Brief Profile:
Post. graduation: did the Peace Corps, Staff Research Associate w/ public health/cancer research project, community work at marine aquarium Undergrad- Studied abroad for 1 year. Various part-time jobs, Research assistant, internship/shadowing at 3 different hospitals, worked with autistic kids for 1/2 yr, patient escort (waste of time) and community work at marine aquarium and homeless soup kitchen.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2002
Undergraduate college: UCLA
Undergraduate Area of study: Psychology/Social Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 514
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 128,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.49
Science GPA: 3.29
Summary of Application Experience
I think getting in all rides on the interview. For me, i just had THAT feeling after all my acceptance interviews b/c i felt a connection w/the school and/or interviewer; the others weren't such a great click and probably showed through on the interview. As for the pre-interview cut, numbers numbers, numbers. it seems as if my numbers weren't good enough for those top tier schools, even with my extracurrics and some pretty good secondary bullshit. SAVE MONEY. DO YOUR RESEARCH AND APPLY TO MAINLY THE REALISTIC ONES WHERE YOU'D BE HAPPY. I applied to way too many schools, spent way too much money. Applying from overseas is possible, although fed-exed secondaries can get pricey, and depending on how many interviews you have, quite expensive if you try to do them from abroad. just come home.
User #274 took the old MCAT and scored a 33 which is in the 91th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 514 on the updated scale which is in the 91th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #274’s section scores as follows:
User #274 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 #274 scored a 11 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 128 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #274 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.
