Brief Profile:
Awarded Trustee Scholarship Plasma Physics Research (1 year) Won Essay Contest Tutoring Various Science Subjects (1 year) Inducted into Tribeta National Biological Honor Society Shadowing 100 hours Vice President of Biology Biotech Club Applying without any volunteering in work/activities
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 07/08/2015
Undergraduate college: WPUNJ
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 509
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 128,
CARS 126
Overall GPA: 3.75
Science GPA: 3.69
Summary of Application Experience
AMCAS Verified 8/5 letters received 8/3 Problem with DO school I applied to: they didn't get my MCAT scores and I had no idea that I had to release it to AACOMAS. When I finally did it, my secondary was finally complete and I got an invite the same day. I have only received rejections from the MD schools I applied to. A couple key pieces of information to consider: the 30 that i got was a third retake. I got a 25, 29, and 30. I took the test three times all with inadequate preparation. More importantly, though, I had absolutely no volunteering and it's seeming more and more that clinical volunteering is practically a prerequisite unless of course your mcat is amazing or your research is absolutely amazing. A note about my research... I had no conferences, publications, posters, or anything to show for after a little over a year. I would say most of my experiences were light work, especially my shadowing, in which the doctor whinced every time I showed up and I had to write the letter of rec that he would eventually sign. My three other letters were good apparently. The one redeeming experience about my application in my opinion was my tutoring, which is something that I dedicated myself to for a year. As for my personal statement, I worked on my AMCAS one so much, but when I read it now, it seems a bit too grandiose and show-offy... not something youd expect from a guy that only got a 30. With my DO personal statement, I changed it a little bit to make it less braggadocious. Also, it was more geared toward my positive attitude towards osteopathy. This may be why I was offered an interview. If you want to look at my application to gauge your chances for an MD interview, don't look at my application, it sucks overall. A 30 and a 3.75 is not that bad if that is indeed what you have. I would recommend anyone applying to get at least a little bit of that clinical volunteering as it can make all the difference in the world. Thanks for looking at my app!
Applied
SUNY Upstate
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: 08/04/2015
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
SR: 8/11
Idk if i should do their secondary seeing as how they are so favored towards in-state applicants.
Summary of Experience:
MD/PhD OOS- no ties- preliminary rejection
I wasn't even considered for MD-only program. Upon review of my application, they said that most OOS applicants have MCAT scores in the mid-30s and 4.0 GPA. They also look for applicants to match with the mission. The mission has the word "West Virginia" in it and I have no ties to WV. Maybe that has something to do with it.
Interesting rejection... I called the admissions committee to ask what they considered Middle Eastern/Arab people to be ethnically. I'm Egyptian. I guess I showed insecurities about my identity. A few minutes after the call, I got a rejection letter from the same person I was talking to. Maybe it had nothing to do with the call. Maybe the rejection letter was already done and I just brought attention to myself. Regardless, I will not call anymore admissions committees until the cycle is over.
Summary of Experience:
SR: 8/5 SS: 8/12 I called the admissions to try to get my application reviewed. However, they only sent me a general email that they send to all rejected applicants that doesn't really help much.
DrKevorkian 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 DrKevorkian’s section scores as follows:
DrKevorkian scored a 10 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
DrKevorkian scored a 11 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 128 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
DrKevorkian scored a 9 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 126 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
