Not to be obnoxious or anything, but are there any of you for whom there are not any apparent "inconsistencies in your university, graduate, or professional school academic performance and/or MCAT scores"....?
I don't have any course W, very high GPA, and high-middling MCAT (arguably underperformed relative to what GPA might lead one to expect, but certainly in line with AMC median)
Here is the best I can come up with - do you think either is acceptable?
- I have a B/B+ in 2 quarters of calculus and a B+ in 1 quarter of ochem and otherwise all A's. Would an acknowledgment that "I don't have a knack for calculus" or something mildly self-critical (yet demonstrating self-awareness) be a good look?
- I was a cc transfer and started very slowly, with 1/3 of my classes not transferring, so my first year+ looks "thin" in terms of course load, though it is a 4.0. Part of the reason for this is that I performed badly in high school and this was somewhat of a "training wheels" phase
- My two gap years could framed as "inconsistencies" in that I was not in school, though this is already addressed in a separate question so is not usable.
Does the question's framing allow for it to be left blank? This course of action sounds bad, but it seems as if answering this question in a manner that points out deficiencies that would be otherwise invisible is perhaps worse
Thanks for your input. Hopefully someone else had a question along these same lines and can also stand to benefit from the answer.