Brief Profile:
Six medical missions abroad with a non-profit surgical group, work in an oral surgery office, legal work in healthcare at the FTC on hospital and physician cases. Hobbies: horse owner and trainer, sous chef.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2003
Undergraduate college: Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Undergraduate Area of study: Foreign Language/International Studies
Total MCAT SCORE: 507
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 124,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.56
Science GPA: 3.24
Summary of Application Experience
Received more interview invites than I expected so far - I am at 5 interviews for 17 apps, and expect at least two acceptances. I think it goes to show that volunteer experience and excellent LORs count for a lot. Re-taking the MCAT and bringing up my scores really helped as well (I found Examkrackers home study to be much much better than Kaplan's course). Most schools seemed very receptive to the non-traditional applicant and those students who have taken time off after college.
Advice for the process - 1) use StudentDoctor.net, 2) have a separate email address for the admission process and TURN OFF YOUR BULK MAIL/SPAM FILTER, 3) submit all relevant LORs (more than just the 2 science, 1 non-science, etc) if applicable include work and volunteer LORs REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR PRE-MED CMTE TELLS YOU (however do pay attention to the schools' requirement and when in doubt call and ask if you can submit more), 4) call the schools every two weeks to check on your application status and check status pages (many schools lost things, etc), 5) write handwritten thank you notes after interviews, 6) Apply to a WIDE-RANGE of schools.
Application Complete, Rejected
Pennsylvania State University
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Currently pre-interview hold
User #1259 took the old MCAT and scored a 29 which is in the 73th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 507 on the updated scale which is in the 74th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #1259’s section scores as follows:
User #1259 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 #1259 scored a 7 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 124 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #1259 scored a 10 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
