Brief Profile:
Worked in a hospital for a couple years, had a couple 1st/2nd author abstracts/papers/posters in both clinical and lab research, did some shadowing, 2+ years of teaching/tutoring.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2004
Undergraduate college: UC Berkeley
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Institution: MS
Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 520
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 131,
C/P 129,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.10
Science GPA: 3.09
Summary of Application Experience
Submitted AMCAS 7/15, verified 7/29 Complete at most schools end of August, early September
Update 5/4: Okay, so I got rejected by a bunch of schools, but also interviewed by a bunch. I'm grateful for getting into a couple US allopathic schools with my undergrad record, but anyone looking at my profile should know that I have quite a few postbacc/graduate A's, and I have much more research and clinical experience than most traditional applicants.
I'm really hoping for some waitlist movement in a couple weeks, will update as they accept/reject.
Update 6/15: I've been lucky enough to see some waitlist movement lately, and have gotten to pick from some really nice schools. The waiting still goes on...
I never got around to withdrawing from a few schools, but they never accepted me off their waitlists anyway, so the end result was the same (rejection!).
PS--this process was extraordinarily expensive, I probably spent over 8 grand on the apps and travel.
Applied
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: No
Summary of Experience:
I think they forgot about me...
User #2523 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 #2523’s section scores as follows:
User #2523 scored a 14 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 131 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #2523 scored a 12 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #2523 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.
