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I do indeed hail from the Show-Me State. I was really excited to shoot for UMKC until I signed into MSAR. (Huge buzzkill)
Science is by far my strong suit. @Doug Underhill yes you are correct about the 7VR. Even though I believe this to be a fluke, I hear taking the MCAT 3 times is application-suicide, so that 7 is stuck with me for now.
If this year is a bust, then I'll probably just go for DO next year. I just don't see any way that I can redeem that 7VR at this point.
How did you prepare for VR? With even more dedication you can bring it up. A second retake is not suicide if you can score significantly better.
Sorry for the confusion. That 3.95 sGPA was from a state school. Now I'm at WashU doing a PBPM program.
...thanks for advocating my case though : )
The bold is the problem. Verbal scores are often most resistant to change. Even first time retesters only get a 2+ point bump in verbal 40% of the time who had a 7 on their first showing(and I don't think it would be worthwhile to re-take unless you can get at least that 2+ pt boost). https://www.aamc.org/students/download/271686/data/retestervrscorechange.pdf
I'd be willing to imagine those stats drop off a fair amount for 3rd time tester. My guess is OP has hit their ceiling in terms of verbal at the 7-8 mark(and getting an 8 on the retake for a 3rd time wouldn't do much at all for the OP). What is more likely is OP if they take it a 3rd time gets the same score(which will only hurt) or worse(which is a significant issue). Like I said above I think OP can get II's with the 7 verbal this cycle; a 3.95 sGPA from WASHU is truly phenomenal.
I took a couple AAMC Practice MCATs (averaged a 9VR). Otherwise I didn't prepare. I honestly don't know how to study for VR without buying something. (The $30 I spent on the practice MCATs are a lot cheaper than the $3K Kaplan course, which I would looooove to take).
This makes sense. But if you look at OPs post below, you'll see that he didn't really prepare. I didn't prepare for it that well on my first test and scored a 6 (25%) but after 4 months of verbal practice, I scored 70% on 2015 CARS ~9/10. You never know.
You don't need a course. You need a strategy that you alter by trial and error, and practice every day on passages for 3 months. You can get passages from books/online!
The phenomenal sGPA at a top school like WASHU I think will help your case alot. I think you can get II's with your list; 7 subsections are never good but it can be overcome and you have things that can really help your cause. Now if the 7 subsection happens to be in say the Bio section that will be a bigger issue.
No as in school prestige isn't a deciding factor? Or no as in not even going to WashU would help specifically my case?
You could receive an interview at any of those schools with your stats so they are worth applying to.Resurrection.
Like I mentioned above, I was hoping to apply to more med schools once money came in. Well, money came in. Anyone care to weigh in on these schools (or have suggestions for adding others)?
Drexel
Temple
Loyola
Tulane
George Washington