Apply now or wait??

[Manny's Mangoes]

I recently took my mcat on July 24 and an currently looking for a job as an emt or scribe. I'm confident I'll be hired by the end of next week but I'm not sure if I should submit my amcas right now or wait until I have a job so I can put it in my amcas.

Main reason I want to wait for the job is because it's been 4 years since I graduated and I haven't done much that is strictly medically related.

Please advise me. Thanks

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[TxC]

Are you willing/able to wait a year (since you'll have a year of experience by the next cycle which I have to assume is much more beneficial)?

 

[Manny's Mangoes]

Are you willing/able to wait a year (since you'll have a year of experience by the next cycle which I have to assume is much more beneficial)?

I would really like to apply this year. I know that I'm neither early or late that's why I think I can get it done.

How much will lack of experience at this point hurt me? I have plenty of volunteering and shadowing from undergraduate and for a year after.

 

[TxC]

So what exactly were the volunteering activities that you did during undergrad? And how much shadowing do you have?

 

[Manny's Mangoes]

I have hospital volunteering and other community service and more than 100 hours of shadowing

 

[Manny's Mangoes]

Hospital volunteering is around 350 hours

 

[claduva94]

If you plan on applying submit your app ASAP and update schools about the job later.

 

[gyngyn]

If you decide to apply without an MCAT score, only apply to one school you don't care that much about until the score comes back. Start pre-writing secondaries to the schools where your AAMC FL's would predict an interview..

 

[lurking892]

I would really like to apply this year. I know that I'm neither early or late that's why I think I can get it done.

Honestly, if you haven't submitted your primary application at this point, I think your app will be on the late side (assuming ~six weeks to get verified), but I would wait for someone else to confirm this (just another premed here!). If you already have shadowing + clinical volunteering I don't think it makes sense to wait even longer to submit.

 

[Manny's Mangoes]

If you decide to apply without an MCAT score, only apply to one school you don't care that much about until the score comes back. Start pre-writing secondaries to the schools where your AAMC FL's would predict an interview..

This is actually my plan. My FLs were all over the place but I pretty much know which schools are in my range

Honestly, if you haven't submitted your primary application at this point, I think your app will be on the late side (assuming ~six weeks to get verified), but I would wait for someone else to confirm this (just another premed here!). If you already have shadowing + clinical volunteering I don't think it makes sense to wait even longer to submit.

It seems like the verification time for amcas is roughly 3.5 weeks for this cycle so if I submit now my app will be verified by the time I receive my mcat.

 

[lurking892]

It seems like the verification time for amcas is roughly 3.5 weeks for this cycle so if I submit now my app will be verified by the time I receive my mcat.

Sounds reasonable then. Best of luck!