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I'm a military reservist whose MCAT test date was thrown off by orders to active duty for a period this summer. Originally had planned to sit in early June. I'm at at top 5 school carrying a 3.9+ c-GPA & s-GPA. My practice scores were in the 34-36 range but I'll need a few weeks of cramming for everything to come back to me...only hit a 31 the other day after being away from the material for 6 weeks.
Already submitted my primary, have my LOR's lined up and ready to go, and intend to pre-write secondaries in the 4 week window between my test date and score release date. I'm looking at a mid-August date right now and would be fully complete: 2ndaries, LOR's etc by mid-Sept. AKA under 24hr turn around on secondaries.
Am I severely hurting myself this cycle b/c of the timing? My EC's should really stand out, tons of volunteering associated with VA hospitals etc, Veteran status, paid my way fully through school, & 2.5 yrs of research with 2 pubs in review (hopefully update letter fodder). I feel like I'm a stronger applicant with rather unique EC's coming from a HYPSM school, will that fact cut me some slack from traditional SDN conventions on being late? I'm generally targeting top 20's aside from my home state schools
Already submitted my primary, have my LOR's lined up and ready to go, and intend to pre-write secondaries in the 4 week window between my test date and score release date. I'm looking at a mid-August date right now and would be fully complete: 2ndaries, LOR's etc by mid-Sept. AKA under 24hr turn around on secondaries.
Am I severely hurting myself this cycle b/c of the timing? My EC's should really stand out, tons of volunteering associated with VA hospitals etc, Veteran status, paid my way fully through school, & 2.5 yrs of research with 2 pubs in review (hopefully update letter fodder). I feel like I'm a stronger applicant with rather unique EC's coming from a HYPSM school, will that fact cut me some slack from traditional SDN conventions on being late? I'm generally targeting top 20's aside from my home state schools
