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Hi All,
Very unsure of what to do. I was accepted to BCOM last week, and I am waiting to hear back from LECOM-SH in early October. As it stands, I scored a 497 on my 05/06 MCAT test date, but my AAMC scored and unscored was a 504 and approx 507 respectively. I felt that I underperformed hard. I am scheduled to take a Sept 10th exam and am I unsure if I should or need to take it again.
I studied around 300 hours for the May exam and since then I have put in around 35 hours for the new one. Part of me felt that my issue was not the quantity of studying, but the quality. In those 35 hours I have done a mix of passages and concept relearning, but I personally feel I have not put in enough. I think I convinced myself that I had the knowledge, I just needed to do more passages/learn better test taking strategies.
Anyways, some questions I have:
1) If I take the exam, could BCOM rescind my acceptance even after I put down the deposit (which I will do)?
2) I applied to WVSOM, PCOM-GA, LMU, VCOMs, WCU, LUCOM, LECOM-B, UIWSOM, and ACOM (told I was not priority atm). I know my PS and LORs are strong, so I really believe I can expect at least one more II from the above listed, especially PCOM-GA (I am from northern FL). Does retaking the MCAT and scoring one point lower or one point higher mean anything? Should I only retake and score it if I know I can go above 500?
Thanks for any thoughts/advice...
Very unsure of what to do. I was accepted to BCOM last week, and I am waiting to hear back from LECOM-SH in early October. As it stands, I scored a 497 on my 05/06 MCAT test date, but my AAMC scored and unscored was a 504 and approx 507 respectively. I felt that I underperformed hard. I am scheduled to take a Sept 10th exam and am I unsure if I should or need to take it again.
I studied around 300 hours for the May exam and since then I have put in around 35 hours for the new one. Part of me felt that my issue was not the quantity of studying, but the quality. In those 35 hours I have done a mix of passages and concept relearning, but I personally feel I have not put in enough. I think I convinced myself that I had the knowledge, I just needed to do more passages/learn better test taking strategies.
Anyways, some questions I have:
1) If I take the exam, could BCOM rescind my acceptance even after I put down the deposit (which I will do)?
2) I applied to WVSOM, PCOM-GA, LMU, VCOMs, WCU, LUCOM, LECOM-B, UIWSOM, and ACOM (told I was not priority atm). I know my PS and LORs are strong, so I really believe I can expect at least one more II from the above listed, especially PCOM-GA (I am from northern FL). Does retaking the MCAT and scoring one point lower or one point higher mean anything? Should I only retake and score it if I know I can go above 500?
- When I took the exam the first time I felt I scored a 502, but did worse. I don't think my feelings correlate well with the actual outcome, so on test day if I felt I did great and score it and end up with like a 496 that would--in my opinion--decrease the chances of any more IIs.
Thanks for any thoughts/advice...