So a friend seeking advice asked me to post on here for hrt. She applied this past cycle to 14 schools and was rejected to all of them and is wondering what should be her next move.
Stats: 3.8 sGPA 3.2 aoGPA. Took the MCAT 3 times scoring 26(10,10,6), 30(12,12,6), and finally 34(14,13,6). Has all your standard EC's plus 2 publications (far down on the author list).
Obviously she has problems with the verbal section, but after retaking the MCAT for a second time it doesn't look like she can score higher on, English is her second language so that might explain her difficulties with that section. She applied to and was accepted to a few SMPs for this fall, but is questioning if they would be beneficial to her seeing as her sGPA is good. She applied pretty late this past cycle - finished most secondaries by the end of September- which is what I attributed her lack of success to this cycle.
What do you guys think? If she applies early this upcoming cycle do you think she has a chance of getting in, or will her low verbal score/aoGPA hold her back?
Thanks!
Stats: 3.8 sGPA 3.2 aoGPA. Took the MCAT 3 times scoring 26(10,10,6), 30(12,12,6), and finally 34(14,13,6). Has all your standard EC's plus 2 publications (far down on the author list).
Obviously she has problems with the verbal section, but after retaking the MCAT for a second time it doesn't look like she can score higher on, English is her second language so that might explain her difficulties with that section. She applied to and was accepted to a few SMPs for this fall, but is questioning if they would be beneficial to her seeing as her sGPA is good. She applied pretty late this past cycle - finished most secondaries by the end of September- which is what I attributed her lack of success to this cycle.
What do you guys think? If she applies early this upcoming cycle do you think she has a chance of getting in, or will her low verbal score/aoGPA hold her back?
Thanks!