Brief Profile:
Waited a few years before applying, traveled/researched/volunteered/worked abroad on various continents.
MCAT - 130/128/130/128 For Bio/CARS/Phys/Psych
Misc: Speak two foreign languages fluently Ran a marathon Worked throughout high school, undergrad, and at odd jobs outside of main employment post-grad Researched 3.5 yrs in undergrad, year after graduation, over 3 labs. (2nd author pub pending) Heavily involved in community service, in city and abroad Part of international relations clubs
Not sure if MDApps was helpful, but I spent a lot of time on it, so maybe this will distract someone else later.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 07/08/2015
Undergraduate college: Very Good
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 472
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 118,
C/P 118,
CARS 118
Overall GPA: 3.80
Science GPA: 3.70
Summary of Application Experience
Applied to a lot, took a long time to get interviews, currently waiting for a few more decisions.
First interview invite came in late August, first interview in September. Then some sprinkled throughout November, December, January, February, and March.
Protip: Don't leave glaring, red-underlined spelling mistakes in the essays you submit.
Summary of Experience:
Cool place, but $ wasn't as good and NYC didn't seem as cool/exciting to me, probably because I already know it. Also so much more expensive.
mightaswell took the old MCAT and scored a 3 which is in the 0 percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 472 on the updated scale which is in the -1st percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted mightaswell’s section scores as follows:
mightaswell scored a 1 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 118 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
mightaswell scored a 1 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 118 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
mightaswell scored a 1 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 118 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
