Brief Profile:
Small-ish town Iowa kid. Involved in pretty much everything. Triple major in biochem, math and philosophy. Was a national champion gymnast (tumbler), enjoy playing violin and singing, some clinical volunteer hours and quite a bit of shadowing, and lots of research (5 projects, one first-author math publication, one second author developmental bio manuscript submitted to top tier journal). Only applied MSTP. Submitted most of my secondaries pretty late. We'll see what happens! Good luck to everyone applying this cycle.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 07/16/2012
Undergraduate college: Small liberal arts college
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 520
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 132,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 4.00
Science GPA: 4.00
Summary of Application Experience
AMCAS Submitted: 7/17/2012, Verified: 8/24/2012 Submitted secondaries between 09/01/2012 and 11/07/2012 Unless otherwise specified, all interview invites and acceptances are MD/PhD.
After a lot of contemplating and waffling, I decided to attend Northwestern in the fall! Shoot me a PM if you have questions about the application/interview process or how I made my final decision. Good luck!
Application Complete, Rejected
Washington University in St. Louis
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? Yes
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Rejected for MSTP, withdrew from MD-only consideration.
Summary of Experience:
MSTP- Loved my visit here. Great school, excellent faculty. All around, a really down-to-earth, yet extremely motivated group of people. Every school talks about how "collaborative" the faculty are, but I was actually convinced this time. West coast, best coast? I guess we'll see.
Summary of Experience:
MSTP- This is a dream come true. If I had to choose today, I would go here. But I'm going to wait and go to second looks at a couple other MSTP programs just to be sure.
Backflip24 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 Backflip24’s section scores as follows:
Backflip24 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.
Backflip24 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.
Backflip24 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.
