Brief Profile:
150 plus hours of shadowing physicians (MD and DO) County Public Health Department Volunteer Free Health Clinic Volunteer Fraternity Intramurals, yada yada yada
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2006
Undergraduate college: Texas Tech University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 503
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 125,
CARS 126
Overall GPA: 3.59
Science GPA: 3.51
Summary of Application Experience
I feel like I could give every premed advice on what not to do to get into medical school. I applied late. I didn't take an MCAT review course. My letters of recommendation were from professors that didn't know me all that well. I was a reapplicant with a below average MCAT for most schools. I bring no sort of diversity to any medical school class (sorry all you white guys out there). I had every excuse in the book for not getting in the first time I applied.
Unless you have an overly compelling story about how you saved a whole tribe of pygmies in the Amazon or something like that, the only things that really matter with regards to acceptance are your MCAT scores and your GPA. There are plenty of stories out there about how some people with 4.0's and 42's on their MCAT don't get in to med school. Interpersonal skills are important, don't get me wrong, but don't kid yourself. Don't take the MCAT lightly....take a prep course and do well on it.
User #7864 took the old MCAT and scored a 27 which is in the 61th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 503 on the updated scale which is in the 61th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #7864’s section scores as follows:
User #7864 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 #7864 scored a 8 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 125 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #7864 scored a 9 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 126 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
