-Extensive shadowing and volunteering in a health care setting -Leadership role in a service organization -2+ years of solid research experience (summers and during the school year). Also looks like I'm going to have a publication this year (but that won't matter for apps). -sports / other fun ECs -Honor Societies, merit scholarships, studying abroad, etc.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2009
Undergraduate college: Vanderbilt
Undergraduate Area of study: Mathematics
Total MCAT SCORE: 472
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 118,
C/P 118,
CARS 118
Overall GPA: 1.00
Science GPA: 1.00
Summary of Application Experience
08/04/09: First update! So I really worked quickly to get all my apps and secondaries in as soon as I possibly could while juggling research, volunteering, etc. But it looks like it paid off so far -- two interviews coming up! The super-early rejection from BU was a bit of a rude awakening, but it appears that many other SDNers had the same experience including some with better stats than me; so I wonder what the criteria were for those decisions? Anyhow, fingers crossed for the Texas schools at the moment since they move so quickly!
8/18/09: Going on vacation works wonders for me -- I received three invites for Texas schools while I was away (Baylor, UT Southwestern and Texas A&M)! My dream schools seem to be in reach which is amazing -- I feel very blessed so far in this process. First interview on Friday!
8/19/09: Vanderbilt interview showed up this morning! It's like Christmas every day...amazing news - I feel very lucky to be considered :)
08/22/09: One interview down, five more to go at this point! Also submitted the Vandy secondary today, so I'm set for that!
User #17898 took the old MCAT and scored a 3 which is in the 0 percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 472 on the updated scale which is in the -1st percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #17898’s section scores as follows:
User #17898 scored a 1 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 118 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #17898 scored a 1 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 118 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #17898 scored a 1 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 118 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
