Brief Profile:
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// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2004
Undergraduate college: University of Rochester
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 520
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 129,
CARS 132
Overall GPA: 3.93
Science GPA: 3.90
Summary of Application Experience
I applied MD/PhD everywhere. If I had to do it all over again, I would have applied earlier, but in the long run I don't think it would have made any difference since I got in to Penn.
After interviewing, my ranking of the schools was: 1) Penn 2) Yale 3) Duke 4) Hopkins 5) WashU 6) Rochester 7) Wisconsin 8) Buffalo
Since I liked Penn so much better than the other schools, selecting where to go was a pretty easy decision, and knowing about my acceptance early made the interviewing process go much easier. Although Penn claims not to tell anyone of their status prior to late March, the MSTP, at least, does make exceptions.
User #2788 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 #2788’s section scores as follows:
User #2788 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 #2788 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 #2788 scored a 13 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
