Brief Profile:
US --> 4 interviews out of 20 schools applied. Canada --> 6 interviews out of 15 schools applied.
Canadian citizen.
Good stuff: - 150ish hours of clinical volunteering at 2 places. - 100ish hours of non clinical volunteering (ballboy). - 1 year of research with no pub + research during the application cycle. - Marker for math class. - TA for biochem class during the application cycle. - Science tutoring. - Awards in math contests. - Several small scholarships based on grades only. - Math club president. (as much as it may sound like the opposite, I don\'t want to major or work in pure math)
Bad stuff: - Canadian citizen (well, that\'s bad for the US only). - Below average writing skills. - No physician shadowing (mistake by ignorance... Btw, even if you \'know\' what a doctor\'s life is, make sure you have something on paper to show it). - No humanities class in undergrad. My humanities courses did not count towards my GPA according to AMCAS. Quebec has a different secondary and post-secondary education system from the rest of North America.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 06/23/2011
Undergraduate college: McGill University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 520
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 132,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.97
Science GPA: 3.97
Summary of Application Experience
Rejected pre-interview (US): WUSTL, Columbia, Harvard, Case (hold), Emory, Cornell, Pritzker, Einstein, Georgetown, Maryland (hold), Stony Brook, UNC Chapel Hill, BostonU, Tulane, Mayo, MCW. [In no particular order] Rejected pre-interview (Canada): UBC, UofA, UofS, Western, McMaster, UofT, Queens, McGill, Dal. [From west to east]
Attended Interview, Rejected
Dartmouth College
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: Yes
Interview Attended: 09/07/2011
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 04/12/2012
Summary of Experience:
Waited 218 days to be rejected :(
lnt 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 lnt’s section scores as follows:
lnt 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.
lnt 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.
lnt 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.
