Brief Profile:
1 year full-time work at NIH after college 2 years cell biology lab (1 year before working as lab assistant) 4 years working as alumni relations specialist (w/3 promotions) 3 summers volunteering leading pre-orientation backpacking trips 1 semester as introductory biology TA a few shadowing experiences half year-long pre-medical internship in London
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2005
Undergraduate college: Cornell University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Institution: King's College London
Area of Study: Premedical Studies
Total MCAT SCORE: 525
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 131,
C/P 132,
CARS 132
Overall GPA: 4.00
Science GPA: 3.97
Summary of Application Experience
Overall a pleasant enough process. I had great numbers but not oustanding research experience and am happy how things are coming in. Not really many stressful interviews and enjoyed traveling around and meeting faculty and other applicants. Got into Penn, my first choice, and Columbia, a very good dark horse. I have to figure out what to do about Yale, because the science there is so fantastic but their 2nd look is the same as Penn, my 1st choice. I guess it's a good problem to have. :-/
Update: Penn it is. The second look weekends confirmed my earlier notions about the schools and just made me sure Penn was where I wanted to be for the next 7 years. It just 'felt' right and I'd never override a feeling for anything else (especially since their med school is so friggin strong and Philly is beautiful and cheap, ha)
Feel free to PM if and of you all have any questions about the entire process.
Applied, Withdrew
Duke University
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:
Dear Lord that's a lot of secondary!
User #5153 took the old MCAT and scored a 42 which is in the 100th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 525 on the updated scale which is in the 100th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #5153’s section scores as follows:
User #5153 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 #5153 scored a 14 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #5153 scored a 14 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
