Help!!!

[Icarus05]

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Okay, so I just took the MCAT for the first time and got a 26O 🙁 . the rest of my stats are
Science: 3.860
Overall: 3.91
I did research for two years and wrote an honors thesis. I have some nice EC's, and got into a postbacc research program for next year. What are my chances of getting into med school.

 

[TRUE]

Without knowing too much about you, I would say you should probably consider retaking the test if you are set on going to an allopathic school. What kind of school did you go to? Big public state school? Small liberal arts? etc... What was your MCAT breakdown? Also, if your GPA is as high as it is, why the postbac program?

 

[dankev]

Everything that True said. Also, how hard did you study for the MCAT?

 

[Icarus05]

The breakdwon is PS 8, BS 9, VS 9. The postbacc is because I thought it will strengthen my app, and considering my very weak score it seems viable. I went to a big state school.

 

[ewing]

The breakdwon is PS 8, BS 9, VS 9. The postbacc is because I thought it will strengthen my app, and considering my very weak score it seems viable. I went to a big state school.

If you think you can do much significantly better if you spend the next 2 months studying for the exam, then you should re-take in August, and indicate you'll do that on your AMCAS. The good news is the verbal is the hardest one to improve on, and you got a 9 in that, which is fine. The others just require a lot of drilling and practice to improve on, and I suspect you have that kind of intelligence and work ethic, based on your GPA. If you could go up two points on each of the science sections, you'd have a 30 and be in pretty solid shape, considering everything else you have going for you.

 

[dankev]

Postbaccs are really for people trying to improve their gpas, or who didn't take the pre-reqs as an undergrad. I can't see it helping you at all. Focus on raising your MCAT ~3 points and getting lots of clinical experience.

 

[DualSuperLead]

What state you are in can make a difference as well. You might have a reasonable chance in Texas, but that is just an example.

 

[TRUE]

I agree with dankev. Forget the postbac. Focus on retaking the MCAT, whether it be in august this year (and applying), or in April of next year and then taking this coming year off. You can use that year to work in a lab, a hospital, or something else you're interested in doing.