Brief Profile:
I found this site to be helpful while applying. Now that I've been accepted, I hope to pass on the favor to all aspiring medical students. Best of luck!
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 06/02/2014
Undergraduate college: Top 10
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 517
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 132,
CARS 124
Overall GPA: 3.39
Science GPA: 3.31
Summary of Application Experience
Reapplied after working for a year in a translational research lab, increased my clinical/nonclinical volunteering, and several more recommendation letters. Summer grade from 2013 was calculated into AMCAS and I retook the MCAT in Jan 2015 (right before the transition, so no writing portion). Much happier how this cycle turned out!
Summary of Experience:
Really enjoyed my interview visit here and was offered a small incoming scholarship. Seems like a great up-and-coming program down in Roanoke, but ultimately chose the more-established school.
ffxfreak13 took the old MCAT and scored a 35 which is in the 96th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 517 on the updated scale which is in the 95th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted ffxfreak13’s section scores as follows:
ffxfreak13 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.
ffxfreak13 scored a 14 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
ffxfreak13 scored a 8 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 124 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
