BPM
Application cycles: 12/31/2010
Demographics: Male, 31, Hispanic
Home state: California
Last Active: 05/01/2014

Brief Profile: Only a Sophomore, Have this profile just to kind of track how my application is doing. URM, first in college,

314 Hours volunteering at a hospital ( July 2011- September 2013) I had a lot of patient interaction here because I volunteered in pre and post-op.

Leadership position in club ( June 2013- current)

Presented basic sciences to elementary school kids to get them interested in science. 2 presentations so far. Each one takes 2+ months of planning.

Chemistry Tutor, 32 hours. ( Jan 2013- March 2013)

Non-medical Grab Bag Volunteer Stuff, 30 hours

Lab Assistant on Campus, Paid, (Sep 2013- June 2014)
Undergrad Researcher, (March 2013- current)

Summer Research Program at UCSF ( 2014)

I train and run in marathons. Since college began I've only been in one.

// Applications //

Application Cycle One: 12/31/2010

Undergraduate college: UC
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

Total MCAT SCORE: 472
MCAT Section Scores: B/B 118, C/P 118, CARS 118
Overall GPA: 3.50
Science GPA: 3.50

Summary of Application Experience

URM, first-generation, socioeconomic difficulties

Current Application:

1)Science Club - 2 years, leadership position, teaching science to underprivileged children

2)Hospital Volunteer- 2.5 years, lots of patient interaction

3) Lab Assistant- 1 year, paid job

4)Summer Research at UCSF

5) Researcher- independent project, 150 hours, planning on continuing
-honors research program member- tuition+stipend

6) Holistic Health Program- 2 quarters of Swedish massage, planning on taking more of these classes

7)Hobbies- Fitness, Guitar,
-play guitar every day for past 2.5 years
- gym 6 days a week. Run marathons, half marathons, 10Ks, 5Ks, fun runs

Possible additions to application:
-presentations (highly likely)
-internship at local clinic (very likely)
-abstract/publication (very likely)
-more awards/scholarships (likely)
-volunteering at homeless shelter (likely)
-volunteering at hospital (likely)
-minority research club (likely)

No applications have been submitted yet during this cycle.

BPM took the old MCAT and scored a 3 which is in the 0 percentile of all old scores. We converted this to a 472 on the updated scale which is in the -1^st percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted BPM’s section scores as follows:
BPM scored a 1 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 118 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
BPM scored a 1 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 118 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
BPM scored a 1 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 118 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.

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BPM

// Applications //

Application Cycle One: 12/31/2010

Summary of Application Experience

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