Low mcat what to do?

[Jmoney18]

I made a mistake, I applied to med school before I took my mcat. My gpa is 3.79 2 years of research, over 300 hours clinical volunteer hours. I just received my mcat score it was 494 the 31st percentile . I have received secondaries from many schools. Should I continue filling out more secondaries and finish this cycle or is there no way with this score I will get in. Other than the mcat score my application is competitive.

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[tunicaexterna]

I would stop what you're doing and retake.

 

[deleted407021]

If you're URM, you might be competitive for some DO schools. Otherwise (and maybe even then), a retake is in order. A good comeback will make all the difference.

 

[El-Rami]

If you're URM, check out the thread in WAMC about the average MCAT scores for matriculants based on race. That should give you a better idea of the score you need to be considered competitive. Your MCAT score corresponds to a score of 22 in the old scoring system, which is low no matter who you are.

 

[EverStriving]

The best advice for you would come from the adcoms on the WAMC forum. That being said, in my humble (pre-med) opinion:

There is not much point continuing with this application cycle. You can't/won't get in with a 494, and you don't have enough time left in this cycle to retake. So don't waste your money/time on secondaries. Withdraw your applications, and spend the next months figuring out what went wrong with your MCAT and fixing the problem. Then retake and regroup for next cycle.

 

[TheGuru789]

Don't apply yet. The MCAT is a beast. Make sure you give yourself plenty of time to learn from what went wrong when you took and rectify the situation. It's not something you could change in 1 or 2 months IMO. You got everything on lockdown except the MCAT. Ball out and you'll be set.