Brief Profile:
diplomatic corps, economics, AMA, travel, cooking, languages (Italian, French, German and Spanish)
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2005
Undergraduate college: University of Maryland
Undergraduate Area of study: Premedical Studies
Institution: Masters Public Health
Area of Study: Computing and Information Science
Degree Obtained: MPH
Total MCAT SCORE: 505
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 126,
CARS 126
Overall GPA: 3.52
Science GPA: 3.52
Summary of Application Experience
The process is expensive and nerve racking, however, in spite of my scores and of my advisor saying that I would never get into medical school with my MCAT scores (or not even be invited for an interview) I received invitations for interviews and already an acceptance letter. No, I may be Hispanic but not URM. People tend to always classify low MCAT acceptances together with URM. Is there a chance that things are not black and white? Of course.
DO vs MD talks are really not worth it. A physician is a physician; the differences are in their specialty, personal skills and ability to be an effective healer or not.
Give it your all, be optimistic but realistic (I did apply to schools knowing that I would not get in, but hey, the -50% probability was still fun). Being a physician is about 100% service. There is nothing glamorous about medicine, just tons of personal satisfaction...think about it.
User #4565 took the old MCAT and scored a 28 which is in the 67th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 505 on the updated scale which is in the 67th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #4565’s section scores as follows:
User #4565 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 #4565 scored a 9 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 126 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #4565 scored a 9 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 126 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
