Brief Profile:
I have loads of research experience: 3 years 4 summers (2 years/3summers in the same lab). 2 Research fellowships. Some volunteering at a hospital, and a choir I have been in for 5 semesters. I TA'd chemistry for 1.5 years and lab mentored. I also studied abroad for a year.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2007
Undergraduate college: University of Pittsburgh
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 517
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 128,
CARS 132
Overall GPA: 3.87
Science GPA: 3.82
Summary of Application Experience
Key - R= Received, S= Submitted, C= Complete
7/23/07 - AMCAS submitted 8/02/07 - AMCAS not yet verified.... 8/06/07 - AMCAS still 'ready for review' not even 'under review' yet! Note to readers: Submit your AMCAS in June or you will go crazy! 8/13/07 - AMCAS verified 8/17-8/24 - went to NOLA to do some post-Katrina relief volunteering. What an experience! (Unfortunately no time to do secondaries. Plan - finish off all rolling applications this week, work on everything else next week!)
8/30/07 - Oh man, school has started...SO MANY ESSAYS TO WRITE!
9/25/07 - Okay, I LOVED NYU!! two more invites today, but still waiting on most fronts. I still have to update this page some more, but super busy!
11/12/07 - Accepted NYU MSTP! So ecstatic! I loved it there. I can't believe it!
11/27/07 - Waitlisted at MSSM - pretty bummed out. I can totally envision myself there...
12/07/07 - Michigan ACCEPTANCE!!!! Holy cow! (I kind of feel like saying 'in your face to the 'hater' posters on my wall...but that would be juvenile!!)
User #8546 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 #8546’s section scores as follows:
User #8546 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 #8546 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 #8546 scored a 14 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
