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If I sign up for my mcat but later decide I don't want to take it on that date, can I just not attend the test date instead of paying the $60 cancellation fee?
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I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you will receive $0 back that way. Why would the AAMC have a loophole that works that way?
If you want a partial refund and are still eligible for one, then do that.
https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/reserving/85516/reserving_changesandcancellations.html
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- The AAMC's policy that they won't score the test if you don't show. page 17, https://www.aamc.org/students/download/63060/data/mcatessentials.pdf
- The fact that 0 is not a valid score, each section is (was) scored in the 1-15 range. Same document, page 9.
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I did this, but it should also be noted that voiding a score counts as one of 3 times that you're allowed to take the test. If you void the test and then screw it up another 2 times, you can't apply that cycle basically.
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I'm pretty sure Goro knows these things.
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If he does, he is doing a very poor job of demonstrating that knowledge. Which helps no one, especially not the OP.
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If you take it twice in a year and screw them both up you shouldn't be applying that cycle anyway if you ask me, you're not ready.
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If you take it and void, it will count as one of your three attempts for the year, but will NOT be scored.
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Adcoms have far more important things to do than worry about entrance exam logistics.
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Can you share where you're seeing anything about a $60 cancellation fee? I'm looking at the 2015 MCAT Essentials (https://www.aamc.org/students/download/63060/data/mcatessentials.pdf) section on cancellation (pg. 15) and all I see is that you can get a partial refund if you cancel before the gold zone registration deadline, but otherwise you get no refund. I don't see anything about a cancellation fee.
Also, to those of you pointing out that voiding counts towards your 3 attempts per year, no-showing also counts towards this (pg. 16).
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Then why did he reply?
Edit: FWIW, I also couldn't find anything on cancellation fees; only cancellation refunds that are dependent on when you cancel.
To answer the OP, being a no-show will not cost you extra money. You already paid for the test and you will not get a refund.
If you cancel in advance (many days in advance), then you can receive a partial refund. The size of the refund is larger the farther in advance you cancel. However, if the test is in 5 days, you have already lost all the money, and cancelling is no cheaper than just being a no-show.
Cancelling never costs extra money, there is no $60 cancellation fee. Cancelling can get you a partial refund depending on the date, but it never costs money.
If you cancel in advance (many days in advance), then you can receive a partial refund. The size of the refund is larger the farther in advance you cancel. However, if the test is in 5 days, you have already lost all the money, and cancelling is no cheaper than just being a no-show.
Cancelling never costs extra money, there is no $60 cancellation fee. Cancelling can get you a partial refund depending on the date, but it never costs money.
