Medmath
Application cycles: 07/02/2012
Demographics: Male, 33
Home state: British Columbia
Last Active: 02/20/2013

Brief Profile: Academics:
-2.60 GPA, courses taken in high school
-3.92 GPA, undergrad
-Ungraded master's during application year

ECs:
-Leadership ECs: Very Strong
-Athletics: Very Strong
-Research: 3 months (first lab), 2 years (second lab)
-Shadowing: Absolutely zero
-Clinical Volunteering: Zero since high school, very little in high school

Canadian citizen, not a permanent resident of the US
Applied to: 1 CDN (in-province), 5 CDN (out-of-province), 20 USA (international)

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Places I screwed myself over, where I wish I'd known more about the application process before hand:

1. Every course you take, ever, counts. Therefore you can graduate summa cum laude from your undergrad, yet have a GPA below 3.8. I took a lot of upper-div math courses in high school, not thinking they'd affect my future. They dropped my AMCAS GPA by about 0.15 points!

2. You'll hear from everyone to submit your primary/secondaries ridiculously early. If you're only going to listen to one piece of advice, listen to this one.

// Applications //

Application Cycle One: 07/02/2012

Undergraduate college: UC Berkeley
Undergraduate Area of study: Mathematics

Institution: University of Cambridge
Area of Study: Mathematics
Degree Obtained: M.Phil.

Total MCAT SCORE: 522
MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 132, CARS 130
Overall GPA: 3.79
Science GPA: 3.79

Summary of Application Experience

Will update with US Schools after end of cycle.

Application Complete

University of Toronto

Application Complete, Rejected

McGill University

Invited for Interview

McMaster University

University of Western Ontario

Queen's University

Attended Interview

University of British Columbia

Medmath took the old MCAT and scored a 38 which is in the 99^th percentile of all old scores. We converted this to a 522 on the updated scale which is in the 99^th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted Medmath’s section scores as follows:
Medmath 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.
Medmath 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.
Medmath scored a 12 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 130 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.

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