MCAT rewrite delaying application

[mike wang]

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Hey guys,

I'm slightly confused as to how med schools look at an applicant who's rewriting his/her MCAT. I took the MCAT last year and ended up with a 30. I rewrote the MCAT again on July 12 and am still waiting for the results. So my question is split into two parts:

1) Some med schools haven't sent me the secondary application (eg. Mayo and I think Stanford) because they said that I have written on my AMCAS application that I am writing it on July 12. So they said that they are waiting for my new MCAT score to be released in order to send me the secondary application. Don't you guys think this is slightly unfair since most schools don't even screen for secondary applications? I'm worried that my application is now running late because of their policies.

2) I have a few secondary applications left to complete. When do you guys think would be considered a late application for schools on a rolling admissions basis?

 

[type12]

Where are you from, out of curiosity? I've never seen the "write" for "take" pragmatism.

1. It is what it is. They can't determine if they can accept you if they don't have a required part of your score. If you want them to consider your previous score, you may just get rejected and then complain they didn't give you (figurative "you", not "you" specifically) a fair chance.

2. You're fine, just get your applications in.

 

[xffan624]

Hey guys,

I'm slightly confused as to how med schools look at an applicant who's rewriting his/her MCAT. I took the MCAT last year and ended up with a 30. I rewrote the MCAT again on July 12 and am still waiting for the results. So my question is split into two parts:

1) Some med schools haven't sent me the secondary application (eg. Mayo and I think Stanford) because they said that I have written on my AMCAS application that I am writing it on July 12. So they said that they are waiting for my new MCAT score to be released in order to send me the secondary application. Don't you guys think this is slightly unfair since most schools don't even screen for secondary applications? I'm worried that my application is now running late because of their policies.

2) I have a few secondary applications left to complete. When do you guys think would be considered a late application for schools on a rolling admissions basis?

Don't worry about whether an application is "late" or not. Finish them as soon as you can. Don't let them sit longer than 2 weeks if possible. Also don't worry about policies you can't control. If you didn't want your application to be late and wanted it to actually match whatever new score you get (you better hope it's higher than your previous or you might be SOL), you should have taken it before the app cycle began.

 

[mike wang]

Where are you from, out of curiosity? I've never seen the "write" for "take" pragmatism.

1. It is what it is. They can't determine if they can accept you if they don't have a required part of your score. If you want them to consider your previous score, you may just get rejected and then complain they didn't give you (figurative "you", not "you" specifically) a fair chance.

2. You're fine, just get your applications in.

Don't worry about whether an application is "late" or not. Finish them as soon as you can. Don't let them sit longer than 2 weeks if possible. Also don't worry about policies you can't control. If you didn't want your application to be late and wanted it to actually match whatever new score you get (you better hope it's higher than your previous or you might be SOL), you should have taken it before the app cycle began.

Thank you both for your replies, I will try to submit the remaining secondaries asap. Btw, I'm a Canadian applicant and most of the Canadian med school applications are due in sept/oct so we tend to write the MCAT in july/august.

 

[claduva94]

Mayo doesn't have a secondary. Just a fee request and potential LOR request.

 

[IL Pre Med]

Thank you both for your replies, I will try to submit the remaining secondaries asap. Btw, I'm a Canadian applicant and most of the Canadian med school applications are due in sept/oct so we tend to write the MCAT in july/august.

In the US we take the MCAT, I don't know about any of this "writing" business, since it's computer based and all.

 

[Cookieee]

To "take a test" or to "write a test" are both grammatically correct. I think only in American English is the word "take" used. British English (in the UK, India, etc) uses "write."

 

[mike wang]

Mayo doesn't have a secondary. Just a fee request and potential LOR request.

Yeah I know, I emailed them today and they said that since I indicated that I'm taking the MCAT on july 12, they are holding my application until my new MCAT scores are out

In the US we take the MCAT, I don't know about any of this "writing" business, since it's computer based and all.

haha I meant to "take" the MCAT. The MCAT is a computer based exam in Canada as well. We have computers up there 😉