Brief Profile:
Here is what I put on my AMCAS: ICU volunteer + shadowing NYLF: medicine AED officer Student Health HIV pre/post test counselor Clinic Coordinator for a free health clinic in Mexico Medical Mission to Nicaragua/Costa Rica Radio Station DJ Research in Metabolic Biosensors (no pub) Research in Spinal Cord Injuries (no pub) Case Manager for parenting/pregnant women in recovery
I took a year off to apply and work. I worked at UCSF as a lab coordinator for several clinical trials and performed clinical research on the side.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2006
Undergraduate college: University of California, San Diego
Undergraduate Area of study:
Total MCAT SCORE: 516
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 129,
C/P 127,
CARS 132
Overall GPA: 3.65
Science GPA: 3.61
Summary of Application Experience
06/27...Submitted AMCAS 08/05...AMCAS Verified 10/30...Oh my god. I get to be a doctor.
yeah, i guess i applied to too many schools. But hey, thats better than not enough. The process is a crapshoot but I feel it works out for you if you put the hard work in. Apply EARLY!!! And have a lot of stories about your ECs, they help with interviews.
Applied, Rejected
University of California, San Francisco
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: No
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
Complete 8/08. Pre Secondary Reject
User #5475 took the old MCAT and scored a 34 which is in the 94th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 516 on the updated scale which is in the 94th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #5475’s section scores as follows:
User #5475 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 #5475 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 #5475 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.
