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Alright, so I'm conflicted.
I took the MCAT June 5th and still don't have my score. That being said, my application is complete and I'm just trying to decide where I want to apply.
Everyone always says apply to one just to get your app verified, but if I do that I'll be wasting money. Granted I'd only be wasting $15 or so but I'm poor as it is and this application stuff killing me.
My cGPA is a 3.59 and sGPA is 3.76 with a postbac GPA of 3.92. I have pretty good ECs: 2 years of a clinical job, hospital volunteering, and research. I'm a little lacking in terms of nonclinical volunteering.
I understand that having my MCAT out means a huge part of the puzzle is missing (it's devouring my soul as well) but I've come up with the following list:
PCOM, LECOM-E, WVSOM, VCOM-VC, Rowan, and NYIT-COM
I'm from a small city in central PA and don't really want to move too far (>6hrs) from home. Are there any schools you all think I should either add or take off? I have no idea how strong regional biases are for some of these schools: are any so strong that I shouldn't bother applying?
I originally also wanted to add MUCOM and Touro-NY. MUCOM requires biochem and sociology (wut?) so I'm not applying there. I'm really interested in Touro-NY but don't think I can find the funds to pay for the ridiculous $200 secondary.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm currently waiting on a credit card in the mail to foot the bill for me to submit my app but as soon as I get them I'm going to launch it.
I took the MCAT June 5th and still don't have my score. That being said, my application is complete and I'm just trying to decide where I want to apply.
Everyone always says apply to one just to get your app verified, but if I do that I'll be wasting money. Granted I'd only be wasting $15 or so but I'm poor as it is and this application stuff killing me.
My cGPA is a 3.59 and sGPA is 3.76 with a postbac GPA of 3.92. I have pretty good ECs: 2 years of a clinical job, hospital volunteering, and research. I'm a little lacking in terms of nonclinical volunteering.
I understand that having my MCAT out means a huge part of the puzzle is missing (it's devouring my soul as well) but I've come up with the following list:
PCOM, LECOM-E, WVSOM, VCOM-VC, Rowan, and NYIT-COM
I'm from a small city in central PA and don't really want to move too far (>6hrs) from home. Are there any schools you all think I should either add or take off? I have no idea how strong regional biases are for some of these schools: are any so strong that I shouldn't bother applying?
I originally also wanted to add MUCOM and Touro-NY. MUCOM requires biochem and sociology (wut?) so I'm not applying there. I'm really interested in Touro-NY but don't think I can find the funds to pay for the ridiculous $200 secondary.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm currently waiting on a credit card in the mail to foot the bill for me to submit my app but as soon as I get them I'm going to launch it.