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Hi Everyone! I'm
disadvantaged immigrant,
took MCAT 2 yrs ago, got 23 (8 PS, 6VR, 9BS, O)
BCMP: 3.52, overall: 3.61 from an ivy school
Great recommendation & EC (1 science & 2 nonscience publications, many volunteer, abroad experience that are medical and non medical related, >5 yrs of clinical and bench lab research experience, presented at 2 conferences), received many awards and honors

Few questions:
1) how many recommendation letter is too many? 10? I know all of them will be great though.
2) Will retake MCAT in early July. Yet am afraid that I will submit my AMCAS too late. Should I submit it using my low mcat score and then update the school with my new scores later on? Or should I wait, cuz I will be rejected by too many schools?
3) Any chance of me getting into an ivy med school? Should I even try?
4) Also interested in Md/PhD. Any chance for low tier school?
ANY suggestion and help will be great! THANKS!
 
10?! I think 10 LORs is a lot. Most schools only require 3-5.
 
Hi Everyone! I’m
disadvantaged immigrant,
took MCAT 2 yrs ago, got 23 (8 PS, 6VR, 9BS, O)
BCMP: 3.52, overall: 3.61 from an ivy school
Great recommendation & EC (1 science & 2 nonscience publications, many volunteer, abroad experience that are medical and non medical related, >5 yrs of clinical and bench lab research experience, presented at 2 conferences), received many awards and honors

Few questions:
• how many recommendation letter is too many? 10? I know all of them will be great though.
• Will retake MCAT in early July. Yet am afraid that I will submit my AMCAS too late. Should I submit it using my low mcat score and then update the school with my new scores later on? Or should I wait, cuz I will be rejected by too many schools?
• Any chance of me getting into an ivy med school? Should I even try?
• Also interested in Md/PhD. Any chance for low tier school?
ANY suggestion and help will be great! THANKS!

don't wait to submit AMCAS. you submit with your old scores and you notify them immidiately that you are signed up for a retake. they wont reject you until you have your 2nd scores in.
 
Avg scores for MD/PhD is 38MCAT and 3.8 GPA I won't say that you have zero chance at that. Just giving you the figures. Research experiences play strongly into the selection, but a 3.5 & low MCAT aren't going to tempt them into looking at you closely.

Talking about regular MD now. Your GPA is okay. You need to increase that MCAT score in order to have a good chance.

Submit to AMCAS with your current score for one school. Be ready to add others as soon as your new score arrives. That way you won't have to wait to get everything verified.
 
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