Brief Profile:
-2+ years of research in a Pharmacology Department studying muscarinic and adrenergic receptors in the urogenital systems of rats. Performed bladder strip, cystometrography, and metabolic cage experiments -2+ years of work as a rehabilitation nursing technician (nurse aid) -2 summers of volunteer work in the emergency department of local hospital -80 hours of shadowing a doctor of internal medicine -Over 7 years (4 years of high school + 3 of college) of volunteer work at a local senior center -Completion of a university accredited leadership course -Member of NSCS and its various events (community clean ups, etc.) -Member of university biology club and its various events
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: University of Pittsburgh
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 509
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 128,
CARS 126
Overall GPA: 3.56
Science GPA: 3.36
Summary of Application Experience
6/5/08 - Submitted primary application for both M.D. and D.O. application on June 5th 6/25/08 - Beginning to receive secondaries now...trying to hold them for no longer than 7 days (we'll see how this goes) 1/21/09 - Updated everything for the first time since the beginning of this long process. I've been accepted to PCOM, but I'm waiting on VCU. If I were to be accepted at VCU, I don't know what I'd do... 4/8/09 - Updated everything again for the first time in awhile. Still only accepted at PCOM. Waiting on Jefferson, Penn State, Eastern Virginia, and VCU. I'm happy with PCOM though, so it's a non-stressful wait :) 5/22/09 - ACCEPTED AT PENN STATE! It's hard to describe how exciting it was to receive the acceptance phone call and talk with the dean. I would have been happy at PCOM, but PSU was always my #1 :)
To anyone that may read this, I have only one piece of advice: always remember that the medical school application process is a long, but worthwhile one.
User #10887 took the old MCAT and scored a 30 which is in the 79th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 509 on the updated scale which is in the 80th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #10887’s section scores as follows:
User #10887 scored a 10 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #10887 scored a 11 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 128 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #10887 scored a 9 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 126 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
