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What will osteo schools think of the 5 in verbal???
 
hawk52 said:
What will osteo schools think of the 5 in verbal???
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they will think it is bad. you will have a hard time getting adcoms looking past that low of a verbal score. i would definately retake after much preparation in the verbal section.
 
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awesome! V was probably a misgrid. I think you should try if you don't mind spending the money. when they ask you about it tell them you think it must have been an error bubbling in the boxes.
 
english is my 1st language and i took the MCAT once before and got a 4. 🙁
 
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english is my 1st language and i took the MCAT once before and got a 4. 🙁
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they will see that previous score unless it was over three years ago. with on ly 1 point improvement, your verbal performance will be taken into consideration, and will probably be seen as a negative indicator on your application. i would seriously consider taking a prep course designed specifically for the verbal section, and/or get one on one tutoring, and practice by yourself a lot.
 
I don't think you have a prayer for osteo or allo. There's just no excuse, if English is your first language, for getting 80% of the questions in verbal wrong (at least 80% wrong would be required to get a 4 or 5, I believe.) Some of those questions are very straightforward. Others are harder. But you have to have a better grasp of English than this if it is your first language. Do you have a learning disability? You should get tested for one. I don't see any other reason why a native English speaker would/could do so poorly. You mentioned in pre-allo that you might look into dentistry; not a bad option if you can't raise your verbal score. Or go to the caribbean.
 
Apply, you have nothing to worry about. I am pretty sure that some schools will overlook this score and that you should receive several acceptances depending where and when you apply. But, apply early and broadly, this is very important to get early interviews and early acceptances...apply. I myself did just as bad on the verbal and got 4 acceptances out of 15, I have a very close friend who got 5 on the verbal and got 7 acceptances out of 15. This is really not a big deal, osteo schools are not huge on numbers as lo0ng as the rest of your app is good and you can manage a good interview.

hawk52 said:
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Criminal- I think the 11's and a high GPA should show i dont have a disability. The rest of my app is stacked with 3+ years of bench and clinical research. I am currently a clinical research coordinator that sees about 10 patients a day.
 
Obviously, a 5 stinks. But I guess it's better than a 4. 😉 Seriously, just apply widely. Nobody has a perfect application, and many people have gotten in with 4 or 5 on verbal. Apply widely, don't make excuses, be humble and likeable on interview day, and you'll get in somewhere.
 
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hawk52 said:
Criminal- I think the 11's and a high GPA should show i dont have a disability. The rest of my app is stacked with 3+ years of bench and clinical research. I am currently a clinical research coordinator that sees about 10 patients a day.
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Some people having reading disabilities that would play more of a role in doing poorly in verbal than in the sciences, where reading is important but not tantamount to a great score.

It would be to your advantage to get tested because if you do have an LD, you will get a much more favorable review of your app.

I guess, as per the above poster, you have a shot at DO schools, but definitely not MD schools. Especially if you're not a URM.
 
criminallyinane said:
Some people having reading disabilities that would play more of a role in doing poorly in verbal than in the sciences, where reading is important but not tantamount to a great score.

It would be to your advantage to get tested because if you do have an LD, you will get a much more favorable review of your app.

I guess, as per the above poster, you have a shot at DO schools, but definitely not MD schools. Especially if you're not a URM.
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whats URM? And how would being reading diabled help my app.?
 
hawk52 said:
What will osteo schools think of the 5 in verbal???
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I got a 28Q; 11ps, 11bs, and a 6 in vr, but my previous mcat score in vr is an 8. Does anyone know if the 8 in vr will help?
 
To the OP...URM is under-represented minority; like african americans or mexican americans; they sometimes have a bit easier time getting in to med school than, say, me, a white girl.

anyhow, i dont think the 5 is gonna cut it. my boyfriend sadly enough got an 11, 11, 6 (6 in verbal) his first time; retook to make an 11, 11, 8. He actually had taken it a 3rd time too because that acceptance came late in the spring. That was enough to get him in. I know it sucks because clearly you're smart, but you do have to do ok on the verbal to get in and it might be rough with a 5. I would apply to tonnnsss of DO schools if I were you (and didnt care where I lived) this year but also retake in August....JUST preparing for the verbal...I know it sucks.

what review materials are you using for verbal?
 
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whats URM? And how would being reading diabled help my app.?
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I don't know whether it will help your app, but if you get in, having been tested and classified reading disabled would enable you to get academic supports for the disability from the school free of charge. Which I guess isn't really what you're worried about at this point.

A VR of 4 and 5 look pretty bad. There must be some reason you're scoring so low on those sections - you should try to figure that out before trying to retake again, because you'll definitely have a hard time getting in anywhere with those scores.
 
I didn't mean to insult you by asking if you had been tested for LD, because if you were to have a learning disability it would be nothing to be ashamed of, but would enable you to maybe take the test again under untimed circumstances or to get accommodations in medical school. It would certainly help schools understand why you have the low scores in verbal while having excellent scores in the sciences.

Regardless of why this has happened to you twice, you need to get it under control before taking the test a third time. You simply must put in the time in verbal studying/practice. Medical school will be much harder and more time-consuming than MCAT studying, so proving you have what it takes to get the good grades now is most important.
 
I also got a 5 in Verbal. I have already completed a couple of secondaries. I'll likely take the test again, but I'm not sure. I speak 2 foreign languages for my employment, so I actually spend more time reading and writing in something other than English. Maybe that is my problem. 😕 Any suggestions?
 
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