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Got a 498 on my AAMC practice test. I have until 6/14 to reschedule my MCAT. Was planning on applying mostly DO and only one MD school (my state school--I live in a "lucky" state with high in-state bias).
I understand the conventional wisdom is do not take the MCAT before you are ready but if I take it end of July and get score back in August, should I even bother applying to my state MD school? I am a grade-repairer who has managed to squeak my cumulative GPA up to a 3.0 with a good DIY post-bacc showing; the minimum GPA for my state school is a 3.1 so I am above if they consider my recent work.
But I'm fully comfortable with osteopathic med school and I really think I have a better shot at DO anyway because of my low GPA and have a DO letter for my application. If I take the MCAT in late July or August, as I understand it I won't be late for DO schools but definitely not even my state school would look at me, right?
So should I just scrap the shot at my (soooo much more affordable) state school when I know I am marginal anyway GPA-wise and just go for an August/September MCAT and throw it all at DO schools or just take another year? I am 35 and will be 36 and my family is alllllll pressuring me to take the June MCAT and so that sucks as well...thoughts???
I understand the conventional wisdom is do not take the MCAT before you are ready but if I take it end of July and get score back in August, should I even bother applying to my state MD school? I am a grade-repairer who has managed to squeak my cumulative GPA up to a 3.0 with a good DIY post-bacc showing; the minimum GPA for my state school is a 3.1 so I am above if they consider my recent work.
But I'm fully comfortable with osteopathic med school and I really think I have a better shot at DO anyway because of my low GPA and have a DO letter for my application. If I take the MCAT in late July or August, as I understand it I won't be late for DO schools but definitely not even my state school would look at me, right?
So should I just scrap the shot at my (soooo much more affordable) state school when I know I am marginal anyway GPA-wise and just go for an August/September MCAT and throw it all at DO schools or just take another year? I am 35 and will be 36 and my family is alllllll pressuring me to take the June MCAT and so that sucks as well...thoughts???
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