Research by matriculation (5 summers, 3 academic years):
Three summers at same lab @ NYU school of Medicine. Worked on two projects, Pompe\'s Disease and Leprosy. Leprosy work led to a publication with me as second author.
One summer at Sloan Kettering Institute, worked in a Nucleic Acid Biochemisty lab, somewhat high profile PI.
This coming summer, I will be at Hannover Medical School in Germany, working on a Cytomegalovirus vaccine.
For the 3 academic years, I\'ve been working in a molbio lab, focusing on Familial Dysautonomia and alternative splicing. Attended a conference, great lab to work in.
Extracurriculars: Co founder and president of Chess Club. Treasurer for Classics Club Biology Club
Service: Two years of prehealth mentoring (freshman guidance) Two years of bio and chem tutoring
Honors: Honors Program (took 13 honors classes, am doing an honors thesis sr year) Junior year inductee to Phi Beta Kappa, and Alpha Sigma Nu Summer Undergrad Research Program for Sloan Kettering DAAD RISE Scholar, fellowship for summer research in Germany Deans list, 2nd honors (3.80-3.89) every semester. Deans scholarship, Campion Scholarship.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2007
Undergraduate college: Fordham University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 517
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 128,
CARS 129
Overall GPA: 3.86
Science GPA: 3.91
Summary of Application Experience
Primary verified in late june, packet of recommendations will be out by mid july, doing secondaries as soon as I get them. Ive only listed schools at which I had a complete application. I withdrew from a bunch early on, as I overapplied.
Some advice: apply early and don't try to make sense of the schools' decisions.
Unless some chance event raises me from the depths of Penn's waitlist, I'm headed for Columbia, and very happily so. I didn't get many acceptances but wound up at a school I'm going to be happy at. Pretty lucky.
User #7800 took the old MCAT and scored a 35 which is in the 96th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 517 on the updated scale which is in the 95th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #7800’s section scores as follows:
User #7800 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 #7800 scored a 11 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 128 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #7800 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.
