PLEASE help! This is for my husband. I'm really worried about him. He is Pre-Med, and ever since I met him, he has been passionate about medicine. He will graduate from Brigham Young University in Microbiology with a minor in molecular biology, and his GPA is around a 3.47- 3.5. He has over 1400 hours of research and will most likely be published by the time he graduates because of how much time he has put into his teams research project. He will have 200+ hours of volunteer work in the emergency room as well as a number of hours working with high crisis children at a family support center. He will have over 75 hours of shadowing experience and he plans on becoming an EMT before applying next cycle. He has done all this while working 20 hours a week because he is lead student for the universities maintenance department and couldn't take off a lot of work because he didn't want to take out any loans.
Anyways, there's more to his application but my point is, he takes the MCAT August 9th. He was supposed to take it in May but I had a baby 2 months premature and our baby passed away 4 days later due to a severe heart defect. After giving himself a week or so to mourn and take care of me while I healed, he went straight into the MCAT and has studied very hard every day besides a week or so we took off to go on vacation. He took a kaplan test and got a 26 and was very discouraged. Then he took an AAMC test and got a 32, and then a few days later took one again and got a 33. Today, he studied all day, but said it was a bad day and he felt like he was making small mistakes, and he took another practice test and got a 23. I have never seen him so discouraged. He talked about how much of a failure he is and how if he gets that on the real mcat he will seriously consider suicide because he doesn't want to accept failure etc. I know he is speaking out of emotion and he would never actually do that. He is seriously the most well rounded, amazing guy I know, and nothing I say seems to help. He is convinced he is doomed and his dreams of being a doctor are over. I have read up A LOT on what it takes to get into medical school, ways to study for the MCAT etc. and I still think he has a chance. I have told him countless times I would support him no matter what he chooses, but he keeps saying that he believes his self worth depends on if he gets in. I need advice from people who have been there, or just know what it takes to get in, so I can encourage him in a way that will help him. Thank you so much for any advice, it is much appreciated.
Anyways, there's more to his application but my point is, he takes the MCAT August 9th. He was supposed to take it in May but I had a baby 2 months premature and our baby passed away 4 days later due to a severe heart defect. After giving himself a week or so to mourn and take care of me while I healed, he went straight into the MCAT and has studied very hard every day besides a week or so we took off to go on vacation. He took a kaplan test and got a 26 and was very discouraged. Then he took an AAMC test and got a 32, and then a few days later took one again and got a 33. Today, he studied all day, but said it was a bad day and he felt like he was making small mistakes, and he took another practice test and got a 23. I have never seen him so discouraged. He talked about how much of a failure he is and how if he gets that on the real mcat he will seriously consider suicide because he doesn't want to accept failure etc. I know he is speaking out of emotion and he would never actually do that. He is seriously the most well rounded, amazing guy I know, and nothing I say seems to help. He is convinced he is doomed and his dreams of being a doctor are over. I have read up A LOT on what it takes to get into medical school, ways to study for the MCAT etc. and I still think he has a chance. I have told him countless times I would support him no matter what he chooses, but he keeps saying that he believes his self worth depends on if he gets in. I need advice from people who have been there, or just know what it takes to get in, so I can encourage him in a way that will help him. Thank you so much for any advice, it is much appreciated.