Brief Profile:
I am a non-Canadian international F-1 student. Writing score is a place-holder. Since sdn is practically devoid of international students :(, I'm hoping this can motivate one of us out there, while also serving as a personal inventory for me. I hope this cycle turns out well, and good luck to everyone!
Experiences: 1) Intercollegiate Athletics D3 2&3) Paid Employment Not Medical 4&5) **Community Service Not Medical 6&7) Leadership (X2) 8) Physician Shadowing & Observation 9,10&11) **Research/Lab (X3) 12) Teaching/Tutoring/TAing 13) **Community Service Medical 14) Presentations/Posters 15) Honors/Awards/Recognitions **most meaningful experience
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 06/08/2015
Undergraduate college: Liberal Arts College
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 519
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 129,
CARS 130
Overall GPA: 3.80
Science GPA: 3.85
Summary of Application Experience
8/17/2015: So far, I'm your experiment on whether or not submitting a secondary app up to 6 weeks after receiving it is detrimental. Fingers crossed.
Applied, Rejected
Vanderbilt University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 06/09/2015
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: 12/18/2015
Summary of Experience:
Sad, but really glad I didn't pre-write this secondary (autobiography)
Summary of Experience:
SR: 7/23/2015; SS: 8/10/2015; II: 10/7/2015 After a month of silence, it was great to hear good news from PSU! We Are...Penn State!
II: WTF? Such disbelief! What is life? Where? How? When? What????
Pre-Interview Soundtrack: Don't remember, unfortunately... Post-Interview Thoughts: Overall great experience. (will write more soon hopefully hehe)
12/8/2015: OOOOOOHHHHHH MMMMMYYYYYYY GGGGGOOOOOOODDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM CRYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4/20/2016: WD. So bummed right now. Never in my life would I have imagined turning down a Hopkins offer. But, alas, here we are. Happy about where I am headed, and I won't look back!
Summary of Experience:
SR: 7/6/2015; SS: 8/14/2015. Though I dallied, I feel really good about these essays! Fingers crossed; II: 8/29/2015 A: 12/18/15 (Woweee!!) WD: 4/12/16 (ugh saddest)
8/29: I was still trying to recover from the Hopkins news when I groggily woke on next morning and started my daily portal check (lol as if anything would have changed overnight). But it totally did. CCLCM wrote me a nice invite letter that somehow my email hadn't picked up. What is my life??! So thankful!
Pre-Interview Soundtrack: Violet Hill by Coldplay ...if you love me, won't you let me go.
Post-Interview Notes:
12/18/2015: ACCEPTED!!!! What is my LIFE???????!!!!!!!! Wow, I am in AWE! WOW!!!! So grateful...so grateful...so grateful!!!!!!
Aatb took the old MCAT and scored a 36 which is in the 97th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 519 on the updated scale which is in the 97th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted Aatb’s section scores as follows:
Aatb 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.
Aatb 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.
Aatb 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.
