Brief Profile:
Majors: Biochemistry & Psychology Minor: Glynn Family Honors Program
LGBT applicant ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MCAT did not have a writing section ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AMCAS:
2 years - student affairs council member (large leadership role)* 3 years - volunteering at LGBT resource center* 1 year - volunteering in hospital ED/surgery waiting room* 4 years - high school debate judge/mentor 4 summers - law firm office assistant 1 summer - psychology lab research 1 year - tutoring student athletes 12 hours - shadowing surgeon 6 hours - presenting humanities research
*Most Meaningful ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LORs (committee packet):
Pre-health advisor (cover letter; this was a strong letter) Honors theology professor (this was a strong letter) Psychology professor Organic professor Physical chemistry professor (pretty sure this was a strong letter) Student affairs committee advisor (this was a strong letter) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Updates:
cGPA: 3.92 sGPA: 3.94 Phi Beta Kappa
1 year - psychology lab research 1 year - honors thesis 1 year - gender relations center peer educator 1 year - LGBT student organization founding member 28 hours - shadowing physicians
LOR - research advisor (this was a strong letter) LOR - gender relations center director ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
May 8 - AMCAS became available 28 - Transcript received by AMCAS
June 10 - AMCAS opened 26 - AMCAS submitted!
July 1 - Chicago secondary received; Dartmouth secondary received 5 - Yale secondary received 8 - Columbia secondary received 11 - Chicago secondary submitted; Dartmouth secondary submitted 16 - LORs received by AMCAS 22 - Yale secondary submitted 30 - Columbia secondary submitted
August 6 - AMCAS verified; Columbia application complete; Case Western secondary received 7 - Yale application complete; Michigan, Pitt, Cornell, Stanford secondaries received 8 - Emory secondary received 9 - Chicago application complete; Chicago interview invite! 12 - Harvard secondary received; Northwestern secondary received 15 - Dartmouth application complete 18 - Cornell secondary submitted; Harvard secondary submitted; Harvard application complete 19 - Cornell application complete 19 - Pitt secondary submitted; Pitt application complete 22 - Pitt interview invite 24 - Michigan secondary submitted 28 - Michigan application complete 29 - Indiana secondary received; Indiana interview invite
September 4 - Indiana secondary submitted 8 - Northwestern secondary submitted 9 - Northwestern application complete 15 - Emory secondary submitted 19 - Case Western secondary submitted 20 - Case Western application complete 27 - Emory application complete
November 21 - Indiana acceptance 23 - Continued at Chicago
December 4 - Northwestern interview attended <3 21 - Case Western interview invite
January 2014 2 - Northwestern acceptance!!! 8 - Columbia interview attended <3 15 - Case Western withdrawal 20 - Michigan rejection :-( 22 - Cornell rejection 26 - Update sent to Pitt 31 - Pitt acceptance! 31 - Emory interview invite?
February 3 - Pitt scholarship received ($10k/year)! 5 - Emory withdrawal 6 - Dartmouth interview invite?? 6 - Update sent to Yale 6 - Update sent to Harvard ("no longer extending invitations for interviews") 7 - Dartmouth withdrawal 18 - Update sent to Columbia 28 - Columbia waitlist :-/
March 4 - Yale, Harvard rejections 23 - Update sent to Columbia, Chicago
April 18 - Letter of interest sent to Columbia
May 15 - Withdrew from Pitt, Indiana 27 - Update sent to Columbia 30 - Letter of intent sent to Columbia, letter to Columbia interviewer sent ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PinkFairyArmadillo 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 PinkFairyArmadillo’s section scores as follows:
PinkFairyArmadillo 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.
PinkFairyArmadillo scored a 12 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
PinkFairyArmadillo 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.
