Bombed the MCAT after my 3rd try. Need major advice

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Most nursing schools wouldn't pass a person who gets lower then 85%. Less than a traditional straight "B" is failing for nursing school. Their grading scales are very skewed. For instance an A is >95%, an A- is 94-92%, 92-88 is a B. Also, a lot of community RN programs can be difficult to get into. For instance, everyone in my nursing class had a 3.9-4.0, many had ACT scores in the 28 range (not that this is particularily high but high for a field like nursing IMO), and everyone had significant time spent in health care either as medics, lab techs, or NA's. Yikes for a mere community school, although we did have better pass rates on the NCLEX than any other school in our state during our year.

Well, this is surprising new information. Thanks for your input. It provides a nice reevaluation of what nursing is compared to the misinformed notion I had before. 😳

 

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[IlDestriero]

Hey,
I'm in a similar situation. I graduated in 2011 from the University of Rochester with a BS degree in Molecular genetics and had a 3.2 cGPA. I'm finishing a masters program in Basic Medical Sciences at New York Medical College in May and have a 3.65 cGPA/sGPA so far. The master's curriculum is all medical school level courses such as Physiology, Biochemistry, Histology, Pathology, and Cell Biology.

I have extracurriculars such as volunteering, campus groups, clinical and lab research, but no publication.

I have taken the MCAT 3 times:
The first time: 22 (6V 7P 9B)
The second time: 20 (6V, 6P, 8B)
The third time (a month ago): 23 (6V, 7P, 10B)
I was also scoring 32-34 on the official practice tests, but instead I got a 23.

What should I do?
Should I apply Carribbean or DO or both?
Should I just give up all together?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

Time for Plan B. A marginal GPA and very poor MCAT scores over multiple attempts pretty much closes the door on all US medical schools? Did you really try to study between attempts? If you didn't put forth your best effort, you really shot yourself in the foot.

 

[487806]

Hey,

I'm in a similar situation. I graduated in 2011 from the University of Rochester with a BS degree in Molecular genetics and had a 3.2 cGPA. I'm finishing a masters program in Basic Medical Sciences at New York Medical College in May and have a 3.65 cGPA/sGPA so far. The master's curriculum is all medical school level courses such as Physiology, Biochemistry, Histology, Pathology, and Cell Biology.

I have extracurriculars such as volunteering, campus groups, clinical and lab research, but no publication.

I have taken the MCAT 3 times:
The first time: 22 (6V 7P 9B)
The second time: 20 (6V, 6P, 8B)
The third time (a month ago): 23 (6V, 7P, 10B)
I was also scoring 32-34 on the official practice tests, but instead I got a 23.

What should I do?
Should I apply Carribbean or DO or both?
Should I just give up all together?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

Please create a new thread to discuss this matter instead of hijacking the existing thread. Now, if you looked in the previous posts, you should have gotten your answer. The general rule of thumb is: never ever apply to Caribbean schools if you want to do residency in the US!!!!!

As in the case of OP, you're in a severe disadvantage. Take several years off, complete a post-bacc and/or apply for PA programs.