Hi Everyone,
I'm a long time reader of SDN, but a first-time writer. I took the MCAT on Jan 26 and got a 28 (11 VR, 8 PS, 9 BS). I have a ton of shadowing/clinical experience, undergrad research at my home institution, as well as at another institution over a summer- both with presentations at nat'l conferences- my gpa will fall close to 3.7 at the time of application, and I believe I will have very strong LORs as well. My weakest part of the app is the MCAT, I think. I live in NY and plan to apply to essentially every medical school in my state (plus a few in NJ/CT). This includes DO schools (which I do not mind attending at all). Would it be worth it to retake the MCAT, with the risk of doing the same as I did the first time, or even worse, because of a very high course/work load? Should I just focus on keeping my GPA as high as possible and maybe pumping out a publication before the end of the year? Your opinions would be greatly appreciated! Good luck everyone!
-A very worried pre-med
I'm a long time reader of SDN, but a first-time writer. I took the MCAT on Jan 26 and got a 28 (11 VR, 8 PS, 9 BS). I have a ton of shadowing/clinical experience, undergrad research at my home institution, as well as at another institution over a summer- both with presentations at nat'l conferences- my gpa will fall close to 3.7 at the time of application, and I believe I will have very strong LORs as well. My weakest part of the app is the MCAT, I think. I live in NY and plan to apply to essentially every medical school in my state (plus a few in NJ/CT). This includes DO schools (which I do not mind attending at all). Would it be worth it to retake the MCAT, with the risk of doing the same as I did the first time, or even worse, because of a very high course/work load? Should I just focus on keeping my GPA as high as possible and maybe pumping out a publication before the end of the year? Your opinions would be greatly appreciated! Good luck everyone!
-A very worried pre-med