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...that really held me back from getting an interview. I met with her to review my application and to ask for advice on how to strengthen it, and she said the red flag was my MCAT. She said my EC's made me unique, my GPA was fine (although nothing extraordinary, within their range) and my LORs were strong. She said if my MCAT had been higher (26 the first time and then 24, I'm fairly certain due to nerves/anxiety), she would have expected that I would be given an interview. I submitted my primary in the beginning of July
This is my in-state school and my top choice!
So while it is a relief that the thing I need the most change/improvement on is something that can be corrected in a few months (as opposed to something like GPA), it also puts an enormous amount of pressure on this upcoming exam. I'm scheduled to take it on 07/06, but now that it's pretty much confirmed this was holding me back from an interview, I'm starting to panic even more about this. Even though this is just advice from one adcom member at one school, I'm assuming other schools probably felt similarly.
My question is, should I delay the exam? I have been studying since late April, and now I'm thinking of taking it in early August, but the dilemma is that I need to decide now before the August spots run out (if they haven't already) and cancel this July exam.
Any advice would be great, thanks! Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to give more info than just my scores.
This is my in-state school and my top choice!
So while it is a relief that the thing I need the most change/improvement on is something that can be corrected in a few months (as opposed to something like GPA), it also puts an enormous amount of pressure on this upcoming exam. I'm scheduled to take it on 07/06, but now that it's pretty much confirmed this was holding me back from an interview, I'm starting to panic even more about this. Even though this is just advice from one adcom member at one school, I'm assuming other schools probably felt similarly.
My question is, should I delay the exam? I have been studying since late April, and now I'm thinking of taking it in early August, but the dilemma is that I need to decide now before the August spots run out (if they haven't already) and cancel this July exam.
Any advice would be great, thanks! Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to give more info than just my scores.