Brief Profile:
Major: My major is often called a blend of the humanities and social sciences, and it's so uncommon I'd rather not list it in favor of staying anonymous. I love my major, but I have also taken many difficult science classes as electives.
Extracurriculars: ~studied abroad in Western Europe, took classes on disease mechanisms and classes in a hospital taught by two doctors, shadowed doctors in two countries, visited hospitals and research labs in various European countries ~have conducted clinical research at a leading hospital in my school's state for three semesters and one full summer, co-authored an article which has recently been published ~write almost every week for school newspaper ~work about 8 hours per week on campus, editor and author of office's major publication that will come out next fall, manage other writers for publication ~worked about 8 hours/week as a freshman and sophomore for a science professor in a filing job ~pre-med society ~Habitat for Humanity
Awards/Honors: ~Dean's List all but one semester, 4.0 last semester ~Girl Scout Gold Award recipient ~recently published in a medical journal (co-authored article) ~last year's Writer of the Year for school newspaper ~recently won an honorable mention in top national scholastic journalism award program ~received competitive fund from university alumni to work for non-profit this summer, will do health screenings/health education in local area ~receive major scholarship from American billionaire for being a self-starter entrepreneur ~member of an national academic honor society, was previously an officer ~receive scholarship from my university for pre-med ~high school valedictorian ~attended prestigious pre-med program in high school
Volunteering/Shadowing Experience: ~volunteered 60+ hours in local nursing home ~spent two spring breaks building houses with Habitat for Humanity ~shadowed various family practice physicians and specialists for two weeks through shadowing program ~shadowed family physician in my hometown
Other stuff: ~I'm from a rural area. ~I go to a top liberal arts school. ~My school makes us take very hard science courses our first year, and my science GPA has been continually improving. ~I plan on applying at the beginning of June. ~I am retaking the MCAT in the middle of June.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2007
Undergraduate college: Bucknell University
Undergraduate Area of study: Computing and Information Science
Institution: studied abroad
Area of Study: Premedical Studies
Total MCAT SCORE: 500
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 125,
C/P 124,
CARS 126
Overall GPA: 3.55
Science GPA: 3.36
Summary of Application Experience
I'm retaking the MCAT in hopes of getting a better score. Please let me know if you have any advice about the process and where you think it's feasible for me to apply. I'm planning on applying to all the schools in Pennsylvania, MD and DO, excluding UPenn. I will probably apply to 20 schools total.
No applications have been submitted yet during this cycle.
User #7952 took the old MCAT and scored a 25 which is in the 49th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 500 on the updated scale which is in the 50th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #7952’s section scores as follows:
User #7952 scored a 9 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 125 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #7952 scored a 7 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 124 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #7952 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.
