User #8980
Application cycles: 2007
Demographics: Male, Caucasian
Home state: California

Brief Profile: Two-year missionary service in Venezuela (now fluent Spanish), chemistry research (nearing paper submission), 150+ hrs hospital volunteer, four years outpatient pharmacy work (clerk, not tech), upward trend in GPA (last 2 years ~3.9, was a business major up until 3 years ago).

// Applications //

Application Cycle One: 2007

Undergraduate college: Cal Poly Pomona
Undergraduate Area of study: Physical Sciences

Total MCAT SCORE: 514
MCAT Section Scores: B/B 129, C/P 130, CARS 126
Overall GPA: 3.73
Science GPA: 3.73

Summary of Application Experience

9/17 AMCAS under review - Took forever to write personal statement (~2 months)

10/31 AMCAS processed

Applied, Rejected

University of California, San Diego

Application Complete, Rejected

University of Southern California

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Irvine

University of California, Davis

Attended Interview, Rejected

Loma Linda University

User #8980 took the old MCAT and scored a 33 which is in the 91^th percentile of all old scores. We converted this to a 514 on the updated scale which is in the 91^th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #8980’s section scores as follows:
User #8980 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 #8980 scored a 13 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 130 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #8980 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.

MD Applicants

User #8980