Apply or Not Apply? Need quick help

[Libtech]

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Hey everyone,

I need some serious advice.

I've been hounded down with work + research since my MCAT scores came back, and really I'm only half way through my PS. (Rest of the application pretty much filled and the transcripts are in)

I feel like I'm too late, and I've been feeling like taking entire year off (I graduate this fall) and finish up some research, snowboard the Himalayas, visit some old family members....

I really need some solid advice, do I still have a legitimate shot at applications if I chug hard starting this weekend onward (I worked out my work situation a little bit.) Take a look at my MD App's profile, it's rough but it should do. If you honestly think so, then maybe that's the motivation I need to chug through it. Also I'm concerned about my MCAT scores, are they going to be invalid IF I apply the next application cycle?

Thanks so much everyone.

 

[Dulcina]

you have really really REALLY nice extracurriculrars, and with that mcat score i definitely think you have a shot this year. CHUG CHUG CHUUUG!

but seriously, good luck


edit: lol, i sort of want to try gargling PBS. wonder how it tastes...

 

[Textuality]

Also depends on what your first choice schools are.
If you're aiming top tier, maybe applying at the start of the season next year will give you better odds, but if you just want to get in somewhere, I think you'll be fine if you can be complete at all the schools by mid Sept. 🙂

I will say though, that I totally support taking a year off, so if you have things you want to do, I say go ahead and take off the year since you probably won't have much free time from here on out to do much traveling. It's just a year, and you only get to live once 🙂

Also, your MCAT scores are good for 3 years I believe, so if you just took them, you should be fine.

 

[MilkmanAl]

Apply this year, no doubt about it. You're golden.

 

[Libtech]

Thanks for the advice everyone, I think I'll chug it out before this month ends and see where it takes me. I've been feeling kind of unmotivated ever since the snow all melted here. . .

edit: lol, i sort of want to try gargling PBS. wonder how it tastes...

I guess our lab is having a gathering and a couple of us are gonna play DMEM media Russian roulette. Since it's got that red/orange color we are going to buy some gatorade and mix them all in small cups. I've always wondered if DMEM was like gatorade, I mean it's got L-glutamine so that's gotta be good for ya... [+_+]