want me to fill out a table with the number of semesters I\'ve taken certain types of classes. I have over 200 undergraduate credits. This could take a while.
Summary of Experience:
UMass is my state school, and my alma mater is the number one feeder school. I feel my chances are enhanced since I want to practice primary care in Massachusetts in perpetuity. My interview went fabulously and I was accepted a little over a month later.
DoctorTardis2012 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 DoctorTardis2012’s section scores as follows:
DoctorTardis2012 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.
DoctorTardis2012 scored a 12 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
DoctorTardis2012 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.
