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Hey guys,
This is my first post and I'd really appreciate your advice because Im sort of in a dilemma. I took the mcat on july 2nd and got a 31 (13BS, 12PS, 6V) and I was definitely disappointed. Despite studying really hard and working hard on my verbal, I took the Aug 14th mcat and decided to void afterwards. I could definitely sense a gradual improvement in my verbal skills based on how confident I felt answering the questions, but the problem was the timing and with 13 mins left on the last 2 passages, I did not want to risk a bad verbal score again so I voided.
This basically leads me to my decision to use this long-term 1 year growth to further improve my verbal reading/comprehension skills and reapply next cycle. On paper, things are pretty good so far (stats: 3.97 at a top 20 USNEWS university) + a ton of research, comm service, clinical, shadowing (the usual deal), excellent letters of reccs. So its just the mcat that bogged me down and I didn't want a poor verbal performance this summer to keep me away from the chances at a top 20 university. So I have made a firm decision to reapply next cycle and obtain a research position somewhere for the year off.
In the meantime, I wanted to know what steps I should take. I sent my primaries, have been verified, and received links to secondaries. But now, I just want to withdraw my applications altogether from the schools I applied. Some of these questions may be geared towards reapplicants
1.) Should I just call the schools to withdraw my app?
2.) Should I withdraw the AMCAS?
3.) Would I be able to have the same letters of recc from this cycle be used for next cycle (to avoid confronting professors again for new reccs)?
4.) Any other precautions i should take?
5.) If I didnt send my primaries to certain med schools but apply for the first time to the med school next year, am I still a reapplicant or a 1st time applicant since I never applied to that school?
6.) I guess Im just concerned also, socially, on how I should confront my premed advisor about my decision. Im sure he'll understand, but I dont want him to view this as a faiulure or disappointment and suddenly skew his opinon of me when I apply next cycle. Sadly, Im taking one of his classes this fall, so that should be sort of awkward.
Thanks guys.
This is my first post and I'd really appreciate your advice because Im sort of in a dilemma. I took the mcat on july 2nd and got a 31 (13BS, 12PS, 6V) and I was definitely disappointed. Despite studying really hard and working hard on my verbal, I took the Aug 14th mcat and decided to void afterwards. I could definitely sense a gradual improvement in my verbal skills based on how confident I felt answering the questions, but the problem was the timing and with 13 mins left on the last 2 passages, I did not want to risk a bad verbal score again so I voided.
This basically leads me to my decision to use this long-term 1 year growth to further improve my verbal reading/comprehension skills and reapply next cycle. On paper, things are pretty good so far (stats: 3.97 at a top 20 USNEWS university) + a ton of research, comm service, clinical, shadowing (the usual deal), excellent letters of reccs. So its just the mcat that bogged me down and I didn't want a poor verbal performance this summer to keep me away from the chances at a top 20 university. So I have made a firm decision to reapply next cycle and obtain a research position somewhere for the year off.
In the meantime, I wanted to know what steps I should take. I sent my primaries, have been verified, and received links to secondaries. But now, I just want to withdraw my applications altogether from the schools I applied. Some of these questions may be geared towards reapplicants
1.) Should I just call the schools to withdraw my app?
2.) Should I withdraw the AMCAS?
3.) Would I be able to have the same letters of recc from this cycle be used for next cycle (to avoid confronting professors again for new reccs)?
4.) Any other precautions i should take?
5.) If I didnt send my primaries to certain med schools but apply for the first time to the med school next year, am I still a reapplicant or a 1st time applicant since I never applied to that school?
6.) I guess Im just concerned also, socially, on how I should confront my premed advisor about my decision. Im sure he'll understand, but I dont want him to view this as a faiulure or disappointment and suddenly skew his opinon of me when I apply next cycle. Sadly, Im taking one of his classes this fall, so that should be sort of awkward.
Thanks guys.
