Brief Profile:
The usual, plus an 18 month full-time job as a PCT (nurse's aid) on a med/surg floor. Also semester abroad in Europe.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 1999
Undergraduate college: DePauw University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 509
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 127,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.30
Science GPA: 3.20
Summary of Application Experience
My advice is turn things in on time. I waited until late November to submit my rec letters, so I didn't interview until January, which meant that in most cases I was interviewing for a waitlist spot.
User #653 took the old MCAT and scored a 30 which is in the 79th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 509 on the updated scale which is in the 80th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #653’s section scores as follows:
User #653 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 #653 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 #653 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.