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Hi guys!
I'm in a tough situation right now. I'm planning on retaking the MCAT in July, but it will delay my primary app submissions until late August.
By the end of this semester, I will have around a 3.74 cGPA and around a 3.65 sGPA. My MCAT is a 28 right now. My extracurriculars are pretty solid (in a senior honorary, president/vp/volunteer chair of a professional org, in a service frat with about 90 hours of community service and about 30 more hours for other stuff). I also have a year and a half of research experience (no publications, as I am part of a very new lab). For my gap year, I'll be working at Epic Software in Madison. I am expecting above-average letter of recommendations.
I'm not sure if I should take my chances and apply early and broadly (my reach schools at this point are University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ohio State University (my undergrad), and JABSOM in Hawaii). Or should I plan on doing well for my MCAT and then applying later in the cycle?
I'm in a tough situation right now. I'm planning on retaking the MCAT in July, but it will delay my primary app submissions until late August.
By the end of this semester, I will have around a 3.74 cGPA and around a 3.65 sGPA. My MCAT is a 28 right now. My extracurriculars are pretty solid (in a senior honorary, president/vp/volunteer chair of a professional org, in a service frat with about 90 hours of community service and about 30 more hours for other stuff). I also have a year and a half of research experience (no publications, as I am part of a very new lab). For my gap year, I'll be working at Epic Software in Madison. I am expecting above-average letter of recommendations.
I'm not sure if I should take my chances and apply early and broadly (my reach schools at this point are University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ohio State University (my undergrad), and JABSOM in Hawaii). Or should I plan on doing well for my MCAT and then applying later in the cycle?