Majored in the social sciences in undergrad, decided during my senior year that I wanted to pursue medicine. Did a formal structured postbacc 2012-2013, and am taking a gap year to apply, work in a hospital, and in general live life as a real person for a year before med school starts.
Work/Activites: Lots of lab experience Gap year job in clinical research Very involved in undergrad, lots of entertaining extracurriculars
Clinical experience: -Community mental health program -Suburban hospital (patient visiting) -Free clinic volunteer (which I absolutely love)
What I'm doing if this doesn't work out: Brewing beer out of my basement and starting the next Dogfish Head (obviously)
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 06/14/2013
Undergraduate college: NESCAC
Undergraduate Area of study: Psychology/Social Sciences
Institution: Postbacc
Area of Study: Premedical Studies
Total MCAT SCORE: 523
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 132,
CARS 130
Overall GPA: 3.96
Science GPA: 4.00
Summary of Application Experience
Timeline:
AMCAS verified 7/15. MCAT scores released 8/13. Holy crap! Over the moon right now. A few points above my AAMC average (~36), and much better than I figured after the test (left feeling it hadn't gone all that well). Figures.
10/31: Accepted at Sinai! First acceptance!
I'll update with more exact dates as the cycle goes on, and will post school impressions soon.
Application Complete, Rejected
Georgetown University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/14/2013
Secondary Completed: 08/01/2013
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Penned a heartfelt letter about how much I loved Jesuits. Looks like it didn't move the Admissions Committee. Could have been great Georgetown, but I guess we just weren't meant to be.
Summary of Experience:
Got invited for an interveiw pretty late in the cycle, and wouldn't have been able to go until March. Decided to not bother and open up my interview spot for someone else.
Evidence Based 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 Evidence Based’s section scores as follows:
Evidence Based 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.
Evidence Based 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.
Evidence Based 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.
