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So I messed up on the MCAT the first time (7 on VR, 30 overall), retook, got a 27.. improved verbal by one point.
i'm retaking it a third time, think it will help? Or take away from my application? If the score is high, will it be better or worse?
gpa is 3.53 cum and sci too
i've done 4 months of weekly clinical volunteering but chose to do quarterly free clinics (for last year) at two places.
I've started a club is associated with the organization that does the free clinics too, and have been involved w/ the organization for years.
I've had 2 years of research, 8 hrs+ a week, will be listed as an author on four grad students' papers (so i've been told). one is in the process of being published/edited, and another soon to be published.
What do you think my chances are? I'm from california, so I know CA schools will be tough.
I picked these schools because they had the GPA/MCAT (first score) averages around my own, because they accepted many of my university's students, or because they had a highER % of accepting out of state students (2-11%).
UCI, UCD, UCSD, Loma Linda, Drexel, Marshall University, Howard University, Albany University, Albert Einstein COM, SUNY upstate, Oregon HSU, NYMC, Medical College of Wisconsin, Saint Louis University, Tufts, Tulane, Virginia Commonwealth, University of Minnesota, Toledo, Pittsburgh, and Rochester
I'm also looking into getting certified as a emergency room tech. Think it will help as one of those update letters?
Does anyone think I should wait a year to apply or give it a go and see how it falls? More or less schools, or diff schools?
Is it worth considering Military, ie let military pay for school? This of course means I have to get accepted first right?
i'm retaking it a third time, think it will help? Or take away from my application? If the score is high, will it be better or worse?
gpa is 3.53 cum and sci too
i've done 4 months of weekly clinical volunteering but chose to do quarterly free clinics (for last year) at two places.
I've started a club is associated with the organization that does the free clinics too, and have been involved w/ the organization for years.
I've had 2 years of research, 8 hrs+ a week, will be listed as an author on four grad students' papers (so i've been told). one is in the process of being published/edited, and another soon to be published.
What do you think my chances are? I'm from california, so I know CA schools will be tough.
I picked these schools because they had the GPA/MCAT (first score) averages around my own, because they accepted many of my university's students, or because they had a highER % of accepting out of state students (2-11%).
UCI, UCD, UCSD, Loma Linda, Drexel, Marshall University, Howard University, Albany University, Albert Einstein COM, SUNY upstate, Oregon HSU, NYMC, Medical College of Wisconsin, Saint Louis University, Tufts, Tulane, Virginia Commonwealth, University of Minnesota, Toledo, Pittsburgh, and Rochester
I'm also looking into getting certified as a emergency room tech. Think it will help as one of those update letters?
Does anyone think I should wait a year to apply or give it a go and see how it falls? More or less schools, or diff schools?
Is it worth considering Military, ie let military pay for school? This of course means I have to get accepted first right?
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