Brief Profile:
President of a society VP of honor society 2 Independent Studies in engineering properties of bone Independent Study in physiology simulation Summer research at Rockefeller University Summer research program at Pittsburgh Medical Center Student Advisory Council Hold leadership position in other clubs Decent community service Volunteer in ER, OR & Transportation, nothing amazing Martial Arts Competitor Engineering design team leader Research presented at a national conference Not URM
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2007
Undergraduate college: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Undergraduate Area of study: Engineering/Technology
Total MCAT SCORE: 505
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 127,
CARS 124
Overall GPA: 3.65
Science GPA: 3.67
Summary of Application Experience
A sub-30 MCAT score is not fatal. I gave them hell in the secondaries and wrote novels for letters of interest.
Pre-Game 7/13 - All 4 Transcripts Received by AMCAS - Ready to Review 7/24 - Plead my case with the MCAT 7/30 - AMCAS finally verified 8/23 - MCAT scores received. July 24th will live in infamy. 9/13 - LORs finally sent out from my prehealth committee. 9/17 - 9/26 Completion notifications received
The Play-by-Play 9/24 - Interview Invite from SUNY Upstate! Awesome bday present! 10/10 - Interview Invite from SUNY Stony Brook! Love the SUNYs! 10/26 - Rejection from MCW. The first cut is the deepest. 11/16 - High Priority Alternate list at SUNY Upstate. 11/16 - Rejection from Tulane. 11/17 - Passed RFU's preliminary screening. Interview pool? 11/17 - Interview Pool at VCU 11/19 - Interview invitation from Jefferson. 11/19 - Rejection from Pittsburgh. Painful. I loved this city. 12/10 - Rejection from Rochester. 12/19 - Rejection from Albany Medical College. 12/21 - Interview Pool at University of Vermont. 1/8 - Interview Invite from Pennsylvania State. 1/11 - Rejection from Wake Forest. That one hurt. 1/18 - Interview Invite from SUNY Downstate. 1/29 - Interview Invite from SUNY Buffalo. Damn I love the SUNYs! 3/18 - Interview Invite from NYMC. No thanks.
Someone in admissions dropped the ball at these places! 2/6 - Phone Call - Acceptance to Jefferson Medical College!! 5/15 - Mail - Acceptance to University at Buffalo!! Worst timing ever! 7/28 - Phone Call - Acceptance to SUNY Upstate Medical University!! Even worst timing!
User #8145 took the old MCAT and scored a 28 which is in the 67th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 505 on the updated scale which is in the 67th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #8145’s section scores as follows:
User #8145 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 #8145 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 #8145 scored a 8 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 124 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
