Late MCAT and Medical School selections

[texasholdems]

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I am planning to take the July 30th MCAT, i do not have any MCAT score
I canceled a few times, mainly because i was not confident with my score.

I'm constantly scoring 10s or above on Phy and Bio, around 7 on Verbal.
I am working hard to improve more on Science section, and really work hard to boost my Verbal Score. (My GPA about 3.4 combined/science + 4.0 Science GPA on 20 credit post-bac science classes)

I just have questions about Med schools that screen applicants for secondary.

From what i know, once my primary is verified, schools that send secondary to "ALL" will automatically send secondaries to me even without MCAT score (I will mark July 30th MCAT on primary)

However, if i apply to those schools that screen, they might wait until my MCAT score, screen, and send me secondaries.

If i am correct, should i just apply to schools that send secondaries to ALL, and probably delete schools that screen for secondary?

 

[Catalystik]

Assuming you are an Illinois resident, you might consider submitting only to UIC (and SIU if you live in the right part of the state) just to get your verification started. After your score comes back, add other schools you feel you are competitive for (or not). The new schools will get your entire application within a business day. You can get the Secondary essay prompts here on SDN and start writing them while you wait for your score so as to have a rapid turn-around time when you get an official Secondary invitation.

If your practice scores aren't improving as quickly as you'd like, you would be freer to decide not to take the MCAT until September, January, or May next year. With the above approach, you won't be using as many application doallars as might have been if you decide to give MCAT prep more time, thus conserving your resources for another more-likely-to-be-successful season.