Brief Profile:
On the leadership of just about every club or organization on campus, which wasn't done for the purpose of boosting my app, and in fact actually hurt me. Volunteered one semester in free medicine clinic in undergrad, one year in nuclear medicine stress lab in grad school (tons of actual patient contact there - I got to take cardio histories). Took an extremely intensive Medical Ethics program at Furman that had me in the hospital every day for a whole term.
5/5/2006 Completed master's degree in Biomedical Sciences at University of South Carolina. I wish my grad GPA had been my undergrad GPA. Amazing what you can accomplish when you live in a boring-ass city with little social interaction.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2005
Undergraduate college: Furman University
Undergraduate Area of study: History/Humanities
Institution: University of South Carolina SOM
Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
Degree Obtained: MBS
Total MCAT SCORE: 517
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 129,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.16
Science GPA: 2.94
Summary of Application Experience
Low grades in undergrad, good grades in grad school (neuroscience), good MCAT, decent experience. I'm a resident of SC, but my dream school is UVM, so I was elated just to get an interview from them. USC (South Carolina) and MUSC were somewhat of a gimme, but I was extremely disappointed to get waitlisted by MUSC. I applied to a few other appealing schools up north in a 'what-the-heck, why-not' strategy, and I fell in love with University of Vermont when I was in Burlington interviewing.
11/09/05: USC's dean of admissions came up to my lab on the third floor and told me I was accepted in person. On my birthday. That felt pretty cool. I'd still love to go to UVM, and I think I would prefer MUSC if I stayed in state, but still - it's nice to know that I don't have to wait another year, and I can go ahead and start carrying out my destiny.
4/22/06: Rejected by UVM. Pretty upset, etc. What was I even thinking applying there with my grades...
6/6/06: Accepted by MUSC off waitlist. Had pretty much resigned myself to attending USC (which is still a great school), and now I'm conflicted.
6/8/06: Final decision: MUSC. I love Charleston, and it's easily the better known program, with more to offer. Too bad my school doesn't have any sports.
Applied, Rejected
Uniformed Services University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Doesn't accept AP credit on transcripts - how many premeds never took an AP class? Dumb...
User #5220 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 User #5220’s section scores as follows:
User #5220 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.
User #5220 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.
User #5220 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.
