Brief Profile:
As a non-tradtional applicant, I had three years of paid clinical experience which included two years as a mental health counselor, and one as a medical assistant on a pediatric unit. I had also volunteered in the community as a youth soccer coach, and gave my time to a local hospitals cardiac catherization unit.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2002
Undergraduate college: Wake Forest University
Undergraduate Area of study: Psychology/Social Sciences
Institution: Post-Bac Program - Tufts
Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
Degree Obtained: None
Total MCAT SCORE: 519
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 130,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.40
Science GPA: 3.50
Summary of Application Experience
Because I was taking the MCAT's in August, I did not have MCAT scores when I made my primary applications. As a result, I had to apply to many schools to cover all my bases depending how I scored. As it turned out, I did fine and quickly withdrew some applications and turned down some interview offers. On the other side of the coin, there were some schools I may have had a shot at that I hadn't applied to. The whole process went smoothly and was actually pretty fun (but too damn expensive). I had a lot of interviews, and a few acceptances to choose from. I lucked out.
User #831 took the old MCAT and scored a 36 which is in the 97th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 519 on the updated scale which is in the 97th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #831’s section scores as follows:
User #831 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 #831 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 #831 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.
