TO those of you who say "taking the MCAT that many times looks bad," stop listening to the people at Kaplan and get a clue. They say it can BE bad because odds are, if you're taking it that many times, your score can DECREASE as well as increase. It doesn't LOOK bad at all...it looks like you're trying to get into medical school. And by the way, I've been advised by several medical schools to retake the exam to improve my application. My GPA and extracurriculars are great already.
DoctorSAIB,
Good luck to you; I wish you all the best!
DoctorPerez,
I'm not sure if I'm taking this the right way or not, but that comment of yours was VERY presumptuous. You're applying this year, too; what makes you think you won't be in MY boat, let alone be able to OFFER ME A JOB?! Wow, some of your premeds out there are pretty arrogant.
Numbers only tell half of the story. I have 3 pages of hospital volunteering and employment along with editorial experience, life as a waiter, gymnastics coach, and published novelist. I also got a 3.82 in undergraduate. I'm not sitting here trying to boast...I'm showing you that just because you have good #s doesn't mean you're going ANYWHERE. You may have to try more than once just like DOCTORSAIB and I. So don't come in here telling us that taking the MCAT several times looks bad. Let me ask you, have you applied more than once? If not, let me tell you something: when you get rejected by all the schools you apply to, you feel completely helpless. You gave the MCAT your all and you did well in school. Now what?! WEll, you take the test again...if you don't, and just apply again, you won't get anywhere. The schools will think you're not trying. And a grad program? Well, that's usually for people with bad grades, NOT bad MCATs.
Sorry for the rant, but I think some people needed to hear it...