6/8/09- AMCAS submitted. Still waiting on 2 transcripts.
6/11/09-AMCAS ready for review. I found errors in my application in the grades section. I called AMCAS hotline and said they will either fix it when verifying my app or I will need to submit a grade change request after verification, which will take up to 5 business days. oh no :(
6/22/09- AMCAS verified. They fixed my grade mistakes. :)
7/8/09- Found out about UCLA Drew today and it\'s focus on underprivileged populations. It immediately caught my interest and I added Drew to my AMCAS application.
7/18/09- My first interview invite from U Pitt!! Excited and a bit nervous just thinking about it. >.<
8/20/09- Interview invite from UC Davis!!!! Need to schedule an interview date but their interview page doesn\'t work.
8/28/09- Holding 4 interviews right now (5 if you count U of Ariz for two). I just want to say that I feel truly blessed. I hope I rock those interviews.
9/28/09 - Bad news: Rejection from UCSF; Good news: Interview invite from UCI
10/01/09- I\'m going to send my letter of update/interest today. I hope it helps somehow! I am now holding 8 interviews. I am extremely, extremely grateful.
COSTS: $1549 MCAT Course $630 MCAT $610 \'08-\'09 application $150 \'08-\'09 interview $781 \'09-\'10 application $?? \'09-\'10 Secondaries .......$70 MCW Secondary .......$75 Cornell Secondary .......$85 U Pitt Secondary .......$115 Albert Einstein .......$100 Boston .......$70 Temple .......$60 UCSF (screened) .......$105 Mount Sinai .......$70 UCLA (screened) .......$70 UC Davis (screened) .......$100 NYU .......$70 UC Irvine (screened) .......$100 SUNY Upstate .......$90 USC .......$105 Albany .......$100 NYMC ……..$100 U of Arizona ……..$85 Stanford ……..$70 UCSD (screened) ……..$75 Drexel
$?? \'09-\'10 Interviews .......$211.40 Flight to UPitt, booked 7/22 ...............Staying with friend .......$240 Drive to UA Tucson and Phoenix ...............$70 Motel .......$0 - UC Irvine Interview .......$130 Flight to UC Davis, booked 9/27 ..............Staying with friend .......$303 Flight to Mount Sinai, booked 10/10 ..............Student host (hopefully)
cupcakemd 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 cupcakemd’s section scores as follows:
cupcakemd 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.
cupcakemd scored a 10 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
cupcakemd 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.
