Brief Profile:
GPA: 3.55 < x < 3.65 MCAT: 31 < x < 34
LizzyM: ~70
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 06/02/2014
Undergraduate college: University of California
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 514
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 127,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.70
Science GPA: 3.60
Summary of Application Experience
Primary submitted: June 3, 2014 Verified: June 6 First secondary: June 27 First interview invite: July 10
Trips Summary: 1. Late August: DC -> Michigan 2. Mid September: LA & OC 3. Late September: Chicago -> Boston 4. Late September/ early October: Philadelphia -> NY -> Louisiana 5. Early November: San Bernadino
Summary of Experience:
Long interview day, started at 8AM with a couple of presentations, a PBL practice, and then we were bussed over to the main hospital, which was impressive, to say the least. There we had an amazing lunch and then were interviewed by two faculty members.
Pros: Amazing facilities, innovative curriculum which is extremely responsive to student feedback.
Cons: Location: ~45 minutes outside of Detroit. Would be much more difficult finding things to do on the weekends than at other schools. Far from home as well, hospital is far from the medical school.
Summary of Experience:
Short interview day. Started with a short talk about the school, followed by the faculty interview. Then lunch, in a conference room and not the faculty cafeteria, sadly, due to construction. Then the student interview and a tour of the school.
Pros: Close to home, good curriculum with joint degrees and international programs.
Summary of Experience:
Long day, started at 8AM. Had a bunch of talks about stuff that was emphasized in their curriculum, with interviews bunched up together at the end.
Pros: CA weather, good facilities, good curriculum, students seem very relaxed and happy
Summary of Experience:
Interview summary: Made us get there really early (7;15AM), which in Chicago is a hard thing to ask for considering the chill and the wind. Had a few presentations with the associate dean for admissions after which were the first of the interviews.
Had a semi-group (2 interviewees and 1 M4), and then two faculty interviews, before lunch.
After lunch we had a few more presentations about various programs, and then a tour of the school.
Pros: Highly ranked (top 20), strong research (building new $2 billion center), great city
Cons: Did not get a good vibe from the people, both applicants and interviewers seemed very gunnary and businesslike. Did not seem to want to get to know us as people, more to just evaluate us on our personal merits and that was all.
Overall: Good school, would attend if CA schools do not accept.
Summary of Experience:
Second of a back to back interview trip. Got in the night before and did not have as much time to see the city. What I saw though was that Tufts is in Chinatown, not the nicest area, and Boston in general isn't the cleanest or safest place to be.
That being said, the school has a strong curriculum, speerheaded by a 4 year integrated MD/MBA program associated with Brandeis university.
Students seem happy, facilities are very nice, and match list is fine. But the school is far from home, expensive, and it would be tough being a third banana in Boston after Harvard and BC
Summary of Experience:
Stayed with my Jefferson host because the Temple guys were studying and told me I couldn't stay with them, which was fine.
Temple medical school itself is a very nice, new, and pristine. It is not in a very nice neighborhood, and depending on your demographic you might not feel comfortable there.
Interviews were one faculty, one student, and one RAR (minority). Chill interviews, open file, seemed to want to now about certain aspects of my file.
Osteoth took the old MCAT and scored a 33 which is in the 91th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 514 on the updated scale which is in the 91th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted Osteoth’s section scores as follows:
Osteoth 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.
Osteoth 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.
Osteoth 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.
