Help! Withdraw app after verification

[MoohHolica]

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Hello guys,

I am in the situation where seriously considering withdrawing my application for the current cycle.
My MCAT score is very low compared to the target score, and I decided to withdraw from this cycle and apply
next cycle after I well-prepare myself. I have cGPA of 3.60 and sGPA of 3.34. This is very low, so I am also going to take more post-bacc to boost this up. Other than that, I have good LORs from science professors, non-science professor, MD, and DO. I have more than 800+ hours of shadowing, 300+ clinical volunteering and 300+ of non-clinical volunteering.

My question is, my AACOMAS is already verified with 1 school, and I know I can no longer withdraw the application online at this point. So, do I just contact the school I applied and notify them that I want to withdraw my application? If so, what is going to happen to my AACOMAS application? Do I just leave it as it is and is it going to be automatically "cleared" for next cycle if I no longer make changes and add more school list?

Also, If I withdraw from this cycle, I end up having 2 years off before applying for med school (from undergrad graduation). Is this still okay?

 

[spiffysteve]

What's your MCAT?

My instinct is that the cons of withdrawing your app outweigh the pros. Your GPA doesn't really seem terrible to me, especially for DO schools. They're definitely better than mine, and while I won't pretend I had a huge number of acceptances, I don't think that more post-bacc classes will help. There's also the risk of not doing as well in post-baccs as you expect and it actually just hurting you.

2 years is fine. That's a non-issue; don't worry over it. As long as you've stayed busy and can document being productive, you're totally good not going directly into med school from college.

 

[PapaGuava]

Two years would be fine if you decided to not fully apply this cycle