Brief Profile:
-Mathematics research with joint publication -Amnesty International and other humanitarian/social activism volunteer -3 years English teaching experience in Japan -6 mos English teaching and hospital volunteer in Nepal -assorted hospital volunteer, shadowing doctors, clinical research volunteer for 2 yrs during USC Postbac
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2004
Undergraduate college: Grinnell College
Undergraduate Area of study: Mathematics
Institution: USC Postbaccalaureate Premed Program
Area of Study: Premedical Studies
Total MCAT SCORE: 520
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 132,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.58
Science GPA: 3.58
Summary of Application Experience
Submitted my AMCAS before doing much research about which schools I wanted or would be a good fit. In retrospect, I would have bothered to turn in secondaries at Cornell and Stanford, and omitted from AMCAS a few which I considered 'safety'. The most important thing to keep in mind is that the process is very random. Qualifications only go so far, and then it's all luck. I do tend to win a lot of raffles and door prizes, and I can't complain about the outcome of this application process. Maybe I should take up playing the lottery.
User #3186 took the old MCAT and scored a 37 which is in the 98th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 520 on the updated scale which is in the 98th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #3186’s section scores as follows:
User #3186 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.
User #3186 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.
User #3186 scored a 10 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
