Brief Profile:
After graduation: 2 years research assistant in neuropsychology lab 2 years mentoring in after-school program for underserved youth 2 years SAT tutoring
In college: standard stuff... nothing too impressive (frat-related stuff, freshman rowing team, TA, some research exp but no pubs)
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2004
Undergraduate college: Cornell University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 516
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 129,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.43
Science GPA: 3.51
Summary of Application Experience
I think taking two years off after college really strengthened my application... taking time off and doing something interesting can make up for mediocre ec's and gpa in college (as it did in my case).
User #3305 took the old MCAT and scored a 34 which is in the 94th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 516 on the updated scale which is in the 94th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #3305’s section scores as follows:
User #3305 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 #3305 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 #3305 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.
