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[miracle4eva]

i just back my score and yea they are beyond horrible 24O: 7bs, 9ps, 8vr. I plan on retaking but the sept slots are filled. Do i even have a shot.
URM, ChE 3.87 GPA, 2yrs research and some volunteering

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[medguy83]

well your gpa is amazing, so all you really need to do is pull up that mcat, obviously. I mean, you don't necessarily have to shoot for a 38 or something, which would be great, but even a 5-6 point increase to get you around a 30 would do the trick. I don't know if you used a practice course or not, but it might be beneficial for you to use a princeton review course or something. Use some examkrackers books, do a review, and study study study. You do that, and you should pull it up definitely to around a 30 or so.

 

[Haemulon]

i just back my score and yea they are beyond horrible 24O: 7bs, 9ps, 8vr. I plan on retaking but the sept slots are filled. Do i even have a shot.
URM, ChE 3.87 GPA, 2yrs research and some volunteering

Unfortunately, that 24 is gonna be really rough on your app. If it was me, I would spend a good deal of time studying for the MCAT again and re-take it as soon as you can. That is probably your best shot. Your PS is not bad, and your BS can be brought up at least a couple points realistically with some study. If you can pull at least a 27 or 28 you will be in range for some schools.

 

[Sandlot1892]

Unfortunately, that 24 is gonna be really rough on your app. If it was me, I would spend a good deal of time studying for the MCAT again and re-take it as soon as you can. That is probably your best shot. Your PS is not bad, and your BS can be brought up at least a couple points realistically with some study. If you can pull at least a 27 or 28 you will be in range for some schools.

i agree with haemulon totally. i would focus solely on MCAT. what helped me the most was taking practice tests (not that i dominated the MCAT, but still helped me), as many as i could get my hands on, and then going back and seeing which sections i did poorly on and study those. practice makes perfect. good luck.

 

[Meatwad]

Well, I did an mdapps search for people with between a 3.8/3.9 GPA, and between 23/25 MCAT score, with URM status. No one has ever reported an acceptance with these stats on mdapps. When I unchecked the mdapps box, though, there were about 10-15 acceptances. So, if non-URMs got in with these stats, I think you could get in. Firstly, you had a notorious major, and you have the URM thing going for you. However, I'd retake, because you'd probably at best only get one acceptance.

 

[Husky85]

Definitely retake the MCAT and do better this time. Take tons of practice tests and once you consistently score above a 30 retake the test for real.

It sounds like you have a strong application...just make sure you don't lose yourself in this MCAT thing. It's important to still have a life while studying for the test otherwise you'll go insane.

 

[miracle4eva]

thanks u all . towards the middle/end of my practice i was consistently getting 11 on ps and at least 9 on bs using aamc so i guess my nerves got the best of me during the exam. 24 was actually my 1st full lenght score. So i know i can do better. I am just worried about not being able to apply this cycle if i am not able to retake in sept. and if i apply with my present score my chances look slim

 

[IDdoc2018]

I definitely think you should retake but if you are set on getting applications in early maybe apply to Howard, Meharry, Morehouse because their average is around a 24 and your GPA is good.

 

[miracle4eva]

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