38L... do I still have a chance?

[dcm37]

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I took the April MCAT and got a 38L (PS: 12 VR: 13 B:13). I want to apply to MD/PhD prorams, but I am not sure how negatively the L will affect my chances. I actually CAN write well, I swear! I was thinking maybe I should get a letter from one of my English Prof's to send in with my secondary. Do you think that is a good idea? Do I still have a chance of getting an interview? Let me know what you think.

Thanks!
Denny

 

[Neuronix]

Ignore the L. It doesn't matter. No adcom will care. Of course the same advice applies to everyone: Make sure you do a good job on your essays and make sure they're logical, coherent, and don't have grammar/spelling mistakes.

 

[tofurious]

So how is a 38L better than a 30T?

 

[GBN22]

I was in a similar situation (35M). I was pretty worried when I got my score back, because I know that everyone says that the writing section doesn't matter, but I wasn't sure what admissions would think if the score was pretty bad (and the last thing I wanted to do was retake the whole MCAT just to bring up my writing score). But nobody seemed to care in interviews or any other situation - it was never brought up at any point. So I really wouldn't worry about it - it is probably not going to make or break your application.