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Breakdown PS/VR/BS was 12/6/14. Not ESL or URM. Florida resident so there's a handful of state schools. Working on secondaries now.
Summary of my ECs:
2 semesters (~60 hours) of tutoring a lab component of a research technique class
18 months (~175 hours) clinical experience at a hospital
7 months shadowing (~80) hours of shadowing a family doctor/primary care physician
~100 hours of various community service
Started a computer donation project with a friend of mine, donated 7 computers to families in need of one
I know the overwhelming bit of advice would be to retake. I don't know if i have it in me. Just started a nearly full time job, and there will be school as well. Neither is my mind in the right state to even begin reviewing again, even though my MCAT was recent (6/20/13). I tried everything to improve my verbal while I was studying. My scores ranged from 7-11, once getting an 11, once getting a 10, a couple of 9s and at the end started dipping into 8s and 7s which then carried into my test day.
What's frustrating is that on test day walked out feeling that it was the smoothest verbal section i had ever taken. I felt legitimately good about my answer choices, finished on time, didn't really feel rushed. Don't really know what happened.
So, what are my chances? Is it too late to apply to DO? I don't even know if I can get my letters into AACOMAS.
**EDIT**
Here is my school list, I'm an FL resident:
UCF
USF
UF
UM
FIU - secondary submitted 7/26
FAU - seconary submitted 7/26
Emory
University of Alabama
Several top 10 and 20 schools that I added before taking the MCAT, probably wont be submitting the secondaries
Any suggestions on other schools to add? I was thinking of adding Rosalind Franklin and maybe Wright State?
Summary of my ECs:
2 semesters (~60 hours) of tutoring a lab component of a research technique class
18 months (~175 hours) clinical experience at a hospital
7 months shadowing (~80) hours of shadowing a family doctor/primary care physician
~100 hours of various community service
Started a computer donation project with a friend of mine, donated 7 computers to families in need of one
I know the overwhelming bit of advice would be to retake. I don't know if i have it in me. Just started a nearly full time job, and there will be school as well. Neither is my mind in the right state to even begin reviewing again, even though my MCAT was recent (6/20/13). I tried everything to improve my verbal while I was studying. My scores ranged from 7-11, once getting an 11, once getting a 10, a couple of 9s and at the end started dipping into 8s and 7s which then carried into my test day.
What's frustrating is that on test day walked out feeling that it was the smoothest verbal section i had ever taken. I felt legitimately good about my answer choices, finished on time, didn't really feel rushed. Don't really know what happened.
So, what are my chances? Is it too late to apply to DO? I don't even know if I can get my letters into AACOMAS.
**EDIT**
Here is my school list, I'm an FL resident:
UCF
USF
UF
UM
FIU - secondary submitted 7/26
FAU - seconary submitted 7/26
Emory
University of Alabama
Several top 10 and 20 schools that I added before taking the MCAT, probably wont be submitting the secondaries
Any suggestions on other schools to add? I was thinking of adding Rosalind Franklin and maybe Wright State?
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