research, shadowing, leadership, volunteer, fun stuff, blah blah blah. no one thing that's particularly spectacular, but a decent variety of activities.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2007
Undergraduate college: Washington University in St. Louis
Undergraduate Area of study: Engineering/Technology
Total MCAT SCORE: 520
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 131,
C/P 132,
CARS 126
Overall GPA: 3.98
Science GPA: 3.99
Summary of Application Experience
So my rankings of the schools that I interviewed at (without considering financial aid or in-state tuition):
1) Northwestern 2) Emory 3) Case Western - Will be going here, half-tuition scholarship is very very helpful indeed
Small break
4) Vanderbilt
LARGE BREAK
5) UMD 6) Johns Hopkins
LARGE BREAK
7) UCSD 8) WashU 9) NYU
LARGE BREAK
10) UChicago
So after waffling a lot between Emory and Case Western, I just got a half-tuition merit scholarship from Case and so I will be going there. The difference between Northwestern, Emory, and Case Western was so marginal that they were almost tied in my mind without financial aid being a consideration, and I had basically decided that I'd go to the school that offered me the most generous financial aid package. Well, that's done now. Case Western Class of 2012!
Strange thing about WashU... they sent me an e-mail asking me if I wanted to stay on the waitlist. I replied with a no. Then the next day, they tell me that they're accepting me off the waitlist... I withdrew early the next week, after confirming that they are only offering need-based money (as was expected)
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:
Rej (pre-sec): 11/24 (took them long enough)
User #8307 took the old MCAT and scored a 37 which is in the 98th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 520 on the updated scale which is in the 98th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #8307’s section scores as follows:
User #8307 scored a 14 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 131 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #8307 scored a 14 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #8307 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.
