MCAT'S valid after 2 yrs?

[lost]

Hi,
If I took my MCAT's after my sophomore year during the summer....then decide to take a year off after graduation and then apply, will my scores still be valid or do I have to retake them?

This is completely off topic but are Statistics and engineering courses factored into the Science GPA?

tHANX.

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[PMPMD]

It varies by school, but most of the schools I applied to accepted scores from the past 3-5 years, so I think you're good. A few schools (Galveston) only accept scores from the past year, but I think these are the minority. If you don't already have it, get the Complete Book of Medical Schools. It has info on all the medical schools in the country, plus a few from Canada and the Bahamas. The MCAT policy, as well as other important information, is in there.

 

[oneironaut]

What P Daddy said, except in my experience/opinion the schools I applied to only wanted MCATs within 3 years. But yeah, it varys.

 

[PMPMD]

I'm pretty sure the science GPA is based on the pre-med science courses (Bio, Gen Chem, Orgo, Physics, Math) but I could be wrong. I'm an engineering student too, and if they did count eng. courses, my science GPA would be about the same as my regular GPA.

 

[FLY]

although some engineering classes have Calc III prerequsites and are harder, the last time I asked my advisor, they were not factored in...

Then again, she could be wrong....

 

[sandflea]

pretty much all of the schools i applied to only accepted scores that are three years old or less by the time you matriculate. in other words, i took the MCAT in april of 1999 and hope to matriculate in fall of 2002, so this is the final year i could apply using these scores as they will be three years old by the time i matriculate.

statistics courses count as math but engineering courses have their own category that is not factored into the BCPM GPA.

 

[Twizz]

But wait, after six months of being out of school don't you have to start paying back college loans?
A break is cool but whose ready for that.