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[chocomuffins96]

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[M&L]

1) you will be a reapplicant only in that one school that is already listed . If you haven’t added other schools yet , no one will know that you even wanted to apply to them .

 

[M&L]

So, really , unless you add more schools , you are not loosing anything . If I were you , I would consider just keeping this school , not withdraw and not add more . Just consider it to be a “trial run”.

 

[KnightDoc]

So, really , unless you add more schools , you are not loosing anything . If I were you , I would consider just keeping this school , not withdraw and not add more . Just consider it to be a “trial run”.

Unless, by some fluke, he gets accepted to his throwaway school. Then what? He either attends a school he never really wanted to even apply to, except as a throwaway, or he applies in the future as an applicant that turned down a MD acceptance. What's the value of a single trial run at a school he's not serious about? Plus, he's then taking the MCAT in a few weeks when his head's not in the game.

I respectfully disagree with this advice. If he's not into it, he should withdraw. As long as he doesn't reapply to the throwaway school, he won't be a reapplicant anywhere.

 

[M&L]

Interview practice is important . Then - I would withdraw . But that’s just me .

 

[KnightDoc]

Interview practice is important . Then - I would withdraw . But that’s just me .

Fair enough, but it would only be one interview, and it would still involve sitting for the MCAT under the circumstances. Given the circumstances, you wouldn't really risk a subpar MCAT performance just to have a longshot at a single practice interview, would you?

 

[M&L]

Fair enough, but it would only be one interview, and it would still involve sitting for the MCAT under the circumstances. Given the circumstances, you wouldn't really risk a subpar MCAT performance just to have a longshot at a single practice interview, would you?

I took Mcat right after my brother died . The highest score I’ve ever gotten .....

 

[KnightDoc]

I took Mcat right after my brother died . The highest score I’ve ever gotten .....

Woah -- I didn't see that one coming!! That's amazing, and I'm really sorry for your loss. Most people couldn't do that. I guess OP has to take that into consideration before deciding whether or not, under the circumstances, to sit for the test and pay for the secondary in order to try to recapture the sunk costs of the test and the primary in order to do a trial run.

I'd never do it, but, then again, if I was too distracted to focus on the cycle, I'd never be able to pull it together to get through the test. If I could do that, and focus enough to write one decent set of secondaries, at that point I'd be past a trial run and I'd just plow forward with the cycle. With something like this, given that OP hasn't yet taken the test, it really seems to me like it should be all or nothing.

Of course, that's up to him, and he hasn't even asked about this, he only wanted to know whether or not withdrawing from the one school would negatively impact the next cycle in ways he hadn't though of, as opposed to whether or not he should actually do it!

 

[M&L]

I took Mcat right after my brother died . The highest score I’ve ever gotten .....

And I am not saying this to show off or anything .... It was a horrible time . I have no family in the US, and the whole thing was so sudden and incredibly tragic . It was a nightmare . I have full time school , full time job , and students to prepare for chemistry finals . But weirdly I found taking mcat therapeutical - for those several hours I felt like nothing else existed , you know ? There wS no death , no loss, just me snd the damn Mcat .

 

[KnightDoc]

And I am not saying this to show off or anything .... It was a horrible time . I have no family in the US, and the whole thing was so sudden and incredibly tragic . It was a nightmare . I have full time school , full time job , and students to prepare for chemistry finals . But weirdly I found taking mcat therapeutical - for those several hours I felt like nothing else existed , you know ? There wS no death , no loss, just me snd the damn Mcat .

No worries -- I totally didn't take it as showing off. Just took it as a superhuman ability to focus that probably doesn't apply to most of us -- certainly not me.

 

[M&L]

Woah -- I didn't see that one coming!! That's amazing, and I'm really sorry for your loss. Most people couldn't do that. I guess OP has to take that into consideration before deciding whether or not, under the circumstances, the sit for the test and pay for the secondary in order to try to recapture the sunk costs of the test and the primary in order to do a trial run.

I'd never do it, but, then again, if I was too distracted to focus on the cycle, I'd never be able to pull it together to get through the test. If I could do that, and focus enough to write one decent set of secondaries, at that point I'd be past a trial run and I'd just plow forward with the cycle. With something like this, given that OP hasn't yet taken the test, it really seems to me like it should be all or nothing.

Of course, that's up to him, and he hasn't even asked about this, he only wanted to know whether or not withdrawing from the one school would negatively impact the next cycle in ways he hadn't though of, as opposed to whether or not he should actually do it!

I DID think about postponing ... but then I thought “well , if I become a doctor there will be so many times when things go wrong “.... I guess I was trying to tell myself that I should be able to function regardless of what happens in my life .

OP, your situation is different though. If my brother was alive and I could spend time with him I would do ANYTHING for it. I would cancel , postpone every single obligation . Nothing is more important than family. NOTHING.

 

[chocomuffins96]

Thank you both so much for your input! I was pretty set on withdrawing my application, assuming there wouldn't be any major negative consequences next cycle. After my breakdown, I weighed my options and realized it would be one of my biggest regrets if I didn't spend this time with my grandpa while he's still alive. Since my parents worked all the time when I was younger, I'm really close to my grandpa and this situation has taken a lot out of me. I'm just going to push my MCAT back to late August/ September and work harder for next cycle!

@M&L I'm so sorry for your loss. It's amazing that you were able to get a great score despite the situation. Congrats on getting admitted and good luck in medical school!

 

[KnightDoc]

Thank you both so much for your input! I was pretty set on withdrawing my application, assuming there wouldn't be any major negative consequences next cycle. After my breakdown, I weighed my options and realized it would be one of my biggest regrets if I didn't spend this time with my grandpa while he's still alive. Since my parents worked all the time when I was younger, I'm really close to my grandpa and this situation has taken a lot out of me. I'm just going to push my MCAT back to late August/ September and work harder for next cycle!

@M&L I'm so sorry for your loss. It's amazing that you were able to get a great score despite the situation. Congrats on getting admitted and good luck in medical school!

Good luck, and best wishes for your grandpa!!!

 

[M&L]

Thank you both so much for your input! I was pretty set on withdrawing my application, assuming there wouldn't be any major negative consequences next cycle. After my breakdown, I weighed my options and realized it would be one of my biggest regrets if I didn't spend this time with my grandpa while he's still alive. Since my parents worked all the time when I was younger, I'm really close to my grandpa and this situation has taken a lot out of me. I'm just going to push my MCAT back to late August/ September and work harder for next cycle!

@M&L I'm so sorry for your loss. It's amazing that you were able to get a great score despite the situation. Congrats on getting admitted and good luck in medical school!

You are making the right decision!!!! Absolutely!!! Good luck