Brief Profile:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research since first quarter - 2 years nanotechnology, 1 year biochemical (anti-cancer) and nanotechnology
Chem Club Prez Research since beginning of uni. 1 journal paper, 1 conferemce paper 1 summer hospital ER volunteer (3 hrs/wk) peds ER volunteer at UCDMC (4 hrs/wk, 3 mths) Martial arts training/working out entire life (even taught for a while in high school) BHSI intern at UCSF in high school Worked a little
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 07/25/2012
Undergraduate college: UC DAVIS
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 520
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 130,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.86
Science GPA: 3.84
Summary of Application Experience
DGSOM...LA...surreal.
some advice: apply widely and get some physician LORs. Although I am not sure if lacking these aspects of my app were detrimental to my cycle, I believe they are significant contributors. I got into one of my top picks eventually, so it wasn't a complete washout, but I certainly aged a decade receiving rejections until LA came with some good news. Good luck to those who come afterwards!
Summary of Experience:
Rejection came in snail mail which I received in late September. They seem to do batches of rejections when they meet early in the cycle. Sent the Dean an emailed letter of appeal, no response. Oh well...they're loss.
cutsnipsew 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 cutsnipsew’s section scores as follows:
cutsnipsew 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.
cutsnipsew scored a 13 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 130 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
cutsnipsew scored a 11 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
