Brief Profile:
I\'ve been a competitive fencer for 5 years, a fencing coach for 1, and a licensed referee for 6 months. I was the vice president of my university fencing club for two years and am the current president. I have conducted cancer research in an immunology lab for a year, and was a mentor for a high school student in my lab last summer. I have an acknowledgement in a paper published in Cancer Research, but no authorships. I have 120 hrs. of shadowing with general practitioners, a colorectal surgeon, a plastic surgeon, and a gastroenterologist. I taught English for a month in China, and have traveled to Morocco and Turkey. I was a carpenter for 5 summers. I played the violin for 13 years.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 06/09/2013
Undergraduate college: Carnegie Mellon University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 519
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 131,
C/P 129,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.87
Science GPA: 3.87
Summary of Application Experience
I am a re-applicant, having conducted additional research, shadowing, and employment. I am also in a massage therapy licensing program and employed as a fencing coach.
fml_armageddon 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 fml_armageddon’s section scores as follows:
fml_armageddon scored a 14 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 131 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
fml_armageddon 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.
fml_armageddon 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.
