2 summer research programs (laboratory) research assistant for 1/2 year (clinical) honours thesis project hospital volunteer (2 summers) a little bit of other clinical stuff mixed non-clinical community service (tutoring, mentoring,Sunday school teacher, church camp instructor, blah blah) exec at student outreach organization and other typical premed crap like that piano and violin
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2007
Undergraduate college: University of Toronto
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 523
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 131,
C/P 130,
CARS 132
Overall GPA: 3.86
Science GPA: 3.88
Summary of Application Experience
Canadian citizen with no US citizenship/resident status.
6/1 start worrying about the personal statement
10/5 AMCAS submit - procrastinator par excellence
10/24 Verified! - not bad, I was expecting around mid-Nov.
11/1 Added a bunch of schools before the deadlines: Einstein, Dartmouth (can't believe I forgot the first time), Mount Sinai, SUNY Upstate, Wayne State(they are super nice to Canadians I hear), SUNY Buffalo, Pitt...this is getting expensive :(
User #8490 took the old MCAT and scored a 40 which is in the 100th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 523 on the updated scale which is in the 100th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #8490’s section scores as follows:
User #8490 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 #8490 scored a 13 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 130 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #8490 scored a 13 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
