I recognize that I’ve completely shot myself in the foot here, and it is the most shameful mistake of my life, so feel free to be as ruthless as possible. I will understand. Just looking for any guidance.
For context:
I’m a third year student, and I have a ~3.8 gpa, and I took the MCAT two weeks ago, and confident that I got a decent score. My exam was a couple days after the MCAT.
I was stressed from MCAT prep, as well as balancing my ECs and classwork, so I went in to the exam underprepared. In a moment of madness, I then decided to pull out my study guide during the last ten minutes of the exam, as I got desperate. It’s inexplicable and inexcusable, and I feel immense shame and regret.
I’m guaranteed to get an IA mark on my record, alongside a 0 on the exam and a full letter deduction from final grade. I have since withdrawn from the class, but the IA will remain in the school’s disciplinary records.
I understand that this is the worst possible IA, and that my app is DOA at basically every medical school according to this site and reddit. I just want to know if theres any hope for me here, and what I need to do to move on past this.
I recognize the fact that I need to grow as a person, not only to put time between the IA and application time, but to also understand why I would ever make the decision to cheat in the first place and to reform myself completely. I plan on taking a gap year(s) to hopefully address this.
If anyone has any additional guidance, please help me out. Thank you 🙏🏽
For context:
I’m a third year student, and I have a ~3.8 gpa, and I took the MCAT two weeks ago, and confident that I got a decent score. My exam was a couple days after the MCAT.
I was stressed from MCAT prep, as well as balancing my ECs and classwork, so I went in to the exam underprepared. In a moment of madness, I then decided to pull out my study guide during the last ten minutes of the exam, as I got desperate. It’s inexplicable and inexcusable, and I feel immense shame and regret.
I’m guaranteed to get an IA mark on my record, alongside a 0 on the exam and a full letter deduction from final grade. I have since withdrawn from the class, but the IA will remain in the school’s disciplinary records.
I understand that this is the worst possible IA, and that my app is DOA at basically every medical school according to this site and reddit. I just want to know if theres any hope for me here, and what I need to do to move on past this.
I recognize the fact that I need to grow as a person, not only to put time between the IA and application time, but to also understand why I would ever make the decision to cheat in the first place and to reform myself completely. I plan on taking a gap year(s) to hopefully address this.
If anyone has any additional guidance, please help me out. Thank you 🙏🏽
