Advice for MCAT/Med School

[carina nebula]

sorry about that. i guess i was a little insensitive.

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[tkatchev]

Here is my situation:

took the MCAT april 16

got 10VR/10PS/12 BS, T writing for a total of 32 T

not out of this world, but a good score.

one meds chool let me apply for this coming fall (2007) with a late mcat--Loma Linda U. They told me with my GPA (4.0), anything above a 30 would most likely get me in for this year (apparently a bunch of *******es took teh MCAT last year because scores were low).

at any rate, i won't likely get any scholarship or anything because of the special situation. however, i dont' REALLY want to wait another year, because i already took 5 years for college and i amjust eager to get med school "over with" and get my life going.

do you think it's worth it to wait another year and apply elsewhere? would a 32 get me in anywhere but state schools? i'm definitely not retaking--though it's not an astronomical score, it's a good score.

oh, and i'm from ohio, so i could assuredly get in state schools--would it get me scholarship?

thanks.

There's soooo much wrong with this, I don't even know where to begin. Therefore, I've decided to just highlight the...well...highlights, and leave it to somebody else.

 

[glamqueen]

Wow..I'm surprised you didn't get "preliminary" offers of scholarships purely on account of your award-winning, bedside manner too...

Wow....

 

[whatintheworld?]

Here is my situation:

took the MCAT april 16

got 10VR/10PS/12 BS, T writing for a total of 32 T

not out of this world, but a good score.

one meds chool let me apply for this coming fall (2007) with a late mcat--Loma Linda U. They told me with my GPA (4.0), anything above a 30 would most likely get me in for this year (apparently a bunch of *******es took teh MCAT last year because scores were low).

You forgot to mention that the main reason Loma Linda told you that you were practically in is b/c you are SDA... minor details...

 

[carina nebula]

yeah that's true, i won't deny it. on the loma linda thread, i told everyone that you have a MUCH better chance of getting in if you are adventist. obviously a religiously affiliated school is going to make efforts to have people there that are the same religion...makes sense to me.

anyways i didn't mean to appear callous or anything, i'm just trying ot make objective decisions on what is a pretty big decision for my life. obviously i don't think i'll get huge amounts of money anywhere, my mcat isn't that great, but anything to avoid being 200 grand in debt by the time i'm done (loma linda is a pretty penny)...

but i think i'll just go with LLU. it'll get me in this year to avoid taking a year off and losing academic momentum. gotta get ready for the marathon, not the sprint.

 

[Nyu2004]

Hundreds of kids from Loma Linda just sighed upon reading your decision

 

[riceman04]

(apparently a bunch of *******es took teh MCAT last year because scores were low).

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm....yeah!!!!!
Wow!!!!!!!