So, I have read a thread that covered wether or not schools will see voided attempts but there seems to be no clear answers.
Can anyone here who is an ADCOM, has been accepted, or simply has knowledge of this clarify if medical schools can see voided attempts or not, please? If they can or cannot, do they ask during interviews if you have voided an exam before?
I am kind of freaking out after reading the prior thread that states medical schools can see voided attempts...
The reason for my slight panic is because I have voided twice, and for good reason! I will explain.
The first time I voided was still when the old MCAT was being administered. I was almost two months into my studies when my grandmother passed away. She did not live in the US so my family had to make an emergency international trip. This obviously interfered with my studies, focus, etc. so there was no way I was going to be prepared. At this point I could not reschedule/cancel so I decided I would just go in and take a really expensive practice exam.
The second time was with the new MCAT, which was this year. I was dealing with my own personal health issue this year but decided to still sign up for the exam and simply do my best because I really wanted to apply this year and matriculate next fall. I studied for about 2.5 months, and for the most part felt ok. People did tell me to just sign up for the test when I felt better, but I was motivated to test and apply. Test day came and I realized that my health had indeed conflicting with my capacity. I was not able to finish a section and HAD to void.
I just signed up for the last time, but now I am worried about medical schools seing the voids. If asked, I would be honest and explain my bad luck. Hopefully that does not have to be the case though.
Should I be worried? It took a while to accept what happened on the last attempts, especially not being able to apply this year. But I did not let it keep me down, this is my dream.
Can anyone here who is an ADCOM, has been accepted, or simply has knowledge of this clarify if medical schools can see voided attempts or not, please? If they can or cannot, do they ask during interviews if you have voided an exam before?
I am kind of freaking out after reading the prior thread that states medical schools can see voided attempts...
The reason for my slight panic is because I have voided twice, and for good reason! I will explain.
The first time I voided was still when the old MCAT was being administered. I was almost two months into my studies when my grandmother passed away. She did not live in the US so my family had to make an emergency international trip. This obviously interfered with my studies, focus, etc. so there was no way I was going to be prepared. At this point I could not reschedule/cancel so I decided I would just go in and take a really expensive practice exam.
The second time was with the new MCAT, which was this year. I was dealing with my own personal health issue this year but decided to still sign up for the exam and simply do my best because I really wanted to apply this year and matriculate next fall. I studied for about 2.5 months, and for the most part felt ok. People did tell me to just sign up for the test when I felt better, but I was motivated to test and apply. Test day came and I realized that my health had indeed conflicting with my capacity. I was not able to finish a section and HAD to void.
I just signed up for the last time, but now I am worried about medical schools seing the voids. If asked, I would be honest and explain my bad luck. Hopefully that does not have to be the case though.
Should I be worried? It took a while to accept what happened on the last attempts, especially not being able to apply this year. But I did not let it keep me down, this is my dream.