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Do you think having an M.S. and 6 publications helped?
I don't know if this is meant to be sarcastic or not, but I am going to treat it as if it isn't...YES both of those things helped. The masters probably much less so then having numerous publications. My masters was novel in the sense that many interviewers appreciated the fact that I did not pursue it simply as a means to gain acceptance to medical school, but out of genuine interest in my field of research. This was evident to them by my not taking the MCAT until this past April and this year being the first that I applied. The conclusion I have come to:
1. Novel/important experiences are taken into consideration along with numbers. My verbal score sucked, but many of the schools said that they could obviously see it was a fluke considering my publications/ability to reason scientifically in the real world. I hope this helps you out.