My daughter is about to graduate from a top undergrad school (within top10 in the nation) with 3.7 cumulative GPA, about 3.5 science GPA and 36 MCAT. She is planning to apply for MD schools this summer ( she is taking a gap year).
Until yesterday, we were pretty confident that she would get into at least 2-3 med schools. She met her advisor today and she really scared her off saying that her science GPA is very low and she has almost no chances of getting in anywhere. She suggested my daughter to either retake MCAT or look into SMP (Special Masters Program) for her gap year.We are not sure if we can pay $20,000-30,000 for one more year. She can retake MCAT, but what if she gets lower than 36? My daughter is really devastated now and is not able to concentrate on anything.
Just FYI, she has some very good extra curriculars---paper getting published from NIH, research, volunteering in South Africa, shadowing, working in a lab etc.
Please help her in making the decision and please chance her.
Until yesterday, we were pretty confident that she would get into at least 2-3 med schools. She met her advisor today and she really scared her off saying that her science GPA is very low and she has almost no chances of getting in anywhere. She suggested my daughter to either retake MCAT or look into SMP (Special Masters Program) for her gap year.We are not sure if we can pay $20,000-30,000 for one more year. She can retake MCAT, but what if she gets lower than 36? My daughter is really devastated now and is not able to concentrate on anything.
Just FYI, she has some very good extra curriculars---paper getting published from NIH, research, volunteering in South Africa, shadowing, working in a lab etc.
Please help her in making the decision and please chance her.