Brief Profile:
-ACS chemistry major, biology major, mathematics minor -American Chemical Society-secretary and president -Tri-Beta Biology Honor Society-treasurer -Pre-Med Club -2006-2007 Analytical Chemist of the Year -Freshman chemistry research at home campus-published as first author -Sophomore chemistry research at U of California, Irvine-first authored manuscript submitted (2008), in press (2009) -Junior biomedical research at Sanford Research/USD Cancer Biology Research Center -70+ hours in medicinal shadowing & ER volunteer -poster and oral presentations at 3 regional & 2 national meetings of the American Chemical Society -private physics tutor -departmental chemistry tutor -3 years as a chemistry lab assistant -student rep on two chemistry dept search committees
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: Augustana College (Sioux Falls, SD)
Undergraduate Area of study: Premedical Studies
Total MCAT SCORE: 509
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 128,
CARS 126
Overall GPA: 3.61
Science GPA: 3.53
Summary of Application Experience
Apply early and make sure there is something in your personal statement that will make you stand out to an admissions committee...it will be brought up in an interview. Everyone applying otherwise is strong on paper. If you're being interviewed, you are qualified, you just have to sell yourself. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. My story should be a strong deterrent...an MD/PhD acceptance and two MD/PhD waitlistings with no acceptances to MD onlys and only one acceptance overall...
User #11407 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 #11407’s section scores as follows:
User #11407 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 #11407 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 #11407 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.
