Brief Profile:
Navy ROTC (lots of leadership exp.), triathlon team, English teacher in China, medical volunteer in Guatemala, lots of travel experience, physics TA, undergrad & grad research experience (3 first-authored papers so far), cancer survivor - not recommended :)
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2003
Undergraduate college: University of Colorado
Undergraduate Area of study: Engineering/Technology
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Area of Study: Engineering/Technology
Degree Obtained: Ph.D.
Total MCAT SCORE: 513
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 130,
CARS 126
Overall GPA: 3.30
Science GPA: 3.12
Summary of Application Experience
Humbling! Undergrad grades (aerospace eng) were poor, grad (biomedical eng) were much better. Strong points are diversity of life experiences and research, weaknesses in application are grades and clinical volunteer work (only 1).
Biggest surprise is that the Ph.D. isn't carrying as much as weight as I expected. There's no substitute for hard numbers (gpa, mcat). Advice for 'overeducated' applicants is to rock the mcats (35+). Show that your ms/ph.d/whatever really pushes you to the next level of scientific understanding. Good luck!
User #1095 took the old MCAT and scored a 32 which is in the 88th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 513 on the updated scale which is in the 89th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #1095’s section scores as follows:
User #1095 scored a 10 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #1095 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 #1095 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.
