Brief Profile:
Physiology major, English - Drama & Theatre and Social Studies of Medicine minors.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 07/17/2012
Undergraduate college: A school in Canada
Undergraduate Area of study: Premedical Studies
Total MCAT SCORE: 511
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 128,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.52
Science GPA: 3.36
Summary of Application Experience
Major: Physiology Minors: Theatre, Social Studies of Medicine
Clinical Volunteering The strongest part of my application is definitely my clinical experience. I was fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to shadow for over 180 hours. In addition to that, I have about 500 hours of clinical volunteer work alongside physicians. I also volunteered at a slum in Peru alongside Patch Adams. Definitely the most fun experience.
Research: 1 semester of research experience, published a thesis.
Publications: 2 publications in journals I am now on the editorial board of (but was not in the year they were published)
ECs: Editorial board of 2 journals, Substantial journalism, journ. internship, taught theater at a summer camp, voice lessons, first aid team, wrote a play that was performed at my college
LORs: Premed advisor, PI, physiology prof, and my volunteer supervisor at the hospital, English prof for schools that required a non-science prof letter.
Summary of Experience:
Had a tough interviewer who grilled me and seemed to look down on my extra-curriculars for being unconventional. He also didn't ask me for any questions about my hopes in pursuing a medical career. Not feeling hopeful about this one.
balster 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 balster’s section scores as follows:
balster scored a 10 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
balster scored a 11 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 128 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
balster 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.
