Brief Profile:
I am a recent grad applying this cycle to school with hopes of matriculating in 2013! I was a business major for two years and switched to biology/pre-med my third year.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 06/17/2012
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 519
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 127,
CARS 132
Overall GPA: 3.90
Science GPA: 3.94
Summary of Application Experience
EC\'s: -Hospital Volunteering -Sorority Leadership (Exec boards, etc) -Exec Board of Fundraising Group -Number of other clubs/campus involvement -Non-hospital volunteering (food bank) -Research assistant in Nephrology -Shadowing
Currently I am working as a clinical research coordinator at a Children\'s Hospital (I graduated in May and am taking a gap year). While working I am volunteering as a tutor to inpatients and am a member of a research assistant development group.
MCAT: I chose not to take a prep class as I wanted to save the money and I was pretty sure I could be self-motivated. I used the ExamKrackers complete set and followed their online timeline (http://examkrackers.com/mcat/MCAT-HomeStudy.aspx) and actually did the ten weeks twice. I had a spreadsheet with what I was going to accomplish each week and kept a huge binder of all my practice test results and notes and everything. The highest I scored on a practice was 35.. and then surprise, 36 on the real thing!
Cycle Timeline: AMCAS Submitted: June 18, 2012 AMCAS Verified: July 12, 2012
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after received acceptance to UVA- cannot see myself attending this school- too stats heavy/don\'t want to be away from the East Coast.
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after received acceptance to UVA- cannot see myself living in NY or attending this school. Only applied here to satisfy my grandparents who live in Rochester.
Summary of Experience:
Did not want to enjoy this school as much as I did because of the prohibitory COA. However, I really liked the curriculum particularly the structure of the exams (every 3 weeks and a blend of all the subjects on one exam). I love Boston (live here now) and would be happy staying here and attending Tufts, were it not so crazy expensive. Students also seem very happy and well taken care of.
Summary of Experience:
I liked Georgetown a lot on my interview day. The leanings towards service and the community are things that are important to me, although I disliked the more traditional curriculum and of course, the high COA. Not sure how I would rank GU if I were to receive an acceptance.
Summary of Experience:
Withdrew after receiving acceptance to UVA. Very traditional curriculum and nothing exciting other than the health policy track.
Summary of Experience:
Absolutely in love with this school! The curriculum is amazing and the new medical education building is beautiful. Charlottesville is a charming town and I have family nearby.
fj89 took the old MCAT and scored a 36 which is in the 97th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 519 on the updated scale which is in the 97th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted fj89’s section scores as follows:
fj89 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.
fj89 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.
fj89 scored a 14 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
