Brief Profile:
I have decent extracurriculars including a study abroad humanitarian effort to Guatemala for 10 days to remodel a school in an impoverished area, a volunteer in an emergency room at a hospital (150 hours), involvement in the Flying Samaritans which is a group that travels to Mexico once a month to set up free health clinics, and also had a 3 months stint as a volunteer in a virology research lab at SDSU. I also worked to fund my own education and living expenses while attending college, and had a very little funding to pay for MCAT prep and the whole application process. I've worked between 20-35 hours a week while attending school to support myself since my parents could not. I've got good letters from professors who have had me and loved me, in classes I got A's in (Ochem, Physics, and Physiology). I view myself as a strong applicant who may be considered disadvantaged economically since I did work to support myself through college, my only weak point really being the MCAT. I scored 8VR, 11PS, and 10 BS; I was averaging 12 on BS on AAMC practice tests and hit 13 a couple times and thought the actual exam's bio was much more difficult. The rest of the exam was very similar and I landed the same scores as I had been (yes, even the average 8 on VR I worked months to achieve; started at about a 4).
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 06/19/2013
Undergraduate college: San Diego State University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 507
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 128,
CARS 124
Overall GPA: 3.70
Science GPA: 3.70
Summary of Application Experience
10/16/2013: So I just got my first rejection today from USC pre-interview; not a big surprise with my MCAT score but still hurts a bit not even to be interviewed. They are the first school to get back to me.
Applied
University of Hawaii
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
decided not to pay for a secondary since barely any out of state applicants get in
