Brief Profile:
A few, but significant activities: A local religious youth group for 4 years, secretary of the group. Shadowed two doctors for a year, gained significant clinical experience. School clubs/activities, the normal stuff.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2007
Undergraduate college: SUNY Stony Brook
Undergraduate Area of study: Computing and Information Science
Total MCAT SCORE: 520
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 132,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.73
Science GPA: 3.85
Summary of Application Experience
I can only think of two things that all applicants need to know: APPLY EARLY! I unfortunately was not complete at any schools until mid October, which I feel hindered me in the application cycle.
When you get interviews, the one thing that they are ALL looking for, from my experience, is proof that you know what your getting into - ie the hours, the stress, and what being a doctor today really entails. If you can demonstrate this to adcoms, along with sufficient humanism and all, you'll be straight.
User #9880 took the old MCAT and scored a 37 which is in the 98th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 520 on the updated scale which is in the 98th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #9880’s section scores as follows:
User #9880 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 #9880 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 #9880 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.
