Brief Profile:
Worked for Medicare between UG/grad. Served editorships in student publications. Involved in theatre, improv, and sketch comedy. Wrote novel for senior project. Studied and worked abroad. Received academic scholarship and Outstanding Phi Beta Kappa Senior. Conducted health-policy research. Worked as TA. Shadowed in several specialties. Volunteered in ICU, ED, peds. Worked as Standardized Patient (but not the weird stuff).
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2002
Undergraduate college: Univ. of SC (Honors College)
Undergraduate Area of study: Psychology/Social Sciences
Institution: Duke University
Area of Study: Psychology/Social Sciences
Degree Obtained: MA
Total MCAT SCORE: 517
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 129,
CARS 132
Overall GPA: 3.95
Science GPA: 3.93
Summary of Application Experience
I was told that some schools might see my health policy experience as a turn-off (i.e., that they would question my priorities). In deciding where to apply, I choose schools according to health policy resources, not just for my own interest, but because I thought they might be looking for me, too. I got a very good reception at almost all my interviews.
User #325 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 User #325’s section scores as follows:
User #325 scored a 10 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #325 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 #325 scored a 13 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
