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Hi i need a good advice i have a GPA: 3.27 and MCAT: 7. what caribbean med school i can apply, currently I apply to UMHS st Kitts
 
You can apply wherever you want. If your personal statement is as grammatically-adept as this post, I sure as hell wouldn't expect to get accepted anywhere, though.

Assuming your MCAT of 7 is a typo and should be 17, then you need to address that deficiency before considering medical school. The tests only get harder and more complex. Any school that doesn't require the MCAT is not worth attending.

As far as Caribbean schools are concerned, the only ones really worth considering are SGU, Ross, Saba, and AUC. For maximizing your chances of a residency, I would suggest you focus on SGU and Ross.

If English is not your primary language, I would suggest working on that before considering medical school. The language of medicine is complex, and sometimes subtle word changes or misspellings can completely alter the intended meaning. Actually, if English is your primary language I would suggest you work on that first, too. Your post is borderline unintelligible.

edit: changed AUA to AUC
 
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bedevilled ben said:
You can apply wherever you want. If your personal statement is as grammatically-adept as this post, I sure as hell wouldn't expect to get accepted anywhere, though.

Assuming your MCAT of 7 is a typo and should be 17, then you need to address that deficiency before considering medical school. The tests only get harder and more complex. Any school that doesn't require the MCAT is not worth attending.

As far as Caribbean schools are concerned, the only ones really worth considering are SGU, Ross, Saba, and AUA. For maximizing your chances of a residency, I would suggest you focus on SGU and Ross.

If English is not your primary language, I would suggest working on that before considering medical school. The language of medicine is complex, and sometimes subtle word changes or misspellings can completely alter the intended meaning. Actually, if English is your primary language I would suggest you work on that first, too. Your post is borderline unintelligible.
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AUA or AUC? Cuz the top 4 are SGU, Ross, Saba, and AUC. Correct me if i am wrong.
 
FutureMDiA said:
AUA or AUC? Cuz the top 4 are SGU, Ross, Saba, and AUC. Correct me if i am wrong.
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Gah, fixed. You're correct, I meant AUC. Was coming off of 30 hours with no sleep. Should have waited until the morning to post.
 
luigii said:
Hi i need a good advice i have a GPA: 3.27 and MCAT: 7. what caribbean med school i can apply, currently I apply to UMHS st Kitts
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AUA only requires MCAT before you matriculate. You can get in with no MCAT. That is most likely your best bet but more likely it will just result in massive debt. No job.
 
AUA doesn't have federal loan for US students. :bang:
 
luigii said:
Hi i need a good advice i have a GPA: 3.27 and MCAT: 7. what caribbean med school i can apply, currently I apply to UMHS st Kitts
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Do you get accepted to UMHS?
 
..must have been a typo right?
 
Thank you for all comments. For the positive and neutral comments thank you for take of your time and for the negative comments thank you too because when i read them remember me how hard I have to work.

My mcat score is not a typo is not 17 is 7. I know people who have 6, 7 and 8 on the mcat and they are on a med school and they are doing well. ALL DEPENDS on the maturity and the responsability of the person.

FutureMDiA yesterday I have my interview of UMHS. They are going to call me in two weeks to give me the answer.
 
Too obvious of a troll, getting 7 on the MCAT is not possible if you had a pulse and even showed up half the time in your undergrad degree lol.
 
luigii said:
Thank you for all comments. For the positive and neutral comments thank you for take of your time and for the negative comments thank you too because when i read them remember me how hard I have to work.

My mcat score is not a typo is not 17 is 7. I know people who have 6, 7 and 8 on the mcat and they are on a med school and they are doing well. ALL DEPENDS on the maturity and the responsability of the person.

FutureMDiA yesterday I have my interview of UMHS. They are going to call me in two weeks to give me the answer.
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Good luck with everything. Wish you all the best. Keep your head up. 🙂
 
luigii said:
Thank you for all comments. For the positive and neutral comments thank you for take of your time and for the negative comments thank you too because when i read them remember me how hard I have to work.

My mcat score is not a typo is not 17 is 7. I know people who have 6, 7 and 8 on the mcat and they are on a med school and they are doing well. ALL DEPENDS on the maturity and the responsability of the person.

FutureMDiA yesterday I have my interview of UMHS. They are going to call me in two weeks to give me the answer.
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I implore you in the strongest terms possible, please reconsider this decision. If your goal is to practice in an English-speaking country, you have so much work to do before even considering medical school. Doing well in med school means NOTHING if you cannot get a residency. Any school that will accept a 7 MCAT score is leading you down a path that leads to nowhere, and will not position you appropriately to get a residency.

If you are dead-set on medicine, take some time to better prepare yourself. You're trying to run a race when you can barely crawl.
 
Serious question, because I frankly don't remember and never thought of the possibility. Is the MCAT like a GCS score where the lowest possible score per sub segment is 1, or is it possible to get a zero.

To the OP, do you realize that the average subsection score on the MCAT is 7 and the average subsection score for an accepted applicant is over 10 (since the average composite score is now over 30)? What are your subsection scores?
 
Siggy said:
Serious question, because I frankly don't remember and never thought of the possibility. Is the MCAT like a GCS score where the lowest possible score per sub segment is 1, or is it possible to get a zero.

To the OP, do you realize that the average subsection score on the MCAT is 7 and the average subsection score for an accepted applicant is over 10 (since the average composite score is now over 30)? What are your subsection scores?
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Lowest score per section is 1. Minimum total score is 3.

A 7 is possible. But it's <0.5%ile (99.5% of people scored higher).
https://www.aamc.org/students/download/361080/data/combined13.pdf.pdf

Where did these "people scoring 6-8" go to med school? Did they pass Step 1?
 
Banned said:
Where did these "people scoring 6-8" go to med school? Did they pass Step 1?
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The only possible thing I can think of is people confusing subsection score with a composite score. I can see people who have a 7 on one of the subsections getting into med school and doing at least decent. 7 composite? LOL, no.
 
UBC2014 said:
Too obvious of a troll, getting 7 on the MCAT is not possible if you had a pulse and even showed up half the time in your undergrad degree lol.
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I see at least a dozen applicants a year with total scores of 7 and lower. The lowest I saw this year was a 4.
 
No. Just, plain outright no for any American school. Can you share with us who you think you'd survive medical school?
I know people who have 6, 7 and 8 on the mcat and they are on a med school and they are doing well. ALL DEPENDS on the maturity and the responsability of the person.

And poor gyngyn has to read these apps!
I see at least a dozen applicants a year with total scores of 7 and lower. The lowest I saw this year was a 4.
 
Goro said:
And poor gyngyn has to read these apps!
I see at least a dozen applicants a year with total scores of 7 and lower. The lowest I saw this year was a 4.
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It is so sad. If they have a physician LOR, I will call the letter writer to ask that they provide real mentorship and not just an LOR. They sometimes call me back to thank me for helping the applicant.
 
If we ever attend the same Medical Education meeting, I'm buying you dinner!


gyngyn said:
It is so sad. If they have a physician LOR, I will call the letter writer to ask that they provide real mentorship and not just an LOR. They sometimes call me back to thank me for helping the applicant.
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gyngyn said:
It is so sad. If they have a physician LOR, I will call the letter writer to ask that they provide real mentorship and not just an LOR. They sometimes call me back to thank me for helping the applicant.
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Maybe it would be a merciful change for the MCAT to have a pass/fail cutoff score, like USMLE?
 
gyngyn said:
In essence, it already exists.
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True, de facto, it exists. Perhaps an explicit cutoff would discourage a few of the most misguided. Or at least convince them that one needs to not just take the exam but actually get questions correct.

But maybe not. This thread gives us an example of the kind of thinking that just says there's always a way...
 
breakintheroof said:
True, de facto, it exists. Perhaps an explicit cutoff would discourage a few of the most misguided. Or at least convince them that one needs to not just take the exam but actually get questions correct.

But maybe not. This thread gives us an example of the kind of thinking that just says there's always a way...
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The idea that "maturity" or some other personal quality (humility, perseverance, goodness...) will somehow overcome the lack of knowledge is a persistent theme in these applications. On reflection, a "fail" below 20 would be a lot more merciful.
 
I feel like an applicant should be able to score higher than a "7" total simply by marking down the same letter response for every single question on the test. To get a 7 or lower requires some genuine effort.
 
gyngyn said:
The idea that "maturity" or some other personal quality (humility, perseverance, goodness...) will somehow overcome the lack of knowledge is a persistent theme in these applications. On reflection, a "fail" below 20 would be a lot more merciful.
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There is a fundamental lack of understanding of this concept.

-Skip
 
If you really got a 7, please, please, please, go back and do your MCAT again before applying anywhere! None of the US schools or the big 4 will touch your application with a ten-foot pole with that score. The only Caribbean schools that would take you are those that require no MCAT, and those schools are worthless. Not to mention that with such a terrible MCAT score, it is highly unlikely you will even pass the USMLE steps. And Caribbean students need to perform above average on the Steps to have a shot at securing a US residency.

Go back and do your MCAT. Study like you've never studied before. Do an MCAT review course, if you have to. Don't waste your time and money applying to any med schools with that score.

How did you get a 7 anyway? Were you hungover the day of the test?
 
A chimp picking answers randomly could probably get above a 7. There I said it. Like already mentioned, it takes unique "skill" to do that poorly.

At least retake it. PLEASE! If you are that delusional, please get psychiatric help. What's this called? Dunning-Kruger.
 
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