Brief Profile:
Some shadowing (one summer), some volunteering at free clinic (senior year only). My medical experience was limited to summer before senior year and senior year. I took a non-medically related job my following graduation, while taking upper level biology classes part time at my hometown university.
Lots of ministry experience; working with high schoolers
Was also an RA my junior year.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2005
Undergraduate college: Davidson College
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 519
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 129,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.41
Science GPA: 3.48
Summary of Application Experience
My letters of rec, essays, and interviews went well, but I am sure that my (relative) lack of medical experience led to me being waitlisted at so many schools.
User #5229 took the old MCAT and scored a 36 which is in the 97th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 519 on the updated scale which is in the 97th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #5229’s section scores as follows:
User #5229 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 #5229 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 #5229 scored a 11 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
