MCAT over Winter Break?

[JoshuaGuit]

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Hi guys,

So far I have two interview invitations for this cycle, and I still have 13 schools left that I haven't heard from. My MCAT is <30, but sGPA is >3.6. My interviews are both in January with one being my state college.

I'm not sure if this is just being pessimistic, but should is it worth re-studying for the MCAT over break in case this cycle doesn't go well? I'm just thinking that if I get rejected from both schools (and any other interviews I may get), I wouldn't have enough time to study again before the next cycle.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

 

[Fivo]

Well, judging from your previous comments about the mcat, I'd imagine you wouldn't need that long to re-study since the questions weren't hard 😎 If I were you, I'd wait til the beginning of February (assuming you don't hear from more schools in the meantime), then I'd re-study for around 2 months and take the mcat again some time in march or april, even May if you have to. The thing is, you want to focus 100% of your time on the mcat and it will be hard to do if you still have a possible chance of being accepted this cycle.

 

[JoshuaGuit]

Well, judging from your previous comments about the mcat, I'd imagine you wouldn't need that long to re-study since the questions weren't hard 😎 If I were you, I'd wait til the beginning of February (assuming you don't hear from more schools in the meantime), then I'd re-study for around 2 months and take the mcat again some time in march or april, even May if you have to. The thing is, you want to focus 100% of your time on the mcat and it will be hard to do if you still have a possible chance of being accepted this cycle.

I still don't get why people are still misunderstanding what I said. There's a difference between knowing a subject and getting a question wrong because it's convoluted, and just not knowing a subject and getting a question wrong despite it being straight forward.

Thanks for the advice though, it makes sense.

 

[MedPR]

I still don't get why people are still misunderstanding what I said. There's a difference between knowing a subject and getting a question wrong because it's convoluted, and just not knowing a subject and getting a question wrong despite it being straight forward.

Thanks for the advice though, it makes sense.

MCAT questions are only convoluted if you don't know the material well. If you have a good grasp of the material, you can sift through the bs in the question and easily identify the concept being tested.

But yes, I would also wait to start restudying.

 

[MilMD01]

I had similar stats.. 29Q, 3.65 GPA. I had 3 interviews and got 2 acceptances yet! (but my interviews were Sept/Oct).

Just saying that there is hope lol. GL, but if I was in your shoes I would retake the MCAT. So that you can make sure you get in next cycle & can apply in June.

 

[sliceofbread136]

If you're rly serious about this you could do the princeton review's holiday hell. Otherwise I don't think winter break alone is sufficient time to study for the MCAT, but that's just me.