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Don't do option 1... What if you bomb it again? You won't get accepted anywhere and then you'll be a reapplicant..
Even if you don't bomb it, your stats aren't high enough to count on being a successful late cycle applicant.
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I've been considering that too, I know being a re-applicant is bad, but i'm not sure how bad it really looks on your application? Is it a deal breaker?
And the second thing that I've been questioning is what I would do in my year gap that would substantially improve my application?
I also personally think the second option is better but I just don't to miss out the potential acceptance I could've gotten this year if I were to get any and save a year
Do schools average the new 2015 MCAT as well? I thought that was just for the old MCATKeep in mind that your MCATs will be averaged by nearly all schools.. So you're looking at a low MCAT and fairly low GPAs. Not a recipe for success late in the cycle. Is it possible that you could get in? Sure, but it's not very likely. I would 100% wait.
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My eventual goal is surgery and from research it seems DO schools do not have as many surgery residencies hence my reluctance to apply to them.
Retaking a bad MCAT in the same cycle with the intention of applying late in the cycle, without a clear understanding of what the issues are for your bad performance and fixing those issue, is not only a bad idea for current application, but can affect future applications by compounding 1 poor MCAT score with another. I call this the "Summer Cascade"