Brief Profile:
Voluteer: Stanford American Indian Organization Organ Donation Education & Advocacy Nomzamo, Children's Home in Cape Town, South Africa 10 Week Health Needs Assessment in the Western Cape, South Africa
Clinical Experience: General Practice Job Shadow Physical Therapy Summer Intern, 3 months, Full-time Orthopedic Surgery Job Shadow Wasilla Basketball Team Physician Job Shadow
Work Experience: Commercial Fisherman for Salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska Stanford Undergraduate Admissions Office Assistant Internet Start-up Contractor Mat-Su School District K-12 Substitute Teacher
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2007
Undergraduate college: Stanford University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 519
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 132,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.80
Science GPA: 3.85
Summary of Application Experience
Submitted primary to 20 schools: $730 Submitted 15 secondary applications: $1065 Invited for 14 interviews, but declined 2: $2380 Total Cost of Application: $4175
09/01/07 Final secondary submitted to Duke 09/14/07 Interview: Michigan 09/21/07 Interview: Northwestern 09/26/07 Interview: Pittsburgh 09/28/07 Interview: Johns Hopkins 10/09/07 Interview: Case Western 10/11/07 Interview: Vanderbilt 10/15/07 Acceptance: Michigan = Stress-free Yale Interview 10/18/07 Interview: Harvard 10/24/07 Acceptance: Case Western 11/01/07 Interview: Stanford 11/08/07 Interview: UCSF 11/13/07 Acceptance: Pittsburgh 11/14/07 Interview: Penn 11/16/07 Interview: Duke 11/18/07 Acceptance: Vanderbilt 11/19/07 Acceptance: Johns Hopkins 01/02/08 Vanderbilt Scholarship Offer 01/03/08 Withdrew: Case Western 01/10/08 Acceptance: Stanford, by phone call from Dean Garcia 01/25/08 Recieved Stanford Acceptance Letter by Snail Mail 02/04/08 Acceptance: UCSF OOS!!! 03/14/08 Acceptance: Yale, whew, that was a long period of silence. 03/17/08 Withdrew: Yale, not the right fit for me. 03/21/08 Acceptance: Harvard, New Pathway ... simply amazing and humbling 03/21/08 Waitlisted: Duke 03/27/08 Waitlisted: Penn, Tier 1, all that waiting for nada ... 03/28/08 Michigan Merit Scholarship Offered 04/02/08 Pittsburgh Merit Scholarship Offered 04/17/08 Received Harvard Financial Aid ... OMG ... on par with Vandy! 04/21/08 Withdrew: Michigan, Pittsburgh 05/05/08 Withdrew: UCSF, Johns Hopkins, Penn Waitlist 05/07/08 Withdrew: Stanford, Duke Waitlist 05/08/08 Withdrew: Harvard Medical School 05/08/08 Confirmed Enrollment in the Vanderbilt SOM, Class of 2012! 05/10/08 Left the county on a 20 day trip through Syria and Jordan
I completed re-visits at Vanderbilt, Harvard, Hopkins, and Stanford. And I have made my decision, with great difficulty, but also incredible peace of mind. Some may find it odd, but I don't roll by popular social norms and values. My decision is the right one from my perspective and possibly my perspective alone. But here are a few of the hightlights:
* My older sister lives 4 hours away in Maryville, TN * Resources of a full undergraduate/graduate campus - i.e. Athletics, Mentoring, Inter-departmental Interaction * New Curriculum and Pre-clinical Training Facilities * I meshed very well with my prospective future classmates * Incredible Administrative Support * Humbling Scholarship Offer * Low Cost of Living and Relatively Affordable Apartment Housing * Southern Hospitality * Opportunities for religious expression * Music venues and performances of all genres * Nashville is a surprisingly beautiful, increasingly progressive, and entertaining city.
User #9559 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 #9559’s section scores as follows:
User #9559 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 #9559 scored a 14 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #9559 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.
