Brief Profile:
Research with abstract publications, volunteer positions in ER, other health care organizations/clubs as well as non health-related places, work with emotionally-challenged person, several scholarships, nothing crazy...
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2004
Undergraduate college: McGill University
Undergraduate Area of study: Premedical Studies
Total MCAT SCORE: 522
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 132,
C/P 129,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 4.00
Science GPA: 4.00
Summary of Application Experience
It is exhausting, but you have to stay calm. Interviews seem very scary and lots of people are going to tell you 'horror stories.' But I can say from personal experience, that most interviews SEEM to be very conversational and mostly are designed to get to know you (unless I missed a hidden agenda). The most important part of an interview, in my opinion, is to come off natural and relaxed. Be yourself but practice answers to the 'big ones.'
As for writing applications and essays, it sucks and nobody likes to do it. But you'll thank yourself later if you did a good job. I dont think your sketch 'makes or breaks' you, but that may have been my personal experience.
Good luck and remember what you are trying to pursue!
User #3066 took the old MCAT and scored a 38 which is in the 99th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 522 on the updated scale which is in the 99th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #3066’s section scores as follows:
User #3066 scored a 15 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #3066 scored a 12 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #3066 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.
