Brief Profile:
1 summer-Hospital Volunteer, 2 summers Research at Harvard Medical School-affiliated labs, 3 semesters research with professor, cultural organizations, president of a social service organization, work-study at sports clinic, biology department tutor
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2004
Undergraduate college: Williams College
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 511
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 129,
C/P 127,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.40
Science GPA: 3.30
Summary of Application Experience
For all the schools I was waitlisted at and was interested in attending, I sent emails and letters constantly checking my status and showing interest in the school. I think this really helped me getting into my first choice school. If I had done that for interviews as well, I think I could have gotten a few more interviews. But since I got into Drexel in October itself, I didn't bother to put as much effort to get interviews at some of the school.
My advice for future applicants is to apply early. I was done w/ the primary app by the first week of july and done w/ the secondaries by the second week of september. I think my extracurricular and recommendations were huge in my success in this process.
User #3370 took the old MCAT and scored a 31 which is in the 83th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 511 on the updated scale which is in the 85th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #3370’s section scores as follows:
User #3370 scored a 11 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #3370 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.
User #3370 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.
