Brief Profile:
Clinical research for two years after graduating. 1 pub, 1 poster presentation at international conference. Worked at summer camps, taught SAT, leadership roles in sorority during college, volunteer at free clinic, etc I took three years off after school to make sure medicine was right for me.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: University of Southern California
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 516
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 129,
C/P 128,
CARS 130
Overall GPA: 3.51
Science GPA: 3.37
Summary of Application Experience
I feel very lucky for the opportunities I've been given and encourage everyone to apply early, broadly, and follow-up by updating your schools, telling them how interested you are, why you will make a good asset to their program. Be sincere, be pushy, be patient. Good things happen to those who work hard and stay humble. I didn't get off my first waitlist until June 09 and then the next day I got in at my top choice, USC! I did call and email the directors of admissions and stayed in contact during the whole cycle. Don't give up!
User #17440 took the old MCAT and scored a 34 which is in the 94th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 516 on the updated scale which is in the 94th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #17440’s section scores as follows:
User #17440 scored a 11 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #17440 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 #17440 scored a 12 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 130 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
