Brief Profile:
Extensive observation experience in emergency medicine, pediatrics, and ortho/surgery. Volunteering at a local children's hospital. Pre-med honor society member... etc.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2006
Undergraduate college: Texas Christian University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 511
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 129,
C/P 127,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.61
Science GPA: 3.58
Summary of Application Experience
Apply widely. Apply to some schools you don't think you have a shot at and apply to some that you think you have a good chance to get in. Realize you have a huge advantage at your home state school and a huge disadvantage at other state schools (especially Texas).
Also, apply early. I submitted my AMCAS June 6. There were many qualified candidates that submitted later than I did and their chances clearly suffered because of it. You can literally eliminate yourself if you wait too long to apply.
UNMC, Duke, and the Texas schools were at the top of my list. I withdrew from all other schools once I got the UNMC acceptance. I would have been happy with any and ended up at UNMC.
User #8673 took the old MCAT and scored a 31 which is in the 83th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 511 on the updated scale which is in the 85th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #8673’s section scores as follows:
User #8673 scored a 11 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #8673 scored a 10 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #8673 scored a 10 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
