Brief Profile:
Anthro major, undergrad anthro research, extensive ED volunteer work, clinical trial research assistant, math tutor for long-term patients at Children's Hospital, YMCA camp counselor, traveled and worked throughout Europe, lots of non-profit work experience (human rights + environmental), record company exec, restaurant manager, departmental and college honors, Div. III baseball team, trombone, guitar, amateur DJ, etc...
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2005
Undergraduate college: UCLA
Undergraduate Area of study: Psychology/Social Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 514
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 127,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.37
Science GPA: 3.56
Summary of Application Experience
August MCATer who completed his primary AMCAS in mid-September. I wasn't complete at most schools until early December. I got most of my rejections in January and, in a moment of frustration, applied to, and got into, Georgetown SMP as a backup in early April. I was told by my interviewers at both schools where I interviewed that I had a well written personal statement, so I am now wondering if the schools that rejected me even looked at my application beyond the numbers. Who cares, I got into a great school.
My unique path: Learned my lessons the hard way. Barely graduated from high school and failed out of college my first year. Moved from VA to CA to work. After four years of trying different things, traveling throughout Europe, and lots of soul searching, I decided that I wanted to practice medicine (insert long winded answer to 'why medicine?' here). But first, I had to start from the bottom at a local community college where I had to get honest with myself, swallow my pride, and take remedial math classes. Worked my butt off. Transferred to UCLA in '03 with a 3.92 from my CC. My AMCAS stats don't reflect the improvement I made in my soph.-senior years where I had close to a 3.9 overall and a 3.9 science gpa, (4.00, 3.80, 3.94, respectively, although you might want to check my math), while balancing ~25+ hours of ECs/work a week.
User #5316 took the old MCAT and scored a 33 which is in the 91th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 514 on the updated scale which is in the 91th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #5316’s section scores as follows:
User #5316 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 #5316 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 #5316 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.
