So I'm in dire need for some advice on what to do within the next 5 days. I was recently accepted into an early acceptance program at an unnamed DO school prior to taking the mcat. At that time I had already payed for and been studying for my mcat so I thought I'd take it anyway and if I did well I'd still apply out because I don't love the school that I was accepted to but hey, an acceptance is an acceptance. I got my score 4 days ago and even though it's disappointing at the least and 3 points lower than my last FL, I still am considering applying to other DO's and lower stat MD schools. That might be really stupid since I could already have a spot somewhere and that's why I need people to tell me if I'm crazy and I should just take my risk-free acceptance or if I should bet on the rest of my application and apply to hella schools and see what happens. Not that schools care, but I graduated in 3 years so I have this next year off and would be a 2020 matriculant. I've waited till now to decide if I should apply because if I had applied earlier and waited for my mcat score the EAP would have retracted their acceptance. But now I'm on a time crunch because I'm nearing becoming a late applicant since it will likely take over 20 days to get verified if I apply by July 3rd. My options are to 1) go to EAP, 2) apply out, 3) retake mcat. Here are my stats and info:
400hr ED scribe
350hr Research assistant (No pubs (yet) but lot's of experience and things to talk about, 7 conference presentations, and good LoR from research mentor)
250hr Bio/chem learning assistant
200+hr volunteering in foster homes
150hr Biology tutor
120hr IM medical assistant volunteer
50+hr IM shadowing
50+hr crisis text line volunteering
100+hr freelance photographer/videographer
Any and all advice is welcome, I'm desperate lol
- MCAT - 504 127/126/125/126
- GPA - 3.792 sGPA- 3.82
- IL resident
- Asian, 21
- CV:
400hr ED scribe
350hr Research assistant (No pubs (yet) but lot's of experience and things to talk about, 7 conference presentations, and good LoR from research mentor)
250hr Bio/chem learning assistant
200+hr volunteering in foster homes
150hr Biology tutor
120hr IM medical assistant volunteer
50+hr IM shadowing
50+hr crisis text line volunteering
100+hr freelance photographer/videographer
Any and all advice is welcome, I'm desperate lol