Junior App Review No Gap Year (4.00, 512)

[SickDinosaur]

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[SickDinosaur]

@Goro @Faha @LizzyM @Mr.Smile12
Sorry to bother yall but would love to hear from you guys!

 

[wysdoc]

Your MCAT is at the mean for matriculated in-state students in TMDSAS schools, and with your great GPA you will likely get several interviews.
Switch from remote /administrative involvement in your activities to getting off campus and volunteering in person, face to face, and you will round out your application profile.

 

[SickDinosaur]

Your MCAT is at the mean for matriculated in-state students in TMDSAS schools, and with your great GPA you will likely get several interviews.
Switch from remote /administrative involvement in your activities to getting off campus and volunteering in person, face to face, and you will round out your application profile.

Ok, thank you! Having a mean MCAT, would that be neutral or slightly disadvantageous? I just want to be as strong of an applicant I can be (bc 512 is actually below my FL avg and I've never scored a 126 or 127 on cars and ps on any of the FLs I've done).

I failed to clarify, but the only remote volunteering is the college access org; the art-volunteer org are off-campus & in person
The administrative roles I have are in addition to the volunteering I do in those orgs.

 

[wysdoc]

Ok, thank you! Having a mean MCAT, would that be neutral or slightly disadvantageous? I just want to be as strong of an applicant I can be (bc 512 is actually below my FL avg and I've never scored a 126 or 127 on cars and ps on any of the FLs I've done).

I failed to clarify, but the only remote volunteering is the college access org; the art-volunteer org are off-campus & in person
The administrative roles I have are in addition to the volunteering I do in those orgs.

I meant that it isn't necessary to aim for perfection on the MCAT to have a real chance at acceptance in Texas.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I think I wrote you before... 512 may be near the 10th percentile among matriculants at Long, Baylor, and Southwestern, but that doesn't mean you have no shot at them. As pointed out, 512 is close to other Texas schools' medians (or better). Seriously, give yourself credit for a 4.0 GPA.

My only question is how you presented mission fit on your application. Your activities are also connected with your academic pursuits including your art minor, so I presume your non-profit helps you. By the way, what's your plan to let go of your non-profit should you get accepted to medical school?

 

[SickDinosaur]

I think I wrote you before... 512 may be near the 10th percentile among matriculants at Long, Baylor, and Southwestern, but that doesn't mean you have no shot at them. As pointed out, 512 is close to other Texas schools' medians (or better). Seriously, give yourself credit for a 4.0 GPA.

My only question is how you presented mission fit on your application. Your activities are also connected with your academic pursuits including your art minor, so I presume your non-profit helps you. By the way, what's your plan to let go of your non-profit should you get accepted to medical school?

Yes - you did write to me before (but I didn't include my MCAT score at the time)

For the NPO - I plan on expanding the team this year so either I will continue to oversee it during med school or I would hand it down.

You mentioned that my activities are connected with my academics > how is that seen?

Also, I think I'm gonna retake (probably march) I just feel like it doesn't make my app stronger in any way, and I don't know if my extracurriculars are strong enough to "make up" for it; I would just really like to have a good chance at getting into to UTSW/LONG/BCOM

 

[wysdoc]

I knew you were going to say you want to retake the MCAT. I want to show you why you shouldn't feel pressured to do so.
The below is a graph of all TMDSAS Accepted applicants in EY 2023 and their MCAT scores.
Dotted line is the median at 511.5 .
See how many applicants are below the dotted line and still were accepted?
Because, science and statistics show you that being in the middle is not being a failure.