Application Cycle One: 2004

• Undergraduate college: Stanford University
• Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

• Institution: Post-bacc classes at SFSU
• Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
• Institution: MA at Boston University
• Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
• Degree Obtained: MA

• Total MCAT SCORE: 511
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 127, C/P 128, CARS 127   Detailed Breakdown
• Overall GPA: 3.34
• Science GPA: 3.13

Summary of Application Experience

I graduated in '01 and applied to 30 schools a year later with a 31 MCAT and a 2.89 bcpm, and got zero interviews. Despite everyone's advice to do something else, I continued to work in a field that really interested me for 2 and a half years, volunteered, did some post-bacc work at SFSU and brought up my science GPA over a 3.0 (I also retook the MCAT this last fall and got a 29, since my old score was expired at 1/2 the schools I applied to). Now I've been accepted at 2 schools, so I guess persistence pays off.