I just got my mcat scores back last week. I got a 34, P14, B12, V8.
I have a 3.76 GPA. I got about 300+ hours of non-medical volunteering, and around 200+ hours of medical volunteering and shadowing. I was an exec on the student council for three years so I think I got the leadership part covered. However, I have only done one summer of research, but I have a job in the lab for the rest of the year.

My verbal score is pretty low and I don't know if I should wait a year, retake and apply. Or should I just apply year ? Any advice would be good, thank you very much.

Your ECs are pretty good. Your stats are otherwise pretty good. I think you'd have a chance of success if you apply at this time of the cycle, but likely to less-selective schools that you'd have a chance at if you waited until June 2011. When you're picking schools, check the MSAR, and make sure that not too many of them have a bottom tenth percentile for VS of 9 or higher. And if you decide to proceed, do not procrastinate. Get your application submitted as soon as possible.

Why do you think your VS is low?

Your ECs are pretty good. Your stats are otherwise pretty good. I think you'd have a chance of success if you apply at this time of the cycle, but likely to less-selective schools that you'd have a chance at if you waited until June 2011. When you're picking schools, check the MSAR, and make sure that not too many of them have a bottom tenth percentile for VS of 9 or higher. And if you decide to proceed, do not procrastinate. Get your application submitted as soon as possible.

Why do you think your VS is low?

I heard things about if your verbal is not on or above a 10, you won't meet the interview cut-off. I wonder if it's just rumors...

I feel like my science scores are very solid, but I don't really know how they will look at my verbal...

I heard things about if your verbal is not on or above a 10, you won't meet the interview cut-off. I wonder if it's just rumors...That rumor may be mostely true of the top ten schools, but there are plenty of others.

And an SDNer got into Harvard last year with a 9, so there went that rumor.

Hi, do you think I have any chance in mount sinai and NYU ?

NYU-small chance. Sinai-less likely (bottom 10th %tile for VS=10, and more selective).