User #16741
Application cycles: 2008
Demographics: Male, South Asian
Home state: California

Brief Profile: 3 years of undergraduate research at UC Berkeley, 3 years of volunteering at a hospital, shadowing a doctor, involved in community organization, worked part-time through college, volunteered in a hospital for a summer abroad.

Basically the regular stuff (research, volunteering, working)

// Applications //

Application Cycle One: 2008

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

Total MCAT SCORE: 517
MCAT Section Scores: B/B 130, C/P 128, CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.68
Science GPA: 3.48

Summary of Application Experience

My gpa kinda blows, but solid MCAT and good EC's (along with a strong personal statement/letters of rec) can go a long way...

Applied

Columbia University

Applied, Rejected

Boston University

Application Complete

Cornell University

Attended Interview, Withdrew

Creighton University

Attended Interview, Waitlisted

Albert Einstein of Yeshiva University

User #16741 took the old MCAT and scored a 35 which is in the 96^th percentile of all old scores. We converted this to a 517 on the updated scale which is in the 95^th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #16741’s section scores as follows:
User #16741 scored a 13 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 #16741 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 #16741 scored a 11 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.

MD Applicants

User #16741